Partner with Australia's most trusted payroll network

At Australian Payroll Association, our purpose is clear; to create confidence in how people are paid.

Payroll in Australia is complex. Legislation changes frequently, the rules continue to evolve, and the pressure to get it right never goes away. That’s where we come in.

Payroll is our speciality, and we lead it.

It’s all we do, and we do it exceptionally well.

When you partner with APA, your brand aligns with Australia’s most trusted authority in payroll. You connect with employers who value certainty, seek compliance and appreciate clear, practical guidance in a highly regulated space.

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Why partner with APA?

Let’s build something valuable together

If your business helps employers improve payroll outcomes, we’d love to connect. Let’s create a partnership that brings value to our members and results for your business.

Platinum Partner

Frontier Software

Frontier Software provides world class employee lifecycle solutions that attract, nurture and reward an organisation's most valued asset – their staff. Leveraging over 30 years’ experience in Human Capital Management solutions – ichris optimises employee engagement and the user experience. Frontier Software is proud to provide HR solutions to over 1700 clients globally.
 
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Gold Partners

The Access Group

The Access Group is one of the leading providers of business management software to UK, Ireland and Asia Pacific mid-market organisations. It helps more than 55,000 customers across commercial, public sector and not-for-profit sectors become more productive and efficient. It’s innovative Access Workspace cloud solutions transform the way business software is used, giving every employee the freedom to do more.
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Datapay

Navigate payroll complexity with Datapay: Payroll made powerful. Trusted by over 1,300 organisations, Datapay is cloud-based payroll software built specifically for medium to large enterprises in Australia and New Zealand. Datapay helps you modernise your payroll with precise configuration to your requirements, robust API integration to connect your systems and data, and comprehensive support from local payroll experts.
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Silver Partners

Ramco

Ramco is a leading HR & global payroll software provider on cloud with compliance across 35+ countries. Ranked as a LEADER by Nelson Hall for its multi-country payroll capability, Ramco HCM is revolutionizing the payroll & time and attendance space with many innovative features. Get in touch for a complete yet refreshingly simple experience with Ramco HCM.
 
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Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT & Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system. Headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in 5 countries including Sydney Australia, Rippling has raised $1.2B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks and Bedrock.
 
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Workday

Workday is a leading enterprise platform that helps organisations manage their most important assets – their people and money. The Workday platform is built with AI at the core to help customers elevate people, supercharge work, and move their business forever forward. Workday is used by more than 10,500 organisations around the world and across industries – from medium-sized businesses to more than 60% of the Fortune 500. We’d love to talk to you about how we’re transforming business with our payroll solution.
 
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Industry Partners

Activpayroll

activpayroll is a leading global payroll and mobility services provider established in 2001, headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland. The company provides integrated global payroll solutions, global mobility services, global HR support, international payment solutions, and system integrations across 150+ countries, serving over 500 global businesses.
 
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ADP

At ADP we take pride in delivering world class payroll and HR services to more than 7,000 clients across Australia and New Zealand. Our flexible solutions are reliable, secure and simple to operate, and ensure a cost-effective and efficient process for the payroll and HR needs of organisations.
 
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Affinity

Our advanced payroll technology is specifically designed to address the complex legislative requirements faced by businesses in Australia and New Zealand. By leveraging cutting-edge software, we open up a world of possibilities to our customers, simplifying and automating payroll like never before.
 
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Attura

Atturra is the premier holistic IT services provider. Our expertise spans business and IT advisory services, core application expertise in leading ERP systems like TechnologyOne, Infor Public Sector, Oracle, SAP, ReadyTech, Chris21/iChris and Aurion Technology, and comprehensive applications and infrastructure managed services. We partner with organisations to simplify, optimise, and modernise core systems, supporting improved service delivery and stronger compliance outcomes.
 
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Aurion

Make work life easy with Aurion’s industry-leading enterprise HR software solutions. Aurion offers mobile-first tools for the entire employee life cycle – from hire to retire and everything in between. Aurion delivers true workforce insight built on 30 years of experience. Improve the performance of your workforce anywhere, anytime by giving your people access to analytics and HR management tools on any device.
 
