Payroll Strategy
Payroll should be clean, compliant, and fully aligned with the operational and financial rhythm of your business. It should give you clarity, not headaches. But for most businesses, payroll is a silent liability, messy, manual, misconfigured, and misunderstood.
What starts as a simple admin task quickly becomes a risk area that impacts cash flow, team morale, reporting accuracy, and compliance. Inconsistent pay categories, incorrect super, outdated award setups, or poor system integration can quietly cost you thousands and leave you exposed to penalties, audits, or worse, Fair Work disputes.
We help you clean it up. Not just by ticking boxes, but by asking the right questions, reviewing what’s really going on, and giving payroll the structure, control, and strategy it needs to do its job properly.
ADVISORY SOLUTIONS
Payroll Strategy Solutions
Success starts with payroll that’s clear, compliant, and built to support your business. When it runs smoothly, everything else does too.
Our Payroll Strategy service helps you review and restructure your payroll setup to reduce risk, tighten costs, and give you the visibility you need to make confident decisions. This isn’t about ticking boxes, it’s about turning payroll into a strategic asset.
Scenarios we may review include:
Payroll Process Optimisation
We assess how your current systems are working, or not working. That includes automation opportunities, system integration, and reducing manual tasks that waste time and open the door to errors.
Award Compliance and Risk
We review your obligations, look for any gaps across super, awards, and entitlements, and make sure you’re not exposed to Fair Work issues, penalties, or audit risks. Data security and fraud risk are always part of the lens.
Software and System Selection
We help you choose and configure the right payroll and HR software for your size, structure, and scale, with a focus on simplicity, automation, and reporting clarity.
Insights That Matter
We show you how to use payroll data to inform recruitment, budgeting, and workforce planning. This includes cost breakdowns, turnover patterns, and identifying wage pressure early.
Improving Employee Experience
Clean payroll builds trust. We support transparency, access to payslips, and clearer communication around pay, entitlements, and deductions, without the admin overload.
TESTIMONIALS
What our clients say
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C Norman, Norman Plumbing Pty Ltd
“Rebecca has been amazing to work with. She has been extremely professional and reliable. Her knowledge of XERO software is outstanding! I could not run my business without her.”
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K Britter, Fitness Addix
“Great service, and extremely happy with everything can’t recommend highly enough.”
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B Colubriale, Elevate Your Thinking
"To have someone so experienced, knowledgeable and trustworthy doing my bookwork has taken a large burden off my shoulders. Rebecca not only runs an amazing business but she also has my best interests at heart, making suggestions along the way around how I can improve my efficiencies and strategies and nothing is ever too much trouble. Thanks Bec!"
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G Daely, The Brow Loft
“Couldn't recommend Rebecca enough! She's super thorough, organised and reliable. I didn't have a clue of how to manage my finances for my business but Rebecca guided me every step of the way and structured everything super clear!”
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Shew, JS Limitless Pty Ltd
"Thanks, Rebecca for your awesome bookkeeping services. Handing control of my money management over to someone else was a big thing for me. Rebecca has been reliable, detailed, and super responsive and will always deliver. I highly recommend her services!"
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R Cumming, Urban.io
Rebecca from The Kartel Solution has been excellent to work with. Was able to gather up all our existing accounting processes with one session and has taken over all our ongoing financial administration requirements. As a Xero specialist we have found Rebecca was able to advise us on how to automate certain processes and save a lot of time in manual processing which has been awesome. Would highly recommend The Kartel Solution to anyone.
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