Fully Managed Payroll

We do your payroll for you.

Let Affinity take care of your entire payroll function.

Our experienced payroll managers ensure timely, accurate payroll processing, tax filings, and employee support, giving you the freedom to focus on what matters most.

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Remove the burden. Reduce the risk.

Managing payroll internally comes with risks: key person dependency, compliance complexity, and administrative overhead.

Affinity’s Fully Managed service isn't just about outsourcing the task – it's about upgrading the capability. You get a team of experts, bank-grade security, and guaranteed accuracy.

Affinity Managed Services

Complete end-to-end payroll management on the Affinity platform.

Eliminate single-point-of-failure risk

Expert compliance management

A transparent partnership

Everything from Supported, plus dedicated operational management.

Key Service	Affinity Fully Managed	Traditional Outsourcing
Payroll Processing	End-to-end processing including data entry, calculation, and checking.	Processing often in batch with limited transparency.
Platform Access	Full SaaS access. You see what we see in real-time.	Black box. You send data, you get reports back.
Employee Support	We act as your payroll team, answering employee queries directly.	Queries usually routed back to internal HR/Admin.
3rd Party Payments	Management of superannuation, tax, and child support payments.	Often requires client to make final payments.
Dedicated Manager	Named Payroll Manager who knows your business intimately.	Call center pool or revolving account managers.

Hand us your data – we’ll handle the rest

Just provide your data, and let Affinity manage the entire implementation. With minimal effort required from your team, we ensure a smooth and stress-free transition.

Plan

We collaborate closely with your team to understand your business needs. Then, we handle all the planning while you simply provide your data from the current system.

Build

Affinity’s expert team migrates your data, configures the payroll system to your exact requirements, and rigorously tests everything to ensure accuracy and compliance.

Deploy

We launch your payroll, ensuring that your employees are paid accurately and on time from day one, while continuously managing everything behind the scenes.

"Moving to Affinity’s Fully Managed service was the best decision we made. The transition was seamless, and now I sleep easy knowing our compliance is 100% covered by experts who actually care about our people."

– HR Director, Logistics EnterpriseConnect with an expert

Frequently asked questions

What does Affinity's fully managed payroll service include?

Fully managed covers the end-to-end payroll process — data collection, pay run processing, exception review, third-party payments (superannuation, tax, child support), and employee query handling. Your organisation retains full platform access so you can see what is happening at every stage, but operational responsibility sits with Affinity's team.

Who runs the pay run under fully managed payroll?

A named Affinity Payroll Manager runs each pay cycle on your behalf. They understand your awards, enterprise agreements, and workforce structure — not a shared pool of operators working from a script. You have visibility into the process and are consulted when an exception requires your input.

What happens if a payroll error is made?

Affinity takes operational responsibility for errors made under the fully managed service. Where an error occurs, the team identifies the cause, corrects it, and processes an off-cycle adjustment where necessary. You are informed, and the underlying configuration or process is reviewed to prevent recurrence.

How does fully managed handle compliance changes such as tax updates or STP2?

Affinity monitors compliance changes across Australia and New Zealand and applies updates to your configuration ahead of each effective date. Under fully managed, your team does not need to identify or implement these changes — Affinity's team applies them and confirms the update before the first affected pay cycle.

Can we access the payroll system if Affinity manages the process?

Yes. Fully managed does not mean a black box. You retain full platform access — including payroll data, reporting, and configuration — so you can review what Affinity has processed at any time. This distinguishes Affinity's fully managed service from traditional outsourcing, where clients typically see only the output.

How does fully managed payroll differ from supported payroll?

Under supported payroll, your team runs the payroll and Affinity's experts are available as backup. Under fully managed, Affinity's team runs the payroll on your behalf. The distinction is operational ownership: supported keeps your team in control; fully managed transfers day-to-day responsibility to Affinity.