1. ADP Payforce®
What if there was a smarter
way to manage your payroll
and HR processes?
2. ADP Payforce is suited to organisations from
many industry sectors. It provides businesses
with a comprehensive payroll and HR solution
that streamlines administrative processes and
improves efficiencies.
Benefits
Compliance – payroll system is updated by ADP with
applicable payroll and tax related legislative changes
Less Risk – full disaster recovery and backup systems
for the database with off-site Data Centre facilities
Better Security – confidential data and record protection
through superior IT security standards (eg encrypted
protocols, sophisticated firewalls, restricted user access
levels and secure User ID authentication)
Accessibility – easy to use with 24/7* access to the system
via the internet
Increased Productivity – potential savings in time, labour
and costs by better utilising your staffs’ core skills
Expert Help – support is available during business hours
by email and phone access to the Client Support Help Desk
Core Features
ƒƒ Payroll Data Capture
ƒƒ Costing
ƒƒ Leave Management
ƒƒ Employee/Manager Self-Service
ƒƒ Web Pay Advices
ƒƒ Web Payment Summaries
ƒƒ Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)**
ƒƒ Employee Records
ƒƒ Organisation Management (Managed Services only)
ƒƒ Reporting – includes over 170 standard reports
ƒƒ Standard General Ledger Interface
ƒƒ Tax File Number Declarations and Payment
Summary Lodgements
ƒƒ New Zealand Payroll (optional)
ƒƒ Inland Revenue Reporting (NZ) (optional)
Additional HR Functionality^
This extra functionality provides the capacity to make use
of an integrated HR system within the Payforce Managed
Services (or Processing Services) offering.
ƒƒ Organisation Management (Processing Services only)
ƒƒ Training Management
ƒƒ Remuneration
ƒƒ Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)
ƒƒ Recruitment
ƒƒ Performance Management
Choose From Two Levels of Service
ADP Payforce®
Processing Services (PS)
Payforce PS is a service where ADP hosts and manages
your payroll application off-site, reducing the need for
you to find, build and maintain a network infrastructure.
The service is accessible via the internet through a secure
web interface. With Payforce PS, ADP maintains the
payroll system to ensure optimum performance, while
you run the actual payroll process as an internal function
that you manage and control. Expert help is also on hand
as you are supported by a dedicated Client Support Team
during business hours.
ADP Payforce®
Managed Services (MS)
Payforce MS adds another level of service to the Processing
Services model. As a Managed Services provider, ADP
implements, manages and supports your payroll function
as well as providing Pay Office Administration services
from a centrally managed facility. With Managed Services,
once the transactional and employee data is forwarded
to ADP, our experienced and professional staff process
the payrolls including all associated reports, payslips and
End of Year requirements.
ADP®’s Smart Payroll Service Solutions
• Are you spending valuable resources on payroll and related administrative tasks?
• What if you could streamline your processes using a comprehensive, cost effective
payroll service and system?
• Imagine having a functionally rich, payroll service solution with the potential to save
you time, labour and costs.
*Subject to system maintenance times.
** Additional fees may apply.
^Additional fees apply. Please note that the administration of the HR modules is the
responsibility of the client and does not form part of the Payforce service offering.
3. Summary of Key Actions
Processing Services
Responsibility
Managed Services
Responsibility
ADP Client ADP Client
General Payroll Setups, Updates, Reports
Set up new pay calendars and produce payroll timetables for the year ✓ ✓
Update system with Australian Taxation Office (ATO) and/or
for New Zealand, Inland Revenue Department (IRD) legislated
tax requirements
✓ ✓
Update other statutory tax rates (eg payroll tax) ✓ ✓
Data Collection, Input and Validation
Supply payroll data in ADP agreed format ✓ ✓
Input data (eg fixed and variable pay data, uploading pay data entries,
applying pro-rata values etc) ✓ ✓
Validate data (eg checking payroll calculations, reviewing absence
results, overall testing etc) ✓ ✓
Payroll Calculations and Reports
Process the pay run including retrospective pays ✓ ✓
Produce standard payroll reports ✓ ✓
Reconcile payroll monthly ✓ ✓
Calculation of termination payments (eg redundancies) ✓ ✓
Post-Payroll Services**
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) disbursement of net wages#
✓ ✓ ✓
Distribute payslips or online pay advices ✓ ✓ ✓
Electronic Payment Services (EPS) disbursement of third party
payments inclusive of Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) tax files sent to ATO ✓ ✓ ✓
Production of standard General Ledger interface files ✓ ✓ ✓
Client Support
Provide central point of contact for employee queries regarding
payroll calculations, payslips, bank account details etc ✓ ✓
Provide advice on maintenance of system parameters, technical
support and general troubleshooting queries ✓ ✓
Employee/Manager Self-Service Administration (EMO)
Provide EMO password reset service for employees, timesheet
management (create, update, etc) and hierarchy or organisational
structure maintenance
✓ ✓
End of Year Services**
Produce, print and deliver End of Year Payment Summaries and
lodge information with ATO ✓ ✓ ✓
Archiving Services
Take secure backup of essential client data to facilitate recovery
if needed, as well as meeting regulated statutory requirements
for record keeping
✓ ✓
Tax File Number (TFN) Declarations
Generate electronic lodgement of newly completed statutory
TFN Declarations and remit to ATO ✓ ✓ ✓
Business Process Review (during implementation)
Consulting service to review clients’ current payroll processes and
recommend/implement process efficiences
N/A N/A ✓
**Additional fees may apply.
#This service is where ADP disburses your employee wages and addresses
the management and handling of the EFT process with a clearing house.