All your people admin, connected to payroll

Hiring, onboarding, documents, policies, pay reviews and everyday people and payroll changes all in one system, and your pay run works from the same records.

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The changes that affect pay start somewhere else

A new starter's details arrive in an email, a rate change gets agreed in a meeting, a signed policy sits in someone's downloads folder. Wherever those records end up, someone eventually re-types them into payroll, and that's where the errors get in.

$10 per employee per month, on top of your payroll plan.

Take the work out of managing your people


Smartly brings your employee data and everyday people admin into one place, connects it directly with payroll, and gives you practical support when you need it.

  • Reduce risk
    Reduce risk of costly compliance
    Payroll and HR data always line up, so you avoid errors that can lead to backpay, penalties, or stressful fixes.
  • Cut manual work
    Cut down manual work
    Onboard people digitally with workflows that guide you through it, let your team self-serve routine changes, store policies and let task reminders, automated processes and reports keep track of the rest.
  • Support
    Real support when you need it
    Tap into New Zealand employment law experts and a responsive support team, plus dozens of professional templates, policies and documents to guide you through anything.

How Smartly helps you manage your people

Smartly People Management connects your people admin directly with payroll, so there's less manual work, fewer missed details, and more time back for you and your team.

Employee information and Pay

  • Pay reviews that flow straight into payroll
    Propose increases for one person or your whole team, send them for approval, and have the approved changes reach Smartly Payroll, so what you agreed is what gets paid. No re-entering rates in a second system. Learn more
  • Employee information all in one place
    Need to find or update a staff record? Store contracts, work patterns, and documents in one connected system so your HR and payroll data stays accurate and is always in sync. Learn more
  • Reporting made easy
    Need a quick view of what’s going on? Run simple reports on employee details, compliance gaps, licence expiries, and key HR data, so you can spot issues early and stay confident nothing’s been missed. Learn more

Hiring and everyday admin

  • Digital hiring and onboarding
    Hiring? Send digital offers, collect signatures, share policies, and assign onboarding tasks, all in the system that runs your payroll. Employees are set up correctly and paid right from day one. Learn more
  • Tasks and reminders that run themselves
    Too much to keep track of? Create tasks for your own processes, assign them to the right people, and have visas, licence renewals and key dates tracked automatically. Everyone knows their part and nothing gets forgotten. Learn more
  • See your organisation at a glance
    Smartly’s Org Chart maps reporting lines for an accurate view of who reports to whom. Easily search, filter, and export to find relationships without chasing HR or asking around. Learn more

Policies, documents and support

  • A home for your company policies
    Need a policy out and signed? Share it with the right people, choose whether they read it or sign it, and watch a progress bar and a per-person list show who has signed and who is still pending, without chasing anyone by email. Learn more
  • Free legal support when you need it
    Got a curly HR question? Access 15 minutes of trusted advice per issue from Ashcroft Mitchell McGregor, quick expert support when you need clarity, without the worry of surprise legal fees. Learn more
  • Ready-to-use HR resources
    Don’t want to start from scratch? Use 50+ templates, checklists, and guides created for Kiwi businesses, including essentials saving you time while staying compliant. Learn more

Trusted by Kiwi businesses to keep their people and payroll sorted.

Growing businesses use Smartly to manage their people and payroll together - saving time reducing errors, adn making work feel a little bit easier. 

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FAQs - People Management

How much does it cost?

People Management is priced per employee per month, on top of your payroll plan, with no contract and no lock-in. You only pay for the people you actually pay that month, so your bill moves with your team rather than with your headcount on paper. 
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What's included in Smartly People Management?

Employee records, hiring and onboarding, document storage, policies, leave approvals, task management, renewal reminders and reporting, all connected to Smartly Payroll. Pay Reviews, Policies and mobile access for your team are the newest additions.

Does it work with my current payroll setup?

If your payroll is with Smartly, yes. People Management uses the same employee records, so there's no double entry and nothing to sync.

I don't currently use Smartly – how do I sign up for People Management?

Because People Management software solution is an add-on to our Payroll product, you'll need to sign up for one of our Payroll plans first. Get started now by completing our online sign-up form, and someone from our team will be in touch.

Who is this HR feature best suited for?

Smartly HR is ideal for small to medium businesses where one or two people wear multiple hats — especially those handling both payroll and HR.

How do I set up People Management?

People Management works alongside Smartly Payroll, so the starting point depends on whether you're already with us. If you're new to Smartly, you'll set up a payroll plan first and People Management switches on from there. If you're already on Smartly Payroll, we'll add it to your existing account.

 Setting up means adding your company documents and policies, choosing the tasks and reminders you want tracked, and inviting your team to the app. You can do it in stages rather than all at once, and we'll guide you through it with ready-made templates for the parts most businesses need.

Can my team use it on their phones?

Employees can reach their own employee files and their assigned tasks from the Smartly mobile app. They can search for a file, open it, and save or share it from their device, and a task arrives with a notification they can action on the spot. The same permissions apply on a phone as on the web, so an employee only ever sees their own. Setting files up and assigning tasks stays in the web app.

See how easy people management can be with Smartly

Book a quick demo and discover how Smartly keeps your payroll and people admin connected - so you can focus on running your business.

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