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Faster month-end with Pennylane sync

With Payhawk’s bi-directional Pennylane integration, your expenses, payments, and accounting data sync automatically - so your finance team can move faster.

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32+
supported countries
50%
faster month-end close
99.7%
zero-touch transaction sync

Faster month-end. Less manual work.

When receipts are missing, VAT codes are inconsistent, and CSV exports need fixing, your team wastes time instead of closing the books.

With Payhawk + Pennylane, every transaction is captured, coded, and synced automatically - so finance receives clean, structured data from the start.

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Control spend before it hits your books

Instead of cleaning up transactions after they land in Pennylane, control spend at the source.

Capture receipts instantly, enforce policies, and approve spend before it happens. Only fully approved, properly coded data flows into your accounting system.

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Manage spend growth without slowing finance

More cardholders. More subscriptions. More countries. More VAT and FX complexity.

Pennylane is your financial hub. Payhawk adds the control layer to manage spend across entities, countries, and workflows.

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Getting started is easy

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Connect Payhawk and Pennylane

Follow a quick and easy set-up guide and map your balance accounts with a few clicks.

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Map your Pennylane master data

Bring your Pennylane master data on suppliers, tax rates and general ledger accounts into Payhawk. Customize your accounting setup even further to meet your needs.

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Export into Pennylane in real time

Speed up your month-end with real-time reconciliation. Export expenses once reviewed, and payments once settled.

FAQs

The native integration between Payhawk and Pennylane allows you to bidirectionally sync your financial data, so expenses, suppliers, accounting information, and payments stay aligned between both systems. This removes manual work and ensures real-time accuracy.

Payhawk automatically imports and keeps the following Pennylane master data up to date:

  • Chart of accounts
  • Suppliers
  • Analytical families (unlimited)

This ensures all coding and categorisation in Payhawk matches your Pennylane setup.

Payhawk provides real-time visibility by syncing:

  • Centrally managed expenses
  • Employee expenses
  • Payments and related fees

This eliminates manual data entry and supports your existing bookkeeping logic.

Yes. After connecting, you can map your Pennylane tax rates, suppliers, and general ledger accounts directly in Payhawk. You also have the option to map additional financial dimensions to match your internal structure.

Connecting Payhawk to Pennylane is fast and straightforward:

  1. Follow the quick setup guide inside Payhawk.
  2. Map your balance accounts with just a few clicks.
  3. Review your import of suppliers, tax rates, and general ledger accounts.
  4. Start exporting reviewed expenses and settled payments in real time.

With automated sync and real-time exports:

  • Expenses are exported once reviewed
  • Payments are exported once settled
  • All data is readily available for reconciliation

This significantly accelerates month-end close and reduces manual corrections.

Yes. Payhawk can sync unlimited analytical families from Pennylane, ensuring you can code, organise, and track spend exactly the way your financial model requires.

Yes. The integration syncs all types of expenses, regardless of whether they are card-based, reimbursable, or centrally managed.

Companies using Payhawk report:

  • More time for financial analysis
  • Improved transparency
  • Stronger control over spend
  • Far less paperwork and manual data gathering

These improvements are especially impactful for organisations with distributed teams or high transaction volumes.

No. The process is easy and guided, but if you are a Pennylane implementer, you can also partner with Payhawk to bring this integration to your clients and grow your service offering.

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