TempusTimesheets & Approvals on Time.
Pays have precise timing, we understand that. All agree to a schedule, so your team gets their pay on time, every time.
How It Works
How We Onboard You, and How Pay Day Works After
Moving payroll has a reputation for being painful. It doesn't need to be, when someone else is doing the moving. Here's what we handle for you, and what a normal pay run looks like once you're live.
How We Onboard You
01
We look at what you have now. You show us a recent pay run and your employment agreements. We read the configuration rather than the summary screen, because that is where the decisions actually live. You get a plain list of what we found, including anything that looks wrong, and that list is yours either way.
02
We build it. We set up your pay categories, leave, allowances, working patterns and integrations to match how your business genuinely operates. Where we find an existing setting that does not match your agreements, we come back to you with the question rather than quietly picking an answer.
03
We run it alongside yours. For at least one pay run we process yours in parallel with your current system and compare the two line by line. Every difference is explained before anything goes live, which is the step that makes the rest of it uneventful.
04
We take it over. From here, you're live. We run your payroll and flag anything that needs your sign-off — not the mechanics of the move, just the odd question along the way. You've also got a team in New Zealand to call when something changes, a new hire or a rate rise included.
A Normal Pay Run with Tempus
Three things, realistically — the same three every pay run, not just the first one. Here's the cadence, and what we need from you at each point.
Someone Who Can Answer a Question.
An out-of-date working pattern quietly changes leave calculations, so we need someone who can confirm what's actually current.
A Decision-Maker for the Commercial Calls.
A few questions turn out to be about what you want to do rather than about payroll mechanics.
So what does that look like in practice? The same four-step cycle, every single pay run — hours in, we process and check, you approve, we finish it off. No surprises, no chasing, and nothing goes out the door until you've had your say. It's the same sequence every time, whether it's your first pay run with us or your fiftieth.
Timesheets In
Your team submits hours, on your schedule.
We Process It
We don't just process the hours. Our team runs a standard check of nearly 100 points before it ever reaches you — the same checks, every time.
Approval Out
You review and approve — we ask first if anything needs a question answered.
Once Approved
You handle payment. We handle the rest — IRD, payslips, reporting.
Two Questions We Expect, Answered Up Front
Does moving payroll fix mistakes that are already in there?
Not by itself. If leave has been calculated on the wrong basis for several years, a new provider running the same configuration produces the same answer. Putting it right is a separate piece of work with its own scope and cost, and we will tell you if we think you need it rather than letting you assume the monthly fee covers it.
What happens to our data if we leave?
You get it back, in a usable format, and we will put that in writing before you sign anything. It is a fair thing to ask any provider — and the answer tells you something about how straightforward leaving would be.
Start with the Look at What You Have Now
It is the step that tells both of us whether this is worth doing.