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biotime

biotime is Australia’s trusted time and attendance specialist. Our fraud-proof biometric time clocks and cloud software deliver real-time insights and payroll-ready accuracy. Designed to integrate seamlessly with your systems, biotime simplifies compliance and eliminates buddy punching - keeping your workforce visible, your data precise and your payroll streamlined.
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BIPO

BIPO is a global payroll and HR solutions provider, delivering tech-enabled services across 170+ markets. From Human Capital Management and Payroll Outsourcing to Employer of Record services, our award-winning platform streamlines workflows, automates processes, and offers actionable insights to support business growth.
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BundyPlus

BundyPlus is an Australian-based workforce time and attendance company helping businesses track employee hours, reduce payroll errors, and stay compliant. With 20+ years of experience, BundyPlus offers powerful hardware, smart software, and seamless integrations with leading payroll systems.
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CloudPayroll

CloudPayroll is a proven, cloud-based payroll solution suitable for a small business with a few employees, a group of businesses, a franchise or an enterprise business with several hundred employees and contractors in any industry. An easy-to-use, feature-rich payroll solution making it simple for you to run each pay, manage leave, PAYG, superannuation, employee records and HR with document management. CloudPayroll has seamless integrations with accounting, HR, rostering, time and attendance solutions, so you can build a trusted, leading eco-system best suited to your business. We also provide free unlimited ongoing support via phone and email.
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D-BIT Australia

D-BIT Australia, established in 1987, delivers professional services and software solutions in payroll, time capture, HRM, billing, and fixed assets. Serving 40,000+ clients across 35 countries, D-BIT partners with SAP, ACCPAC, and Microsoft, offering seamless integration with 30+ financial systems for robust, end-to-end business solutions.
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Dayforce

Realise the full potential of your workforce with HR, payroll, workforce management, and more in one powerful HCM solution.
 
 
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Deel

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 150+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly. Discover how Deel makes global work simple at deel.com.
 
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Deputy

With HR, Workforce Management, and Payroll running together, Deputy can help you take your team from hired to retired. Run the business and grow as you go, with all of your employee information in one place and without the headaches of syncing, integrating, and juggling. Deputy helps shift-based businesses become more profitable, connected, and trusted by each team member — our goal is to make that happen for workplaces in every community, worldwide.
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e-PayDay

e-PayDay Pty Ltd has a lengthy history in software development, releasing our first payroll product (for DOS) in 1987. Our new Award-centric payroll solution (e-PayDay Go®) ensures Fair Work compliance at every stage, from hiring to retirement, and meets the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) Single Touch Payroll reporting requirements. Experience the power of our unified cloud payroll system, which seamlessly combines Time and Attendance, HR management, Payday superannuation, employee self service, and onboarding into one cohesive solution. We are an Australian Made licensee, and all support is provided locally. No trial is required as the first three employees are always 100% free! Also suitable for Accountants and Bookkeepers.
 
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Employment Hero

Employment Hero is the world’s leading HR, payroll and employee engagement platform. Its powerful employment platform and groundbreaking employment superapp, Swag, are changing work for the better. The award-winning employment software helps launch businesses on the path to success by powering more productivity every day. From a single integrated platform, Employment Hero automates the flow of data from employees across all aspects of employment, from rosters and timesheets to payroll and leave management. Employment Hero services over 300,000 businesses from SMEs, to accountants, to outsourced providers and consultants, with its core platform reducing admin time by up to 80 per cent.
 
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foundU

foundU is an adaptable workforce management platform. Its onboarding, rostering, and payroll tools are all built-in (not integrated), so you can update with legislation, gain operational insights, and achieve more. Book a demo to discover how foundU can help you simplify payroll, scale your workforce, and grow your business.
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G-P

G-P helps growing companies unlock their full potential by making it possible to build highly skilled global teams (workers and contractors) in days instead of months. Through our SaaS-based platform, we help find, hire, onboard, pay, and manage team members, quickly and compliantly, to expand growth opportunities for everyone, everywhere - without the hassle of setting up local subsidiaries or branch offices. We pair the industry's most responsive technology with our world-class legal, HR and tax expertise to support and guide your growth, anywhere in the world.
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GCE Payroll Advisers Inc.

GCE helps growing companies expand globally seamlessly in over 125 locations worldwide. Through solutions like Employer of Record (EOR), recruiting, payroll outsourcing, and global compliance, we manage hiring, payments, and legal obligations across multiple countries. With proprietary technology like NEXUS, ChatGCE, and the Global Payroll Calculator, we deliver accuracy, speed, and regulatory compliance. Our expert team supports each client with personalized advice to build international teams in days, without the need to establish subsidiaries. At GCE, we simplify your global growth.
 
