Commercial Director at Affinity
Grant Ilsley is the Commercial Director at Affinity, with over 20 years' experience across Australian and New Zealand technology markets. He works directly with payroll, HR, and finance leaders to solve complex payroll challenges – from multi-entity consolidation and award interpretation to intelligent automation and system integration. Grant's career has spanned major international software vendors and SaaS companies, giving him deep insight into the specific needs of large organisations and government entities.
• 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
• 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, Grant enjoys maintaining a large wine collection, and has two British Bulldog fur babies.
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