Payroll Outsourcing

Name: The Access Group
Brand: The Access Group
Rating: 4.6 (4711 reviews)

Access Payroll Outsourcing provides accurate, compliant, and timely outsourced payroll services across Australia and New Zealand. Our flexible solutions support organisations of any size, across any industry, and with any complexity without the burden of managing payroll in-house.

Backed by decades of experience, our qualified payroll professionals process payrolls for up to 25,000 employees across multiple jurisdictions. By partnering with us, you reduce compliance risk, remove administrative overhead, and free your team to focus on core business priorities.

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Payroll outsourcing to suit your needs

Outsourced payroll is not one size fits all, which is why flexibility is built into everything we do. We offer two tiers of services to suit your needs:

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Fully outsourced payroll

With our fully outsourced payroll service, The Access Group manages your payroll end-to-end by a dedicated team of qualified payroll professionals, ensuring every pay cycle is accurate, compliant, and on time.

There’s no need to purchase or maintain any software, as your payroll is processed on a secure Access Payroll product, your data is stored in Australia, and is backed by enterprise-level payroll software security.

All you need to do is provide your payroll data. We take care of everything from there, working to an agreed processing schedule so you always know what to expect.

Fully outsourced payroll can include:

End‑to‑end payroll processing and management
Employee pay calculation and validation
Payment processing and bank file generation
Payroll tax calculation and management
Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting
Payday Super processing
Leave, deductions and adjustments
End‑of‑financial‑year reconciliation and rollover
Payroll and compliance reporting
Integration with finance and ERP systems

Flexible outsourced payroll

Our flexible outsourced payroll service supports all or part of your payroll process, scaling as your business grows or changes. You continue to manage your HR, time and attendance through your own systems, while our team handles the payroll processing and management on your behalf.

Flexible outsourced payroll can include:

Payroll processing and management - including onboarding, rostering, timesheets, leave, award interpretation, and termination payments
Payment processing and bank file generation
Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting
Payday Super processing
End‑of‑financial‑year reconciliation and rollover
Payroll and compliance reporting
Comprehensive reporting — real-time workforce insights on demand

Plan Type

Features:

Tier 1 Flexible outsourced payroll

Tier 2 Fully outsourced payroll

Payroll processing and management

Includes onboarding, rostering, timesheets, leave, award interpretation, and termination payments

End‑to‑end

Payment processing and bank file generation

Single Touch Payroll (STP) reporting

Payday Super processing

End‑of‑financial‑year reconciliation and rollover

Payroll and compliance reporting

Comprehensive reporting — real-time workforce insights on demand

Employee pay calculation and validation

Payroll tax calculation and management

Leave, deductions and adjustments

Integration with finance and ERP systems

Accurate, compliant and on time

Our payroll services are held to strict standards for accuracy, timeliness and customer satisfaction, ensuring your people are always paid correctly and on time

Built-in Australian compliance

STP Phase 2, PAYG, Payday Super, end of financial year reconciliation, award interpretation, and Modern Award and EBA management, all handled by payroll professionals based in Australia

Payroll security you can trust

Your payroll data is protected by industry leading security practices, including role based access controls, secure authentication, encryption of data in transit and at rest, continuous monitoring, and regular backups

Your data, protected in Australia

Processed, managed, and stored in Australian-based data centres with replication and backup capabilities, ensuring data sovereignty

Scalable for any business

From a single employee to 25,000, our services adapt as your workforce and payroll requirements change

Our credentials

30+ years servicing the people & payroll market
Qualified payroll professionals
Data stored, processed and managed in Australia
STP Phase 2 compliant payroll provider
Adaptable to growing organisations of any size
Payday Super ready
Australian data sovereignty - data on local servers

Benefits of outsourcing payroll to us

Reduce the time and effort spent on in-house payroll administration
Pay your people accurately and on time, every pay cycle
Reduce compliance risk with Australian legislation managed on your behalf
Protect payroll data with secure, Australian-based processing and storage
Maintain business continuity with dedicated resources and contingency plans in place

Ready to outsource your payroll?

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Payroll Outsourcing FAQs

What is payroll outsourcing?

Payroll outsourcing is when an experienced team of payroll professionals, external to your business, manages your payroll on your behalf. It can be delivered as a fully managed outsourcing service, a flexible outsourcing arrangement, or a processing only solution. Outsourcing payroll gives your organisation confidence that people are paid correctly, on time and in line with Australian legislation, every pay cycle.

How does payroll outsourcing work?

A dedicated team of payroll experts outside your organisation handles payroll processing on your behalf. It removes the complexity and risk of running payroll in-house, ensuring accuracy, compliance and continuity across every pay cycle. Access Payroll Outsourcing offers three levels of service, from fully managed end to end processing through to processing only, so you can choose the level of support that suits your business.

Is payroll outsourcing right for my business?

If payroll is consuming valuable time and internal resources, outsourcing is worth considering. Organisations that benefit most are those that:

Need to ensure employees are paid correctly and on time, every cycle
Want to reduce compliance risk with Australian legislation
Manage complex Modern Awards, Enterprise Agreements or multi-site workforces
Are looking to reduce the overhead of an in-house payroll function
Need business continuity support for their payroll operations

How much does it cost to outsource payroll?

The cost depends on the level of service you need, the size of your workforce and the complexity of your pay conditions. We offer three levels of outsourced payroll services to suit different business needs and budgets. Contact us to discuss the right solution for your organisation.

Why choose Access Payroll Outsourcing?

Access Payroll Outsourcing services are delivered by qualified payroll professionals based in Australia, measured on accuracy, timeliness and customer satisfaction, and backed by more than 30 years of experience in the people and payroll market. Our services are scalable, STP Phase 2 compliant and built to meet the requirements of Australian businesses of any size or industry.