Payroll built for your size, not against it.
Enterprise payroll software for large organisations across Australia and New Zealand – award and EBA interpretation, Holidays Act compliance, multi-entity structures and dedicated delivery from one accountable local partner.
Large Australian and New Zealand organisations run payroll across awards, EBAs, the Holidays Act and multiple entities – complexity that off-the-shelf systems push back onto your team. Affinity's enterprise payroll software handles it natively, flagging issues before the payslip and backed by dedicated local experts. Built for AU and NZ. Get in touch to map your requirements.
When the system can't cope, you do
As an organisation grows, its payroll rarely gets simpler. More entities, more agreements, more worker types and more edge cases pile up – and standard payroll systems quietly hand the difference back to your team to manage by hand.
That is where the strain shows. The payroll team become the last line of defence: holding rules in their head, rechecking the same calculations every cycle, and carrying the fear that one missed exception will surface on a payslip. It is not a people problem. It is a systems problem. Paying people correctly across multiple entities or two countries and dozens of pay rules should not depend on individual memory and manual workarounds.
We have been in that room
We understand what it feels like to be three days from pay day with data that still is not right. For more than 40 years, Affinity has built and run payroll for Australian and New Zealand organisations – through award changes, Holidays Act reform and Payday Super, and everything in between.
That longevity matters because we do one thing. Payroll and workforce management for AU and NZ is the whole business, not a regional edition of a global product. We build the technology and deliver the service ourselves, so there is one accountable partner across software and support – no middlemen, no white labels, no offshoring. Our platform is ISO 27001 certified, IRD and ATO aligned, and hosted with local data residency, and our payroll specialists configure and test your rules with you rather than leaving you to wire them up alone.
40+ years, AU and NZ only
Payroll and workforce management is the whole business, not a regional edition of a global product.
One accountable partner
We build the technology and deliver the service ourselves – no middlemen, no white labels, no offshoring.
Compliant by design
ISO 27001 certified, IRD and ATO aligned, and hosted with local data residency.
Three steps to confident payroll
Fit check with the Affinity team
We map your systems, entities, and the rules that never fit a standard system, and confirm exactly how Affinity handles them – a solution design that fits your whole organisation, not just a part of it.
Implementation with measured results
We configure and test your payroll against your history and expected outcomes, then prove it over your first cycles – not with promises, but with the numbers in front of you.
Your Affinity team, for the long run
Local experts who know your business stay with you as legislation, structures and agreements evolve.
Talk to the Affinity team about your enterprise payroll requirements.
What complexity costs when the system won't hold it
At enterprise scale, the gaps a standard system leaves behind stop being an inconvenience and start being a genuine risk to the organisation – unmanaged compliance exposure, unpredictable labour cost, and a governance gap that widens as the business grows.
What it looks like when the system holds it
With Affinity, the rules live in the system, not in someone's head. New entities, agreements and rules are added the same controlled way as the business changes – so payroll scales with you instead of straining against you.
What enterprise payroll looks like on Affinity
See issues before the payslip
Payroll IQ brings your payroll reports and screens into one real-time view, explaining every variance and change automatically – so checking and sign-off are fast, and nothing surprises you after processing. myPA, your configurable payroll assistant, watches for the events and data changes that matter and acts on them, from alerts to exports to record updates.
Automate the rules a standard system can't
Configurable pay elements, code groups and customer-specific calculation logic run inside the processing pipeline – including multi-period averaging, thresholds, caps and organisation-specific rules – modelled once, tested against history, and run automatically every pay.
Fits your architecture, not the other way around
Scheduling, timesheets, leave and award interpretation feed a single payroll engine, so data flows cleanly from the roster to the payslip without double-handling. Affinity also integrates with your existing HR, time and finance systems through real-time and file-based APIs, and our partner network helps connect the specialist systems you already run – so payroll slots into your stack rather than forcing a rebuild. Forms and Workflow closes process gaps – onboarding, role changes, cost-centre updates – with validated data that writes straight to the database.
Cost control, not another BI tool
Costing gives finance leaders a real-time view of scheduled and actual labour cost – compared to budget or revenue, down to cost centre – turning payroll from a black box into ERP-level cost insight without a separate reporting stack.
Compliance built for here, not adapted for it
Australia
Australian award and EBA complexity is native to Affinity, not a plug-in. Our award interpretation engine reads time worked and produces the correct payments and accruals across Modern Awards, enterprise agreements and collectives – automatically detecting public holidays by employee location and applying the right rules.
