COMPANY
Transforming Australian payroll operations
Our mission at Paytools is to improve how payroll professionals work, through simple-to-use technology made for payroll.
We believe that an organised, sustainable and compliant payroll function will elevate payroll to become a trusted and valued partner to the business.

Our history
Over 20 years of successful payroll & HR solutions.


2002
Peter Forbes
founded an Ascender consulting service
2007
Peter merged his consulting service with Navigo
2013
Navigo launched HROnboard
2018
HROnboard acquired by ASX listed company ELMO
2020
Navigo launches Paytools
2021
Paytools tackles payroll operations & governance issues in Australia

Why the robot?
Our robot reflects our key core value ‘a disciplined approach’.
We believe in building organisational machines for important functions (like payroll governance and compliance), with frameworks that are repeatable, automated and documented.
Meet the team

Kelly Oldenhof
Development Lead

Ignacio Cuello
Full Stack Developer

Samuel Kennedy
Developer
Want to learn more about us?
Contact our friendly Melbourne-based team, we’d love to chat.