Dedicated solution

Employee savings plans,
managed from payroll to payout.

Linko brings employee and employer contributions, interest, vesting, withdrawals and balances into one connected system — fed directly from payroll, calculated by your scheme’s rules, and traceable down to every transaction.

  • Access Attaché payroll integration
  • 26 fortnightly periods, interest & vesting
  • Multi-company, with transfers
Savings Plan
$18,420.55Total savings
$11,960.00Vested employer
$14,205.30Available to withdraw

Member 10482 · Period 17 of 26 Processed

PrincipalInterestTotal
Employee contributions7,800.00412.358,212.35
Employer contributions9,600.00608.2010,208.20
of which vested11,200.00760.0011,960.00
of which unvested——2,003.20
Balance17,400.001,020.5518,420.55

Recent movements

Pay 17Employee contribution+300.00Payroll
Pay 17Employer contribution+400.00Payroll
Pay 17Interest applied+61.40Calculated
Pay 15Housing withdrawal−2,500.00Approved

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The problem

A savings scheme touches payroll, finance and HR — and usually lives in spreadsheets

Running a scheme means payroll data every fortnight, several balance categories per member, interest calculations, eligibility and vesting rules, and a steady stream of joiners, leavers, transfers and withdrawals. Each of those is manageable on its own; together, in spreadsheets maintained by one or two people, they become fragile and hard to audit.

Linko brings the whole cycle into one system: payroll movements are imported rather than re-keyed, rules are applied the same way every period, and every balance can be traced back to the transactions that produced it.

  • Payroll transactions re-typed into a workbook each pay run
  • Separate tabs for employee money, employer money, interest and vesting
  • Interest and eligibility calculated by formula — and occasionally by hand
  • Exits, transfers and withdrawals handled case by case
  • Hard to answer “how did we get this balance?” months later
What the solution does

From payroll import to member payout

Payroll integration

Employee records and payroll transactions are imported through the Access Attaché API. Payroll transaction codes are mapped to employee contributions, employer contributions, interest, withdrawals and other savings movements — so each pay run lands as classified scheme transactions, not raw lines.

  • Employee master data kept in step with payroll
  • Configurable code-to-movement mapping per scheme
  • Import history, status and exceptions per run

Contributions and balances

Employee and employer contributions are tracked separately, each with a clear breakdown of principal, accumulated interest and total. Opening balances are maintained for members joining with history, and every balance is backed by its transaction trail.

  • Employee / employer categories, principal vs interest
  • Opening balances and full transaction history
  • Company and scheme level roll-ups

Fortnightly processing and interest

Savings are processed across 26 fortnightly periods a year. Each period applies the relevant interest rates and the scheme’s calculation rules, carries balances forward and records its processing status — so you always know which periods are open, processed or locked.

  • Period calendar with status tracking
  • Rate tables and scheme-specific interest rules
  • Carry-forward with period-end snapshots

Employer contribution vesting

Employer balances move through the scheme’s three-year vesting structure. Vested and unvested amounts are always distinguished, and members and administrators can see exactly how much is available under the plan’s rules at any point in time.

  • Vesting tranches per contribution period
  • Vested / unvested split on every balance view
  • Forfeiture handling on early exit, per scheme rules

Withdrawals and employee exits

Eligible withdrawal balances are calculated from the rules — not estimated. Withdrawals, housing-related movements and termination payouts are processed as transactions that show precisely how each one affects the member’s principal, interest and vested amounts.

  • Eligibility calculated per member and period
  • Approval and status on each withdrawal
  • Exit payout with vested/unvested treatment

Transfers between companies

When a member moves within the group, employee and employer principal, interest and vesting balances transfer between employee records across companies, with matching transfer-out and transfer-in transactions so both sides reconcile.

  • Balances preserved including vesting position
  • Paired transactions on source and destination
  • Company-level totals stay in balance

Reporting and visibility

Company and employee summaries, period balances, contribution and interest breakdowns, withdrawal eligibility, vested and unvested balances, and detailed transaction histories — all searchable, filterable and exportable, with drill-down to the source transaction.

  • Company summary by period
  • Member balance statement
  • Contribution & interest breakdown
  • Withdrawal eligibility register
  • Vested / unvested report
  • Transaction history & audit trail
  • Period processing status
  • CSV / PDF export
Product walkthrough

One fortnight, end to end

The same five steps every period — with status at each one, and nothing re-keyed.

  1. Import payroll dataEmployees and transactions arrive from Access Attaché; codes are mapped to scheme movements.
  2. Review contributionsCheck employee and employer contributions per member; exceptions are flagged for follow-up.
  3. Process the fortnightPost the period, carry balances forward and lock it.
  4. Calculate interest & vestingApply rates and rules; update vested and unvested positions.
  5. Review balances & payoutsConfirm eligibility, approve withdrawals and exits, publish reports.
Who benefits

One system, three teams

Payroll

Connected contribution data. What ran in payroll is what the scheme records — no second entry, with exceptions surfaced instead of discovered.

HR

Clearer membership and exit administration. Joiners, transfers and leavers follow the same rules every time, with eligibility and vesting visible before a conversation happens.

Finance

Consolidated balances and traceable movements. Company totals by period, vested liabilities, and a transaction trail that satisfies audit questions in minutes.

Bring your employee savings scheme into one connected workflow.

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Frequently asked

Does it only work with Access Attaché?
Attaché is the payroll we integrate with today, through its API. The import layer maps payroll codes to scheme movements, so another payroll system with an API or file export can be connected the same way.
Our scheme rules are specific. Can they be configured?
Yes. Interest rates, period calendar, vesting schedule, eligibility and payout treatment are configured per scheme. Where a rule is genuinely unique we implement it as part of the project and test it against your historical periods.
Can we load our existing balances and history?
Opening balances per member and category are supported, and historical transactions can be migrated so statements show the full picture rather than starting from a lump sum.
How is it deployed?
As a dedicated, containerised deployment — in the cloud or on your own infrastructure — separate from other Linko customers, with backups, monitoring and support agreed per customer.