Relius File Specifications

Last updated: February 17, 2026

Finch’s native integration with Relius enables recordkeepers to seamlessly sync payroll data from the payroll provider into Relius. After the integration is configured and sponsors complete authentication, Finch automatically retrieves the necessary data, formats it according to predefined specifications, and transfers it to Relius via SFTP.

The file contains the following columns:

Column Name	File Position	Description
PLANID	1	Identifier of each plan/employer, provided by recordkeeper
First Name	2	First name of employee
Middle Name	3	Middle name of employee
Last Name	4	Last name of employee
SSN	5	SSN of employee
Address 1	6	Residential address
Address 2	7	Residential address
City	8	Residential address
State	9	Residential address
Zip	10	Residential address
Birth Date	11	DOB of employee
Hire Date	12	First hire data of the employee
Rehire Date	13	Rehire data of the employee
Termination Date	14	End data of the employee
Check Date	15	Date that payrun happened
Payroll Sequence	16	Identifier of an individual pay frequency, provided by recordkeeper
Payroll Begin Date	17	Start of payroll cycle
Payroll End Date	18	End of payroll cycle
Payroll Frequency	19	W: Weekly B: Bi-weekly S: Semy-monthly M: Monthly Q: Quarterly A: Annual 2: Semi-Annual
Gross Earnings	20	Total gross earnings aggregated in that pay period Note: Finch sends the gross earnings amounts exactly as they appear in the payroll system. See additional information below.
Hours	21	Total hours worked in that pay period
Employee Deferral	22	Amount for employee deferrals in the plan (could be 401k, 403b, etc.)
Employee Roth	23	Amount of employee deferral for roth plan
Loan Payments	24	Total payments made towards loans in the pay period
Employer Match	25	Total employer match towards retirement plans in the pay period
Employer Contribution	26	Total non-elective employer contribution towards retirement plan
Safe Harbor Match	27	Total safe harbor match by the employer towards retirement plan in the pay period
Safe Harbor Non-Elective	28	Total safe harbor non-elective contributions made by the employer towards retirement plan in the pay period
Qualified Non-Elective Contribution	29	Total qualified non-elective contributions made by the employer towards retirement plan in the pay period
Profit Sharing	30	Total contributions made by the employer on company’s profits to the retirement plan in the pay period
Money Purchase	31	Total contributions made towards a money purchase plan in the pay period
Employer Roth Match	32	Total Roth match made by the employer

Note regarding gross earnings:

Finch fetches gross earnings from the payroll system and sends those values in the Relius feed exactly as they appear. Depending on the payroll system, gross earnings may include various types of compensation (including bonuses or other types of compensations).

Please note that the availability of each data field depends on a few factors:

Correct payroll item mapping for the employer
Permissions that the sponsor provided to Finch during authentication
Usage and availability of the data within the payroll provider (eg. a sponsor may not be populating those fields)
Currently un-mapped fields from the payroll provider into Finch