Senior Solutions Consultant at Affinity
Ben Dallimore is a Senior Solutions Consultant at Affinity with 20 years' experience helping organisations design and run accurate, compliant payroll across New Zealand and Australia. His background spans service delivery, application support, and product – giving him a practical, end-to-end perspective on reducing compliance risk, improving process reliability, and creating stronger visibility over payroll cost and workforce outcomes.
Outside of work, Ben enjoys good food, good tech, and adventurous travel.
How one of Australasia's largest food manufacturers pays about 7,000 people on three Affinity instances, integrated with SAP, SuccessFactors and UKG.
Read the payroll consolidation case studyWhite label payroll means your provider resells software built by someone else under its own brand. Where the model works for AU and NZ payrolls, where it breaks as award and Holidays Act complexity grows, and the five questions to ask before you sign.
Read the white label payroll guideInteractive guide to New Zealand's Employment Leave Act 2026, replacing the Holidays Act from 6 August 2028. Classify hours, estimate accrual and LCP, and walk the OWD test.
Explore the interactive Employment Leave Act guideA practical guide for AU and NZ payroll, HR and finance leaders on costing the current state, quantifying the benefit of change, and getting to a bottom line the board will back. Download the free guide, plus a gated cost & benefit model and business case template.
Download the free guideA practical evaluation guide for AU and NZ payroll, HR and finance leaders. Download the free guide, plus a gated RFP template and scoring toolkit to run a structured vendor selection.
Download the free guideThe confirmed AU payroll, tax and super changes from 1 July 2026 – new minimum wage, updated tax tables, ETP caps, the genuine redundancy limit, the cents per kilometre rate and super thresholds – and which need a quick check.
Read the Australian tax year-end updateIPP 3A requires notification when employee data is collected indirectly. Learn what's changing, how it affects payroll, and what your team needs to do before 1 May 2026.
Read the NZ privacy changes guideA complete website rebuild delivered in two months by two people working alongside regular roles. Domain knowledge, strategic clarity, and AI tooling combined to achieve what previously required seven people and six months.
Read the two-person team storyDiscover five warning signs your organisation is underinvesting in payroll and increasing compliance and operational risk in AU & NZ.
Discover the 5 warning signsFrom 1 April 2026, minimum KiwiSaver contribution rates will increase. Learn about the temporary rate reduction option and what employers need to do to comply.
Learn about KiwiSaver contribution changesThe challenge isn't understanding the rules - it's getting your payroll system to apply them correctly. A guide for payroll leaders.
Learn about multi-state payroll taxFinance often demands more cost centre splits than the payroll system can handle. Learn 4 flexible ways to handle complex allocations.
Learn about cost centre splittingMost payroll systems weren't built with finance in mind. Learn how to get GL exports that actually work with your ERP.
Explore GL mapping and file formatsUnderstanding where payroll ends and ERP begins is crucial to gaining accurate insights without duplicated effort.
Learn about payroll job costing