Detecting Payroll Fraud in Complex Organisational Structures
Payroll fraud rarely sits in one place. In large, decentralised organisations, it hides across business units, payroll systems, contractors, and approval layers.
What we consistently see in complex structures:
- Ghost employees embedded across multiple cost centres
- Inflated overtime and allowances approved through weak controls
- Duplicate or manipulated employee records across payroll platforms
- Contractors paid outside approved frameworks
- Segregation-of-duties failures masked by organisational complexity
Effective payroll fraud detection requires more than a checklist audit. It demands forensic thinking, data-driven analysis, and an understanding of how people exploit process gaps at scale.
At Duja Consulting, we help organisations uncover payroll risk through targeted forensic reviews that connect HR data, payroll systems, approvals, and payment trails.
If payroll complexity is growing faster than oversight, it may be time to look deeper.
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