Deputy
Time & attendance + award interpretationRosters, timesheet approvals, pay conditions and award interpretation. Check ordinary hours, overtime, penalties and allowances before exporting data to payroll.
Explore DeputyAU Payroll Job-Ready Program
Learn the work.
Practise the pay run.
Build practical Australian payroll capability through a fictional company, realistic payroll scenarios and structured checks.
Designed for Filipino professionals with accounting, HR or business backgrounds who want to turn their existing skills into payroll capability.
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From inputs to insight
Understand the process.
Use the systems.
Explain your checks.
Follow the work across time and attendance, payroll, Excel verification and accounting. Learn to spot issues, ask the right questions and document a clear path to resolution.
Course format, system access, dates and fees will be confirmed as the program develops.
What you’ll learn
Explore each category for the skills and practice involved.
01Australian payroll foundations
Understand the Australian payroll landscape: employee types, the National Employment Standards, awards and enterprise agreements, pay cycles and payroll records.
Practise: build an employee setup checklist and identify the information needed before the first pay run.
02Timesheets, pay conditions & allowances
Read and validate timesheets, identify ordinary hours, overtime, penalties, breaks, RDOs and allowances, and check the applicable award or agreement.
Practise: investigate missing hours, additional shifts and incorrect pay categories.
03PAYG, superannuation & STP
Understand PAYG withholding, superannuation treatment and Single Touch Payroll categories, including how different payments flow through payroll reporting.
Practise: classify payments, review deductions and compare payroll totals with reporting outputs.
04Pay-run preparation & verification
Bring employee changes, timesheets, leave and adjustments into a pay run. Use structured checks before progressing to review and approval.
Practise: process a fictional pay cycle, correct late or changed timesheets and explain the adjustments.
05Reconciliations, exceptions & reporting
Use Excel, pivot tables and payroll reports to reconcile hours and pay, identify unusual movements and trace discrepancies back to source records.
Practise: investigate an overpayment, document the cause and recommend a control.
06Systems: Deputy, Employment Hero & Xero
Learn how time and attendance, payroll processing and accounting fit together. Develop habits for checking data at each handover.
Practise: follow the workflow from an approved timesheet to payroll verification and the accounting reconciliation.
07Compliance reporting & lodgements
Prepare and reconcile the information used for payroll-related returns, with attention to scheme coverage, reporting periods, review and supporting records.
Practise: prepare sample payroll tax, MyLeave and QLeave return data, and build a lodgement checklist.
08Practical scenarios & feedback
Apply the learning to a fictional company, explain your decisions and improve your work through review and feedback.
Practise: complete a pay-run case study with supporting reconciliations, exception notes and a clear handover.
Systems in focus
Employment Hero
Payroll processing & pay-run checksEmployee setup, timesheet inputs, leave, adjustments, payroll reports and pay-run verification. Understand how payroll outputs support STP reporting and accounting journals.
Employment Hero resourcesXero
Payroll & accounting reconciliationExplore payroll workflows and the accounting side of the cycle: payroll journals, account mapping, wage and liability balances, and bank reconciliation.
Explore Xero PayrollCompliance reporting & lodgements
Learn to prepare accurate source data, reconcile a return and retain the evidence behind it. Coverage and requirements depend on the employer’s state, industry and applicable scheme.
Australian payroll tax
Taxable wage categories, state and territory requirements, grouping concepts, monthly returns and annual reconciliation preparation.
Payroll Tax AustraliaMyLeave — Western Australia
Construction portable long service leave: eligible worker records, service and ordinary pay data, contribution reconciliation and quarterly return preparation.
MyLeave employer informationQLeave — Queensland
Portable long service leave: identify the applicable scheme, check eligible workers and service records, and prepare the relevant employer return.
QLeave employer informationSee the work in practice
Payroll scenarios and learning graphics shared by SESAY on LinkedIn. Open any image to view the detail.
Follow the payroll workflow
See how timesheets, payroll processing, Excel checks and accounting reconciliation connect.
Find the payroll exception
Use a fictional payroll dashboard to identify an overpayment and explain your checks.
Build better review controls
Look beyond the error to the approvals, checks and escalation points that could prevent it.
Connect your existing skills
See how accuracy, reconciliations and working with data support a career in Australian payroll.
Enquire about the program
Program dates, fees and enrolment details are being developed. Contact SESAY to discuss your learning goals and express interest.
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