Do we have to automate everything at once?

No. Most clients start with onboarding or offboarding and expand stage by stage on the same foundation.

How does this handle Saudi end-of-service calculations?

Settlement steps follow your policy and labor requirements, with finance approving the calculated outcome rather than building it manually.

What systems are involved?

Your HR platform, Active Directory or identity systems, payroll, and asset management, connected through governed integrations.

Do we have to automate the whole lifecycle at once?

No, and it is usually better not to. Most organizations start with onboarding because it is predictable and visible, then extend to transfers and offboarding once the pattern is proven.

Which stage delivers the most value first?

Onboarding gives the most visible time saving, but offboarding usually carries the greatest risk reduction, because it closes the gap where access outlives employment.

What if HR and IT use unrelated systems?

That is the normal case. The lifecycle flow coordinates between them through supported interfaces, so each system keeps its role while the employee record stays aligned.

Does automation handle final settlement?

It can prepare and route the steps, but settlement and clearance keep explicit human approval, since they carry legal and financial consequence.

Hire-to-Retire (H2R) Automation

Hire-to-Retire automation connects every employee event, from offer letter to final settlement, into one governed digital flow. Business Codes delivers H2R programs for enterprises in Saudi Arabia, replacing scattered emails and forms with a process HR, IT, and finance all trust.

In short

Hire-to-retire automation connects the full employee lifecycle — hiring, onboarding, transfers, promotions, and offboarding — into one governed flow, keeping records, system access, and approvals synchronized across HR, IT, and finance.

The employee lifecycle automated from hire to final settlement in one governed flow.

A good fit when

Onboarding, transfers, and offboarding involve several systems and departments.
Access provisioning and revocation are inconsistent or slow.
HR, IT, and finance hold employee records that drift out of alignment.
You need one auditable record of the full employee lifecycle.

Not the right fit when

Only one stage is painful — automate that stage rather than the entire lifecycle at once.
Organizational structure or job architecture is unsettled, which makes routing rules unstable.
The systems involved cannot integrate, which limits what an end-to-end flow can achieve.
Hiring volume is very low, making manual coordination genuinely manageable.

Not sure this is the right fit for your process?

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What we automate with Hire-to-Retire Automation

Offer-to-onboarding handover with all provisioning triggered automatically
Transfers and promotions with approvals and system updates in sync
Leave, allowances, and letters handled by policy
Offboarding and end-of-service settlement with clearance checklists

What you gain

One employee record

HR, IT, and finance stop reconciling spreadsheets; the lifecycle updates every system.

60 to 70% less processing time

Typical impact across the lifecycle, measured against your baseline in the assessment.

Compliance built in

Saudi labor requirements and internal policy are enforced by the flow itself.

How it compares

Stage	Disconnected process	Connected hire-to-retire
Onboarding	Chased across departments	Triggered by the approved hire
Access rights	Requested ad hoc	Derived from role
Transfers	Each system updated separately	Updated together
Offboarding	Access lingers after exit	Revoked on trigger, evidenced
Records	Departmental versions differ	One synchronized record

Offboarding is usually where the disconnected approach carries the most risk.

How we implement it

Map the lifecycle
Document each stage and which systems and departments are touched at each one.
Agree ownership
Confirm who owns each stage and who resolves exceptions across HR, IT, and finance.
Clean the employee data
Reconcile records between systems before connecting them, so errors are not amplified.
Automate joiners first
Start with onboarding, where the steps are most predictable and the benefit is visible.
Add movers and leavers
Extend to transfers and offboarding, including access revocation and clearance.
Monitor and reconcile
Track completion and run periodic checks that access matches current employment status.

Limitations to plan for

It spans departments, so success depends on agreement between HR, IT, and finance more than on technology.
Every connected system adds integration surface to maintain.
Poor existing employee data becomes visible immediately and usually has to be cleaned first.
Local regulatory steps in offboarding still require human confirmation.

Common mistakes

Automating onboarding while leaving offboarding manual, which is the larger security risk.
Building around one department's view instead of the shared lifecycle.
Skipping data cleanup, so inconsistencies propagate faster than before.
No single owner across departments, so exceptions stall between teams.

Security and governance

Access is granted from the approved role, and revoked on the offboarding trigger rather than by memory.
Provisioning and de-provisioning are logged, giving a defensible record of who had access when.
Separation of duties is preserved: requesting, approving, and provisioning stay distinct.
Final settlement and clearance steps keep explicit human sign-off.

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Hire-to-Retire Automation Explained

Hire-to-retire automation connects every employee event — from offer letter to final settlement — into one governed digital flow. Here is how it works and where it pays off.