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Humanforce

The intelligent platform for your shift-based workforce. Almost every shift has its no-shows, late arrivals, and special requests, but, you’ve also got to deal with the big shifts in how people work – everything from new employee expectations to new technologies, new regulations, and other major changes. Humanforce brings a whole new approach to managing your teams where you can simplify the process, see everything at once, and stay ahead of the curve. That’s why thousands of businesses of all sizes – hotels to hospitals, resources to recreation, stadiums to shops and more - use Humanforce to get ready for the next shift.

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Infinet Cloud

Australian company specialising in Cloud based applications and services including Payroll, Leave Management, Time Sheeting, Expense Reports and Employee Self Service. Domain experts in AU, NZ and UK.
 
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Kainos

Kainos empowers organisations to reimagine their operations by creating new ways of working that improve people’s experiences and lives. As a Workday Service Partner since 2011, Kainos partners with customers to deliver seamless adoption of Workday HCM, Payroll and Financials, localised Application Management Services (AMS), and powerful automation products to maximise people experience. Contact us to learn how our Australia-based team enables organisations to enhance their operations with Workday’s Payroll solution.
 
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Lightning Payroll

Lightning Payroll provides flexible and easy to use payroll software solutions for a wide range of industries across Australia. With a dedicated support and development team based locally in Brisbane, we are here to help when you need us. Lightning Payroll makes payroll quick & easy for thousands of Aussie businesses.
 
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MyHR

MyHR provides outsourced HR services, offering comprehensive support for businesses. They manage essential HR tasks such as compliance, performance management, document review, and creation. By leveraging MyHR's expertise, companies can focus on core activities while ensuring efficient and compliant HR operations, enhancing overall productivity and workplace satisfaction.
 
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Noahface

Noahface is an advanced time and attendance software company specialising in the use of tablet based facial recognition for employees to capture shift times, display rosters and pass data through to time sheets or payroll in real time. Accurate, fast and low cost per employee.
 
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OneAdvanced

Ensure accurate award interpretation and streamline your business operations with OneAdvanced's People Management and Time & Attendance software. Our user-friendly solution includes employee tracking, on-shore award interpretation, auto rostering, and payroll integration, saving you time and reducing costs.
 
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Paytools

Is your payroll operations and knowledge scattered across email, personal calendars, documents and spreadsheets? That’s not good governance. Paytools eliminates these risks by centralising all payroll operations into a platform that sits alongside your payroll system, so everyone knows exactly the who, what, when and how of payroll. We're a Melbourne-based team, delivering Australia's first payroll governance and work management platform. Our solutions create a more transparent approach to payroll operations, plus better collaboration across the payroll team.
 
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Peninsula Australia

Peninsula Australia is one of the largest providers of Workplace Relations and Health & Safety services in Australia, serving 30,500 small to medium businesses. We have revolutionised the way business owners access help with employee relations, wage information, and WHS challenges with our 24/7 advice line.
 
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Prince Consulting

Prince Consulting specialises in workforce management, compliance, and employment tax solutions. Our services include implementation of rostering, time and attendance, HR systems and large-scale payroll remediation and audits. We are also registered tax agents and offer tax advisory services and technology compliance platforms across superannuation, payroll tax, workers compensation and long service leave. We leverage our end to end payroll compliance expertise, combined with deep experience in project delivery, to help organisations achieve accuracy, efficiency, and compliance across their workforce operations.

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Pronto Software

We are an Australian developer of award winning business management and analytics solutions. Pronto Xi, our ERP software, integrates accounting, operational and mobile features in a single system – optimising business processes and unlocking actionable insights. Pronto Xi's Payroll module & HRM solutions enable businesses to gain control over employee pay requirements and provides the flexibility needed to manage multiple pay frequencies, entitlements and more. Over 1,700 organisations have leveraged our industry experience and innovation to manage STP and other compliance requirements.

