Payroll is more than just running a pay; it’s about looking after your employees and meeting your obligations as an employer. We understand how important it is for businesses to pay their team right, in fact it’s our passion, our ’why’ to help you do this with ease & confidence! 

Our mission is to give you all the tools and support you need to feel empowered and proud that your team are well looked after. We do this by providing you with automated, accurate, faff-free payroll software – plus a team of payroll experts here to help you whenever you need us.  

We’re continuously developing tools and features that keep our products meeting or exceeding customer’s needs and also, Government standards. We work with accountants, bookkeepers and business owners across New Zealand to improve our product in line with the needs and wants of kiwi businesses. We also have compliance specialists in our team that are responsible for keeping up to date with legislation, and ensures our product is accurate and compliant.  

Melissa Cheals – Chief Executive Officer 

Melissa joined SmartPayroll in 2019 as our Chief Executive Officer. With 20 years’ experience in senior leadership roles, specialising in Sales, Marketing & Product Development, Melissa brings a breadth and depth of experience to the business. Her experience ranges across a broad spectrum of industries, and business models from start-ups to large and global commercial organisations in both B2B and B2C markets.  

Proudly owned by Datacom

Datacom was founded in New Zealand over 50 years ago. They design, build and run IT systems and processes for businesses across the world, and have over 200 tech partnerships with leading organisations in hardware, software, and other IT products. 

They also have a team of payroll specialists that stay across all updates to remuneration schemes, flexible working arrangements and changing legislation. SmartPayroll leverage their strengths in legislative compliance, data security and software development to give our customer’s confidence that their payroll is accurate, secure, and supported by one of the best IT businesses in NZ. 

We’d love to help your business

Our team are ready to get you set up with automated, accurate, faff-free payroll.

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Or if you’d like a demo first, email sales@smartpayroll.co.nz and one of these tough guys will be in touch – we promise they’re really friendly!