Grant Ilsley

Grant Ilsley is the Commercial Director at Affinity, with over 20 years' experience across the Australian and New Zealand technology markets. He works directly with payroll managers, HR leaders, Finance leaders & teams to assess needs, solve complex payroll challenges, and deliver practical solutions that support both immediate operational requirements and long-term strategic goals.

Grant's career has spanned major international software vendors, hardware providers, and SaaS companies, giving him deep insight into enterprise technology dynamics and the specific challenges faced by large organisations and government entities. Since joining Affinity in 2024, he has focused on helping customers navigate modern payroll complexity – from multi-entity consolidation and award interpretation to intelligent automation and system integration.

What Grant Writes About

• •Enterprise payroll solution design and architecture
• •Multi-entity and complex payroll consolidation strategies
• •Australian and New Zealand compliance requirements
• •Implementation and migration planning
• •Building business cases for managed payroll services
• •System integration across HR, workforce management, and finance platforms
• •Change management and adoption strategy

How Grant Works

• •Customer needs assessment and discovery
• •Solution architecture and design workshops
• •Implementation strategy and migration planning
• •Integration planning across enterprise systems
• •Government and enterprise sector consulting
• •Building trusted, long-term customer relationships

Outside Of Work

Outside of work, Grant enjoys maintaining a large wine collection, and has two British Bulldog fur babies.