How iSynclouds runs payroll across Egypt and Saudi Arabia without spreadsheets or manual compliance setup

About iSynclouds

iSynclouds is an IoT solutions provider that operates as a software house, with a team made up almost entirely of developers. It runs offices in Egypt and Saudi Arabia, so its HR team handles payroll, taxes and labor law in two countries at once.

The challenge: payroll on spreadsheets and requests lost in email and WhatsApp

“Payroll used to take a very long time, with a lot of spreadsheets. An overtime request, for example, might be in an email, it might slip past me, or someone might tell me about it on WhatsApp.” — Menna Khaled

When requests live in inboxes and chat threads, things get missed, and every missed overtime entry becomes a payroll correction. The team also had to stay compliant with tax and labor rules in two countries, including Egypt’s new Labor Law.

Why ZenHR: local compliance, ready out of the box

“It fits the Egyptian market. Income tax and all its rules are already there. Even the new Egyptian Labor Law: everything was updated, and I didn’t need to enter it as a setup. The same goes for our branch in Saudi Arabia. Honestly, I didn’t need to enter anything.” — Menna Khaled

The solution: every request and transaction in one place

• Payroll: run in ZenHR instead of on spreadsheets, with Egyptian income tax rules built in.
• Employee Self-Service requests: overtime and other requests submitted and handled in one place.
• Egypt and Saudi labor law compliance, kept up to date in the system.
• Comments and reactions on transactions, keeping the conversation attached to the request.

“Everything we need, we can do through the system as a request. We don’t need to send an email anymore. Doing everything as a request in the system is much easier.” — Menna Khaled

Results: payroll without the headache

• Payroll runs in one system and is no longer a burden.
• All transactions and requests in one place, instead of email and WhatsApp.
• Egyptian and Saudi rules already built in and updated.
• Simple in-system requests with comments and reactions.

“It made things easier for me as HR, as an employee, and even for the business owner.” — Menna Khaled

In her words

“ZenHR lives up to its brand promise: peace of mind. Payroll really isn’t a headache anymore. All the transactions, all the requests, are in the same place. It’s a connected system.” — Menna Khaled