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ReadyTech

ReadyTech (ASX listed, RDY), exists to help communities thrive. From education and workforce management to local communities, government, justice systems and beyond, we create awesome technology that helps our customers navigate complexity, while also delivering meaningful outcomes. Our Workforce Solutions product suite provides a range of powerful cloud payroll and workforce management solutions for businesses in Australia & New Zealand. Whether you prefer to do it yourself in-house or require us to manage it for you, ReadyTech has a tailored payroll and HR solution for your business.
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RemCheck

RemCheck is a one-stop solution that supports employers in their ongoing compliance with modern awards. With our legal knowledge of modern award interpretation principles combined with intuitive calculations, RemCheck assists employers to ensure they are compliant with their pay obligations or identify any shortfalls which require remediation. RemCheck’s calculations are tailored to each employer’s workplace practices and contractual arrangements to ensure a fair and accurate outcome.

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Rest Super

Established in 1988, Rest is one of Australia’s largest profit-to-member superannuation funds, with more than 2 million members and around $100 billion in funds under management as at 31 July 2025. Read more at: Rest.com.au
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Tanda

Tanda combines Payroll, Rostering, and HR in a single solution. Tanda automates overtime, penalty rates, allowances and other modern award conditions, as well as long service leave calculations. Switching to Tanda will provide immediate benefits, including faster payroll processing times, improved compliance, and no integration errors. 
 
 
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Technology One

TechnologyOne Human Resource & Payroll is a powerful enterprise-wide solution that enables you to anticipate and meet the rapidly changing needs of your organisation by delivering comprehensive, integrated and advanced tools that work with, and improve, your human resource and payroll processes.
 
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Timecloud

Timecloud is a powerful all-in-one workforce management solution that takes the stress out of payroll and powers productivity for practical businesses. Easily manage time & attendance, staff leave, employee rostering with time clocks, mobile app, payroll integration, and advanced reporting. Gain real-time workforce insights and ensure you stay on top of your workflows
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UKG

At UKG, Our Purpose Is People. Built from a merger that created one of the largest cloud companies in the world, UKG believes organisations succeed when they focus on their people. As a leading provider of HCM, payroll, and workforce management solutions, UKG’s award winning Dimensions and Ready solutions help tens of thousands of organisations across geographies and in every industry drive better business outcomes, improve HR effectiveness, streamline the payroll process, and help make work a better, more connected experience for everyone.
 
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Verve Strategies

Verve Strategies specialises in workforce management process improvements. If you believe your systems, processes and people are not delivering the desired results or efficiencies then we can help. We provide services for assessment, reviews, project management, process analysis and document / procedure manuals.
 
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WageSafe

Do you know if you delivered the right pay today? - WageSafe is changing the game, with a revolutionary product that allows business owners, managers and or payroll/HR teams to audit the payroll process in real-time.  We understand labour law is complex and compliance is a must, getting WageSafe accreditation will help move your business towards zero tolerance of underpayments.

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Workplace Law

Your partner in workplace relations. Since 2003, Workplace Law has operated as a specialist law firm focussed on providing advice to employers in all aspects of employment law and workplace relations.

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Xero

With Xero, beautiful accounting software, you can see your cashflow in real-time with online accounting, invoicing, billing, banking and now payroll. Xero Payroll is a world-class solution that lets you run your payroll entirely within Xero.

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Yellow Canary

Yellow Canary is a compliance technology provider that helps payroll teams prevent and detect underpayments across pay, modern awards, Enterprise Agreements, superannuation, and Long Service Leave. Trusted by leading employers, we empower payroll to improve accuracy, minimise risk, reduce manual effort and support ongoing payroll compliance.

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Zalaris

Zalaris is a global SAP Partner and provider of a wide range of SAP based HR & Payroll solutions and services. In APAC, Zalaris specialises in helping mid-sized organisations transform their HR & Payroll operations by adopting SAP SuccessFactors solutions and offering consulting, implementation, integration, and support services. At Zalaris APAC, our core focus is our HR & Payroll cloud solution, PeopleHub, certified as an SAP Qualified Partner-Packaged Solution. PeopleHub is easily optimised to meet the specific needs of our customers. With flexible and robust smart-shoring options and capabilities, we deliver comprehensive, high-quality consulting services that offer excellent value for money and low risk. For more information, visit zalaris.com.

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Association Partners

BSCAA

The Building Service Contractors Association of Australia (BSCAA) is the leading industry body representing the building services and contract cleaning sectors in Australia. It provides advocacy, training, and support to its members, promoting best practices, compliance, and professionalism in the industry. BSCAA helps enhance industry standards and fosters business growth.
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