Solutions
Ascender's range of Payroll and Human Capital solutions.
Solutions
- Payroll
  Ascender has a payroll solution for your business requirements.
  Payroll
  - Payroll Software
    Automate your payroll processes, pay employees correctly and stay compliant with local legislation.
    Payroll Software
  - Payroll Outsourcing
    No time to manage payroll? Ascender’s outsourcing solutions can help you free up your time while we manage your payroll for you.
    Payroll Outsourcing
- HR Software
  Increase employee engagement, productivity and put your people first with Ascender’s suite of employee management modules.
  HR Software
  - Recruitment
    Increase quality of hire, recruit faster & increase time to effectiveness.
    Recruitment
  - OnBoarding
    Automate your onboarding & create an employee experience that engages new hires.
    OnBoarding
  - Performance Management
    Boost employee productivity, profitability and engagement through meaningful, constructive and ongoing performance management.
    Performance Management
  - Learning and Development
    Educate and enhance your workforce whilst staying compliant.
    Learning and Development
  - More HR Modules
    Increase employee engagement, productivity and put your people first with Ascender’s suite of employee management modules.
    More HR Modules
- Partners & Integrations
  We partner with the best Human Capital Management businesses to give you a dynamic and unified solution. We manage your dataflow, security and integrity so you can put your people first.
  Partners & Integrations
  - Marketplace
    Get access to a number of highly rated solutions that connects with your Ascender platform to create an employee experience like no other.
    Marketplace
  - Partners
    We partner with the best HCM, Workforce Management and value-added software providers to give you a dynamic and unified solution that puts your people first.
    Partners
- Business Size
  Ascender works with many different size organisations to ensure desired business outcomes are met.
  Business Size
  - Medium to Large
    Outsourcing functions and using best-of-breed technology frees up your team from the administrative so they can become strategic.
    Medium to Large
  - Enterprise
    Ascender provides efficient, secure and accurate services, ensuring your compliance with local regulations and data security.
    Enterprise
- Region
  Ascender is an APAC wide company & can cater to specific region’s different legislations and cultures.
  Region
  - Australia
    Our long local experience in Australia means you have access to the technology, service and support you need to manage your people effectively and efficiently.
    Australia
  - New Zealand
    Our long local experience in New Zealand means you have access to the technology, service and support you need to manage your people effectively and efficiently.
    New Zealand
  - Asia
    Ascender provides a multi-country payroll solution that supports multiple languages and currencies, as well as local lodgement and compliance with local regulations.
    Asia
  - Japan
    Developed specifically for Japan, Ascender Workcloud is packed with features that make it a powerful and effective tool for managing staff in one or more offices around the country.
    Japan
Why Ascender
Why choose Ascender for your Payroll or HCM solutions.
Why Ascender
- Why Ascender
  People are at the core of everything we do. Our business is built on humans, and we care about what you think, how you feel, and what you do.
  Why Ascender
- About Ascender
  Serving over 1.3 million customer employees and over 1,400 global brands and listed companies across a range of different industries.
  About Ascender
- Careers
  Our people are our most valuable asset, and we strive to keep them in the centre of everything we do.
  Careers
- Media
  Keep up to date with the latest Ascender news and developments.
  Media
Resources
Get access to case studies, eBooks, Guides, Webinar recordings, Calculators and more in the Ascender Resource Hub.
Resources
- Resource Hub
  Get access to case studies, eBooks, Guides, Webinar recordings, Calculators and more in the Ascender Resource Hub.
  Resource Hub
- Guides
  Access our comprehensive guides to choosing the right payroll or HCM solution for your specific needs.
  Guides
- Calculators
  See how our Payroll and HCM solutions can save your business time and money.
  Calculators

Take the pain out of payroll management

Ascender Pay

An Australian and New Zealand compliant Enterprise Payroll application built for Government, Education and Large Enterprise complexity – for now and the payroll needs of the future

Key Features
Extend & Express
Client Stories

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A configurable payroll solution built for enterprise sized organisations

Ascender Pay is one of our most powerful payroll engines, configured to handle the most complex of payroll functions. Built using an Oracle Database, the platform can withstand the intricacies of complex Awards, thousands of employees, and multiple HR system integrations.

How we help

Trusted by brands across the globe

Key Ascender Pay Features

Expanded
Integration

Native and standard inbound integration capabiklity for the ecosystem of applications that connect to Payroll.
Standard and Supported integrations to Workday (Certified GPC member for Australia and New Zealand), OracleHCM, BigRedSky (RAMS), Dayforce and more.

Optimised Web Self Service

The new and improved Ascender Pay Web Self Service is all about putting the employee experience first.
Intuitive and easy to navigate, Ascender Pay Web Self Service simplifies the way you view and report on payroll data.

Complex Leave Management

Definable formulas determine the rate and frequency of accrual for actual and pro rata balances
Calculations can occur daily, weekly, monthly or annually
Caters for grants and ongoing accruals
Unpaid leave can affect the accrual of paid leave types

Multiple Job
Management

Have unlimited jobs assigned to one employee under one employing entity
Attach different leave entitlements, allowances and rates of pay
Tax both jobs together, to avoid over or under taxing

Detailed Costing

Comprehensive and flexible costing system
Costing of payroll details, leave accruals, leave balances, payroll accruals and reversals
Calculation of productive and unproductive time
Support up to 99 unique datasets to cater for different costing needs

Time and Attendance

Interpretation of time against defined employment rules
Retrospective changes to time
Integrated with leave modules to allow bookings to flow between modules
Ability to cost time to different cost centres or projects

Powerful Payroll Engine

Data driven with retrospectivity (Payroll and General Ledger)
Easy Integration
Any combination of Fortnightly, weekly, four weekly and monthly pay frequencies
ISO 27001 complaint
SOC1 Type II complaint

Advanced Reporting with Extend

Ability to write your own reports and edit existing ones
Export options available (CSV, PDF, HTML)
Integration with Self Service Payroll
Security at C-Level, role and user level

Unlock the Full Potential of your Workforce

With specific functionality built into the core application, Ascender Pay has become one of Asia-Pacific’s most trusted platforms for the education and government sectors. The key features are why so many other industries also trust our platform to keep their employees happy with payroll self service.

Ascender Extend

Ascender Pay Extend is an adhoc report writing tool that allows you to create, copy and share reports. Allow many users access to the same report with filtered data access based on their security profile.

Ascender Express

Quality data at source & automated processing to payroll –
a better experience is here.

An integrated and automated solution for Ascender Pay – no more manual spreadsheets and emails!
Data entry is verified against your employees, business rules and configuration in real-time.
Is a faster method of inputting data, estimated to increase processing efficiency by up to 70%.

Ascender Pay looks after your employees needs and keeps them focused on the task at hand. Check out which countries Ascender Pay can cover your employees.

Ascender Pay Client Stories

Case Studies

Victoria University

Victoria University is a multi-sector institution with excellence in teaching, training, research and scholarship. Operating from multiple sites, the ...