Ben Dallimore

Ben Dallimore is a Senior Solutions Consultant at Affinity Employer Services, with 20 years' experience helping organisations design and run accurate, compliant payroll in complex operating environments across New Zealand and Australia. He works with payroll, HR, and finance teams to reduce compliance risk, improve process reliability, and create stronger visibility over payroll cost and workforce outcomes.

Ben brings a practical, end-to-end perspective shaped by experience across Affinity's Service Delivery, Application Support, and Product teams. This helps him bridge the gap between payroll operations, solution design, implementation readiness, and long-term system success – whether customers are adopting Affinity's SaaS platform, outsourcing payroll operations, or combining both.

What Ben Writes About

• •Managing payroll risk and improving payroll assurance
• •Reducing rework through clean data and implementation readiness
• •Integration decisions across HRIS, time and attendance, and finance systems
• •Reporting, controls, and improving cost visibility
• •The practical impact of AI on payroll and workforce operations

How Ben Works

• •Discovery and requirements workshops
• •Solution design and architecture review
• •Integration planning and constraint mapping
• •Readiness assessments prior to implementation
• •Collaboration across product, implementation, and support teams

Outside Of Work

Outside of work, Ben enjoys good food, good tech, and adventurous travel.