Synchrony brings cloud payroll solution to Australia

Synchrony Global has launched its payroll solution, syncPAY, to the Australian market in partnership with Payroll Metrics.

syncPAY Australia is based on Payroll Metrics' built for the cloud solution to provide an offering that gives users greater control that minimises IT technical support.

The solution is fully scalable and can provide payroll for companies ranging from less than 50 employees to more than 10,000 employees - that is localised to country requirements including any taxes, social insurances, pensions and associated reporting.

Payroll Metrics software improves the efficiency of payroll offices giving them time to engage more effectively with the organisations especially to small and medium scale enterprises, Synchrony says.

Scott Davidson, Synchrony Global managing director for Australia, says, "With Payroll Metrics, Synchrony Global can now provide a strong payroll solution for our clients in the Australian Market."

"Payroll Metrics team of payroll specialists have been developing payroll software for more than two decades and their network in servicing SMEs in Australia is expansive.  Their platform expertise provides our clients a solution that can bring peace of mind when ensuring their employees are paid on time and accurately," he says.

This partnership now extends the syncPAY solution across more than 10 countries in the Asia Pacific region including Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines - with plans to further extend this geographic coverage in the next 12 months.

"We remain committed in our mission to provide payroll and workforce management software integrated into a homogenous set of payroll programmes to achieve peak efficiency," says Greg McManus, Payroll Metrics managing director.

McManus adds, "Our software enables payroll offices to achieve top-performer status by streamlining and even bypassing processes they have to perform today. What's more, our software helps improve customer service levels by allowing more time to work with their organisations in achieving best results from their service delivery management. 

"Our partnership with Synchrony Global is underpinned their strong pedigree in service delivery - with a high focus on customer satisfaction and service levels.

A key tenant of Synchrony's solutions and services is to promote HR transformational change to enable HR professionals to focus on becoming a strategic partner within their organisations. By providing a payroll solution and service HR professionals can re-focus on managing the most important asset of their companies, their people, Synchrony says.