New Zealand
Our NZ payroll solutions are built for the Holidays Act 2003 – average weekly earnings, average daily pay and 52-week leave averaging calculated correctly, with the treatments that trip up systems designed elsewhere. One platform, one set of rules across both countries, one partner accountable for keeping you compliant as the law changes.
Choose how much you want to run yourself
All three delivery models run on the same platform, the same database and the same vendor – so you can move between them without re-implementation as your needs change.
SaaS
Do it yourself
Cloud-based payroll technology with tools, support, training and API integrations to implement at your own pace.
Explore SaaSSupported
Do it with us
Everything in SaaS plus a dedicated support person, system configuration and admin validation, ad hoc reporting, training and comprehensive online help.
Explore Supported PayrollFully Managed
We do it for you
Everything in Supported plus dedicated payroll managers, end-to-end processing, third-party payments and tax filing, employee and manager support, and full reporting and insights.
Explore Fully ManagedSecure by design
Enterprise payroll holds your most sensitive data, and it is protected accordingly. Affinity is ISO 27001 certified, with real-time and file-based APIs, strict local data residency, and an architecture aligned to IRD and ATO requirements. Read more about security at Affinity.
Built for everyone who signs off the decision
At enterprise scale, payroll is a whole-of-organisation decision – and Affinity is built to satisfy the people accountable for it.
For the CFO and finance
Real-time visibility of labour cost against budget and revenue, clean reconciled data across every entity, and predictable outcomes – cost control and governance without another system to maintain.
See more for finance leadersFor the CIO, IT and security
ISO 27001 certification, IRD and ATO alignment, local data residency, and documented real-time APIs that keep data flowing cleanly into your existing stack, not sitting in a silo.
See more for IT and securityFor procurement and the board
One accountable vendor that builds the technology and delivers the service – no offshoring, no white labels, lower vendor risk, and measurable value proven over your first cycles rather than promised in a pitch.
See more for procurementFor HR and people teams
One employee record across every entity, agreement and country, with self-service, onboarding and workflow that write straight back to payroll – so your team stops reconciling data by hand.
See more for HR leadersOne platform, one partner, one accountable relationship across software and service – from contract to compliance.
"Affinity has removed risk from our business, enhanced our service delivery and the employee user experience."– Paul McCloskey, General Manager People, Vector
Best for
Large AU and NZ organisations with complex, multi-entity or agreement-driven payroll – awards, EBAs, the Holidays Act, total-remuneration structures and industry-specific rules that off-the-shelf presets cannot model.
Less ideal
Small payrolls with less than 100 employees.
Frequently asked questions
What is enterprise payroll software?
Enterprise payroll software processes pay for large, complex organisations – typically across multiple entities, agreements, worker types and locations. Beyond calculating pay, it automates award and legislative compliance, integrates with workforce management and finance systems, and gives payroll teams real-time visibility and control at scale.
Does Affinity handle both Australian and New Zealand payroll?
Yes. Affinity is built for both markets on one platform, with Australian award and EBA interpretation and New Zealand Holidays Act compliance handled natively. Organisations operating on both sides of the Tasman run a single system with one set of rules and one accountable partner, rather than stitching together separate country solutions.
Can Affinity manage multi-entity payroll?
Yes. Affinity supports multiple entities, agreements and worker types within a single platform and database, with configurable rules, costing and reporting across the group. This removes the duplication and reconciliation effort that comes from running separate systems per entity.
How does Affinity handle complex award and EBA interpretation?
Affinity's rules engine interprets time worked and produces the correct payments and accruals across Modern Awards, enterprise agreements and collectives. Rules are configured and tested with you, apply automatically each pay, and detect conditions such as public holidays by employee location.
Is enterprise payroll data secure with Affinity?
Yes. Affinity is ISO 27001 certified, aligned to IRD and ATO requirements, and hosted with strict local data residency. Real-time and file-based APIs keep data flowing securely between payroll and connected systems.
What delivery options are available?
Three models on the same platform: SaaS (do it yourself), Supported (do it with us) and Fully Managed (we do it for you). Because all three share one platform and database, you can move between them as your needs change without re-implementing.
How does Affinity help finance leaders control payroll cost?
Costing IQ gives finance real-time visibility of scheduled and actual labour cost against budget or revenue, across every entity and cost centre. Combined with clean, reconciled data and a single accountable vendor, it turns payroll into a source of cost control and governance rather than a monthly unknown.
How is Affinity different from a global payroll platform?
Affinity is built and serviced only for Australia and New Zealand, and builds the technology and delivers the service itself. That means local compliance is native rather than adapted, and you have one accountable partner across software and support – with more than 40 years of local expertise behind it.
More questions? See our full FAQ
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