Payroll and people admin for 100+ employees

Smartly Payroll is a faff-free payroll and people admin tool. Automate payments, digitise timesheets, get license renewal reminders, store all your company documents together and more.

Comprehensive reporting
If there’s an area of payroll you want to drill down on, you can. Simple. See timesheets, hours by project, leave balances, who’s on leave and when, who’s got too much leave, or not enough, and more.
Never worry about IRD fees or legislation again
We lie awake at night thinking about things like the Holidays Act, PAYE and new payday filing requirements. So you never have to.
Free training and unlimited support
Use our Help Centre any time of the day to answer your questions, or get expert support from our Kiwi-based team from 8am till 6pm, Monday to Friday.

Popular Payroll features for businesses with 100+ employees

Labour costing
Set up a default department or split an employee’s labour costs across different departments, jobs or projects. Your employees can do this when logging their timesheets or by your payroll manager.
Easy workflow management
Employees can submit their time in the Smartly app, and it’ll go straight through to their manager for approval. Managers can then review and approve in the app.
Leave management
More power to your people, less for you to worry about. We’ve made leave management super easy. Employees can use their app to view leave balances, log leave requests and see future leave balances.

Popular People Management features for businesses with 100+ employees

All your documents saved in one place
Never lose track of your important HR records again. Upload, store and manage key people admin documents, dates, and certifications in the same place so you’ll always know where to find what you need.
Streamline your processes with tasks and automations
No more last-minute scrambles to get licences renewed, annoying calendar reminders or people-chasing. Our tasks and automations take the stress out of your day-to-day people admin tasks.
HR resources on hand when you need them
Set up your people admin processes confidently with the help of our Resource Centre. Filled with guides, tasks and checklists created specifically for New Zealand SME’s by HR experts.

Find out what Smartly customers say about us!

Tidy Slabs Based in Wellington and Auckland, Tidy Slabs is a residential and commercial construction-based company with 60+ employees, and it’s growing rapidly. Hear what Cam from Tidy Slabs has to say about Smartly.

Orangebox Ltd Based in Wellington, Helen Thomas is the Office Manager for Orangebox, a mailhouse that prints and sends out hundreds of thousands of letters to people all over New Zealand. Helen loves the reporting and compliance functionality of Smartly.

Uprise Uprise, a snazzy digital firm working out of Auckland and Wellington, has been using Smartly for over 10 years. Hear what Irene, Finance Manager at Uprise, has to say about Smartly and how it’s so simple for her!

Other popular features for businesses with 100+ employees

Safe and Secure
We take the safety and security of our customers data and transactions very seriously. The Smartly product is certified against ISO27001.
Easy reporting interface
We have a range of reports designed to make tracking and reporting on payroll super simple. From pay run reports to warning and changes reports and more. It’s also super easy to export files too.
Employee self-service
Manage leave, timesheets, notifications and more. Access payslips and payroll information. Self-service made easy for you and your employees.
Help Centre
The Help Centre is your first port of call for help. We’ve got easy-to-follow guides and product demo videos plus a searchable FAQ space with answers and step-by-step instructions.
Assign hours to pre-defined departments and jobs
If you’re using our labour costing feature, you can assign timesheets hours to specific jobs and departments. This will help with tracking costs on projects.
PAYE sorted (payments to IRD)
Payments to IRD are handled so you don’t need to worry. Never be penalised for missing IRD payment deadlines – it’s all handled by us.
Automatic payments
Run your pay, and then we’ll automatically make your payments to your employees, IRD, KiwiSaver and more.
Payday filing
Payroll information for you and your employees is automatically sent to IRD so you never have to worry about IRD penalties.
Xero integration
Send payroll information straight to Xero, giving you more visibility into business performance and productivity.
Time and attendance imports
We connect with various time and attendance software systems designed for the New Zealand business environment.
One place to keep everything up to date
One central location gives you confidence that you and your team are looking at the most accurate and up to date information.
Licence and certificate renewal reminders
Automate your certification and licence renewal processes, such as Site Safe Passport, and first aid certificates.
Permission settings
Set up different permission settings, so you can ensure that your people are only seeing what they need to see.
Easy team collaboration
It’s easy to share key documents with your people, remind them of upcoming due dates, and enable them to complete tasks.
Compliant set up
Our dedicated team will be there to support you through the set up process and will help ensure that your site is implemented correctly and compliantly.

Your easiest payroll decision

Our plans are designed to make payroll simple, whatever that looks like for your business.

Our DIY Payroll plan includes everything you need to sort your payroll yourself and our simple software makes it easy to get it right. Or, let us do it for you with our Managed Payroll plan and you'll get a dedicated account manager to look after your payroll for you. Too easy!

DIY Payroll Plan Managed Payroll Plan

Over 22,000 Kiwi businesses use Smartly

One smart system to sort all your payroll and people admin

From setting up new employees, to managing all their information, to sorting their pay and timesheets, Smartly lets you do it all in one place, cutting down your workload and freeing up your headspace.

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How can Smartly help your business?

Construction
Tradies love us. Faff-free payroll for staff, contractors and apprentices. Sorted. Learn more
Hospitality
Hospitality payroll can be complex with part-timers, full-timers and contractors. Find out how Smartly makes it easy. Learn more
Professional services
Track hours by job and automate staff payments in Smartly Payroll. Professional services sorted. Learn more