GreenSlate Payroll

The Most Advanced All-in-One Production Payroll Platform

by GreenSlate · Payroll & Time Tracking

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Executive Summary

GreenSlate offers a paperless, all-in-one payroll platform for film and episodic productions. Crew onboarding (start work), timecards with automatic hours-to-gross and self-service employee tools run in one platform, where the accounting team, paymaster and crew share a single database. It supports union and non-union payroll, offers both Agency and Employer of Record models, and connects payroll and accounting data to other systems through API or SFTP solutions.

Use Cases

  • Onboarding crew digitally with start work paperwork
  • Processing union and non-union entertainment payroll
  • Submitting and approving timecards, with hours grossed automatically
  • Tracking tax incentives across projects in one dashboard
  • Monitoring costs, budgets and variances across a slate of productions
  • Sending payroll and accounting data to other systems through API or SFTP

Features

Visibility

  • Cross-Project Dashboard: Better decision-making and more effective cost management is possible with real-time access to data on labor costs and productivity. Access cross-project employee data, with instant, customizable, and shareable reports and views.

Support

  • Self-Service Employee Portal: Start work information automatically syncs, so data only needs to be entered once. Copy down week, copy down day, and notes options save time, improve accuracy, and streamline communication. And through our mobile self-service portal, timec
  • EOR or Agency: GreenSlate offers both Agency and Employer of Record (EOR) models to cater to clients' needs and offer the best value for their productions.

Technical Specifications

Architecture
Cloud-native web platform with API and SFTP data integration pipeline
Deployment
SaaS

Infrastructure

  • Amazon Web Services

Integrations

  • Snowflake
  • CASHét
  • PEX
  • Dolly Card

Security & Compliance

Certifications: SOC 2 Type 2

Pricing

Model
Quote-based
Target Customer
SMB,Mid-Market,Enterprise

About GreenSlate

GreenSlate provides comprehensive payroll and accounting solutions tailored specifically for the entertainment industry. It offers studio-grade tools to support productions of every size, from mid-size companies to large studios.

Founded: 2004 · Headquarters: Burbank, California, United States · Employees: 201-500 · Private

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