Guide
The Sierra Leone Payroll Compliance Checklist
Everything an SL employer must file each month — PAYE, NASSIT, GST, withholding tax.
Read articleHR · Payroll · Compliance for Sierra Leone
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- <2 hrsto run a full monthly payroll
- 100%NRA PAYE & NASSIT compliant
- 7 daysaverage go-live
Who we serve
One platform. Every business size in Sierra Leone.
Whether you’re a 5-person startup in Bo or a 5,000-person ministry in Freetown, SaloneHCM scales with you — no rip-and-replace.
Small Business
1–49 employees
- Monthly payroll in under 2 hours
- PAYE & NASSIT auto-computed
- Employee self-service from day one
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Midsize Business
50–999 employees
- Multi-department analytics
- Performance & talent ATS
- Loans & advances integrated
Enterprise
1,000+ employees
- Multi-entity & multi-currency
- What-if scenario simulator
- AI Assistant Action Mode
Government & MDAs
Civil Service tier
- Grade & step civil-service payroll
- IFMIS bank disbursement
- Ghost-worker & MoF approval audit
What we offer
Nine pillars, one platform — all localized for Sierra Leone.
Payroll Engine
SLE-aware payroll with NRA PAYE, NASSIT, GST and bonus tax — done in one click.
Payroll overviewHR & Employees
Centralized records, leave, attendance, documents and an audit-trail you can prove.
Employee managementCompliance & Tax
NRA PAYE return, NASSIT, GST and MoF approval workflow — all kept current.
Compliance hubAI Assistant
Ask anything in English or Krio. Action mode lets admins approve, file and email — by chat.
Try the assistantCivil Service Module
Grade-step structure, budget-code roll-ups, ghost-worker detection and MoF approval.
Civil Service moduleEstablishment Control
Position & vacancy tracking by ministry, department and unit — with budget code attached.
Establishment overviewLoans & Advances
Issue loans, deduct from payroll automatically, track balance and amortization.
Loans engineIFMIS Integration
Generate bank-format CSVs (Rokel, SLCB, UBA, Ecobank) and reconcile disbursements.
IFMIS layerTalent & Performance
ATS Kanban, recurring training, reviews and analytics — built for SL labor laws.
Talent & PerformanceSee it in action
Watch how Sierra Leone employers use SaloneHCM.
Short product walkthroughs by use case — from a small Freetown business running its first payroll to a ministry filing PAYE for 5,000+ employees.
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Government & MDAs: civil service payroll walkthrough
Grade & step structure, budget-code roll-ups, MoF two-step approval and the auditor-general report PDF — all in one continuous flow.
Industries
Sector-aware allowance presets.
Apply industry-tuned allowance bundles to one employee or a whole department in seconds. Pre-built templates for the sectors that matter in Sierra Leone — or roll your own.
See sector pricingNGO
Per-diem, field, hardship allowances
Mining
Hazard, remote-site, family separation
Banking
Cash-handling, transport, performance
Telecom
On-call, tower-climb, fuel & comms
Government
Civil-service grade & step structure
General Private
Housing, transport, communication
Why SaloneHCM
Managing and paying people across Sierra Leone, every month.
From owner-operators in Bo to ministries in Freetown — employers trust SaloneHCM to keep their teams paid, compliant and informed.
42,000+
Employees paid each month
180+
Companies & MDAs onboarded
SLE 1.2B
SLE moved through SaloneHCM annually
99.4%
On-time NRA PAYE returns
Insights & resources
Practical guides for Sierra Leone employers.
Insights
Beyond the spreadsheet: HR data that actually drives decisions
How leading SL employers use dashboards to retain top talent and control payroll spend.
Read articleWhite paper
Civil service modernization: a blueprint for IFMIS-ready payroll
Best practice from MDAs that have moved off manual ledgers onto auditable systems.
Read articleCustomer stories
Real results, from real Sierra Leone employers.
We replaced three spreadsheets and a payroll consultant with SaloneHCM. Our last NRA PAYE return was filed in 9 minutes — and it was right.
Aminata Kamara
Director of Finance, Freetown Logistics Ltd.
The Civil Service module saved us. Ghost-worker audits used to take a quarter — now they take a morning. Auditor-General loves the report PDF.
Mohamed Sesay
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works
Field allowances for our project staff used to be a nightmare. The NGO sector preset bundle is exactly the four allowances we needed.
Fatmata Bangura
Country Director, AID Sierra Leone
Awards & recognition
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Best HR-Tech Sierra Leone 2025
WIA Awards
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GovTech Innovation of the Year
Africa Public Sector Tech
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Top 50 African SaaS to watch
TechCabal
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Certified by NRA
Sierra Leone National Revenue Authority
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- Office12 Wilkinson Road, Freetown, Sierra Leone