How does payroll software work?

Payroll software integrates with your organisation’s HR systems and other financial software to automate the process of payroll. Employees enter their working hours or schedules, and the software automatically calculates their salaries, taxes, and other deductions.

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Integrated Payroll Software for Australia

Q: What is payroll software?

Payroll software is a digital solution that automates the process of calculating and managing employee payroll. It automates tasks such as calculating employee salaries, taxes, deductions, and tracking time off.

Payroll your way

There’s no one-size-fits-all when it comes to payroll. Integrated with our best-in-class HRIS, ELMO’s payroll solutions adapt to your size, structure and systems – keeping all your critical people data in one secure place.

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People data all over the place?

Bring HR and payroll together with a single source of truth.

Too many awards and rules to manage?

Automate calculations and stay on top of multiple awards and agreements.

Compliance keeping you up at night?

Rest easy with payroll solutions built for ANZ legislation.

Better together. Ditch duplication. Manage HR and payroll in one cloud-based system.

Automated compliance. Keep up with legislative and award changes across Australia and New Zealand to reduce your risk.

Empower your people. Let employees view payslips, manage leave and update personal details, freeing your team from repetitive admin.

Already using a payroll system? ELMO connects with trusted third party providers for effortless data flow and familiar workflows.

Streamlined payroll processing

Automate complex tasks and free up time for strategy and people.

Compliance confidence

Enable legislative updates and audit-ready reporting to reduce risk.

Better workforce insights

Real-time data and custom reports for quick, informed decision-making.

Empowered employees

A 90% reduction in HR & finance admin time with employee self-service*.

Our payroll processing time decreased by 75% since adopting ELMO Payroll, freeing us to focus more on our people.

Peter Legg

CFO at South Sydney Rabbitohs

Rabbitohs’ story

ELMO Payroll has transformed our payroll from complex and cumbersome to clear and compliant, making it easy for everyone involved.

Mark Lulham

People & Culture Manager at Star Aviation

Star Aviation’s story

We really needed to streamline all of our processes and ensure that we had the right approvals and processes in place to remain compliant, whilst providing a fluid digital people experience.

Ariauna Sanis

HR Advisor at PetSure

PetSure’s story

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Payroll software is a digital solution that automates calculating and managing employee payroll. It automates tasks such as calculating employee salaries, super, taxes, deductions, allowances and leave.

Payroll software integrates with your organisation’s HR systems and other financial software to automate the payroll process. Employees enter their working hours or schedules, and the software automatically calculates salaries, super, taxes, deductions, allowances and leave.

When selecting payroll software, it’s important to consider useful features such as payroll processing, tax calculations, time and attendance tracking, direct deposit, employee self-service, reporting and analytics.

Payroll software has several benefits, including improved accuracy, time-saving, and increased efficiency. It reduces the risk of errors and ensures that employees are paid accurately and on time. Payroll software also simplifies tax filing and compliance with labour laws and regulations.

Our software is best suited for mid-sized to large businesses. It’s flexible enough to scale with your organisation as your needs evolve, making it ideal for teams looking to streamline HR processes, improve compliance, and enhance the employee experience without the complexity of enterprise-level systems.

Our payroll software is fully configurable, allowing the system to be designed for your requirements.

Our payroll software is fully compliant with Single Touch Payroll in Australia, and Payday Filing and KiwiSaver in NZ, so you can rely on ELMO to handle your compliance needs.

Feel confident that our solution supports compliance thanks to automatic updates with the latest Australian and New Zealand tax regulations, giving you peace of mind.

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