Governance

Audit-ready before they ask

Bring obligations, risks, controls and issues into one place. See your whole payroll function at a glance and prove every pay run was right without scrambling for evidence.

Payroll function · at a glance
On track
COMPLIANCE REACHED
91%
Obligations22 / 24 on trackSP
Controls31 / 31 signed offAC
Risks7 / 9 mitigatedKL
Issues13 / 16 closedNW
The moments that used to derail you

From scattered to audit-ready

The moments that used to mean scrambling (an obligation due, an error to fix, an auditor at the door) handled, evidenced and under control.

01
When the picture is scattered

See your whole payroll function in one place

The state of your operation in one view, instead of scattered across shared files, inboxes, calendars and people's heads. Obligations, risks, controls and issues, all tracked with owners and due dates, so leadership can see it's under control without having to ask.

Paytools is a must-have. With features like centralised registers and obligation library, it's far superior to using Microsoft Office tools and you should absolutely be using it!

IT
Platform Payroll Lead · ITW Construction APAC
02
When an obligation falls due

Every obligation owned, with a due date and evidence

Award changes, STP lodgements, super deadlines. Each one tracked with clear ownership and proof of completion, not buried across disconnected files where deadlines slip and no one's quite sure who has it.

Paytools has allowed us to better identify and track our payroll compliance activities. It provides comfort and oversight to management that essential activities are being completed on time.

US
Head of HR & Payroll · University of Sydney
03
When something goes wrong

Every issue logged, categorised and closed on record

A query or an underpayment comes in. Instead of disappearing into email and verbal updates, it's logged, categorised, assigned and escalated, with a record of how it was resolved.

Paytools is unique in its ability to provide a centralised platform for payroll checklists, processes, audit controls and evidence.

CS
Director of Operations · Carer Solutions
04
When risk needs managing

Risk that's tested, not just filed away

Build a payroll risk register with your own impact, likelihood and risk-level scales. Link each risk to a response plan, test it with scheduled drills and log any incident against the relevant event, so your playbook is always ready.

With Paytools, our governance practices are 10x better, especially with non-BAU tasks.

AV
Financial Controller · Avivo
05
When the auditor calls

Auditors find it themselves. Your team prepares nothing.

The evidence already exists. Give auditors view-only access and they source what they need directly, with no days lost preparing documentation that should already be there.

Paytools provides evidence that shows we've actually done what we said we're doing, so auditors can independently source the information they need with view-only access. They love it!

VO
Manager, Operations & Advisory · Volvo

Bring your obligations. See them handled.

The teams who run governance on Paytools stop dreading the audit and start pointing to the evidence.

Other solutions

Governance starts with how the work gets done

The other pillar · Payroll Processing

Run the pay run, end to end

Every approval, check and task in your pay run becomes part of the evidence trail. Governance proves the run was right; processing is how it gets done on time. See how the two work together.

Explore Payroll Processing
Designed for what's coming

Ready for AI-assisted payroll?

Agentic AI needs governed workflows, structured data and a complete audit trail to operate safely. Paytools is building that layer (with direct read/write access for AI agents) via the Paytools MCP.

This is currently in beta - get in touch to learn more.