Update: Motivational speaker and Conference MC announced!

BACKGROUND TO THE LEADERS’ SUMMIT

The NZPPA Leaders’ Summit is an annual event for New Zealand payroll industry leaders. Now in its eleventh year, the summit is a vital professional development event for individuals transitioning into a payroll leadership role or already serving in one.

A payroll leader could be the leader of a team of payroll practitioners or someone in a sole-charge role, leading payroll for their business. The summit is also beneficial for business leaders responsible for payroll but lacking a payroll background, as it provides a deeper understanding of the needs of the payroll practitioners they lead.

This specialised payroll event is limited to just 70 seats, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserve your spot today!

THIS YEAR’S SUMMIT THEME:

Payroll Leadership that Innovates, Influences and inspires

When it comes to payroll leadership, those three I’s—innovate, influence, and inspire—are crucial.

1. Innovation in payroll involves adopting new technologies and methods to streamline processes and improve accuracy.
2. Influence means leading by example, shaping company policies, and fostering collaboration across departments.
3. And of course, inspiration is about motivating your team, recognising their efforts, and creating a positive work environment.

Our conference speakers will cover various aspects of this, allowing attendees to pick up practical strategies and steps that will enable them to apply what they have learned back into their payroll environment.

OUR SUMMIT SPONSORS

Platinum Sponsor

Datacom is Australasia’s largest homegrown tech company, bringing together a broad range of technology, insight and expertise to deliver innovative and sustainable technology solutions to corporate and government customers throughout New Zealand and Australia.

Datapay powered by Datacom is a modern cloud-based payroll solution developed specifically for medium to large enterprises. Tailored to meet the unique needs of payroll leaders, Datapay empowers them to modernise payroll through precise configuration, seamless system integration, and ongoing high-touch support from local payroll experts.

Datapay has a track record of success, and 1 out of 6 employees in New Zealand has their pay processed by Datacom. 

Link to website: https://datacom.com/nz/en/products/datapay

Gold Sponsor

Employment Hero is redefining how employment works. As the leading platform for HR, payroll and hiring, we help over 300,000 businesses worldwide simplify workforce management, reduce administrative costs and hire faster. Our solution supports every stage of employment, making it easier for businesses to grow and for people to find meaningful work. With deep expertise in employment operations, we are building a future where employment is simpler, more accessible and more rewarding for everyone. We offer:

• Powerful HR and payroll software
• AI-driven recruitment and onboarding
• AI-driven recruitment and onboarding
• Automated payroll calculations, leave management and processing
• Employee engagement and retention tools
• Managed payroll and HR advisory

Link to website: employmenthero.com/nz

Silver Sponsor

At Fusion5, we empower organisations across New Zealand and Australia to transform their people operations through smart, scalable, and locally supported HCM solutions. Our Human Capital Management practice brings together deep domain expertise, innovative technology, and a commitment to customer success.

We offer a comprehensive suite of Payroll and HR solutions, including our flagship platform Jemini, as well as Jade Star, EmpowerHR, Timecloud, TimeFiler, MyWorkplace, and Org Chart. These tools are designed to streamline everything from payroll and time tracking to organisational planning and workforce planning.

What sets us apart? Our people. With a dedicated team of consultants, account managers, and support specialists based right here in New Zealand, we understand the unique compliance, cultural, and operational needs of Kiwi businesses. Whether it’s navigating the Holidays Act, implementing Fair Pay Agreements (Australia), if you have an Australian business or subsidiary, integrating across your solutions, or optimising workforce planning, we’re with you every step of the way.

Fusion5 is more than a technology provider—we’re your strategic partner in building a future-ready workforce

Contact
Ray Sharma
Sales Executive
P       +64 9 379 0525
M      +64 21 227 7511
Fusion5,     Level 20, 88 Shortland Street, Auckland, 1010, New Zealand 

Link to website: https://www.fusion5.co.nz/

THIS YEAR’S SUMMIT EXHIBITORS

Frontier Software is a global leader in integrated HR and payroll solutions, supporting over 1,500 organisations across 26 countries. Their flagship platform, ichris, offers modular, multi-country, multi-language capabilities with flexible deployment—cloud or on-premise. With 40+ years of innovation, ISO certifications, and a strong presence in New Zealand, Frontier Software delivers scalable, compliant, and future-ready HCM systems. Their services include SaaS, outsourcing, and payroll bureau, making them a trusted partner for workforce management excellence.

Contact Details
Pranav Birla
Business Development Manager
Frontier Software Ltd
87 Grafton Road, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

E: NZSales@frontiersoftware.com
W: www.frontiersoftware.com

THIS YEAR’S SUMMIT MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER – ZIENA JAFIL

With an award-winning career ranging from diplomat and international keynote speaker to business and public sector leader, Ziena has helped some of New Zealand’s largest businesses build their reputation and revenue, advised Ministers, led large-scale change and transformation programmes, and supported Māori, Pacific and ethnic women and young people into leadership roles.

Her current portfolio includes leadership and governance roles across the public, private and not-for-profit sectors, including as Commissioner for the Natural Hazards Commission Toka Tū Ake and Deputy Chief Executive at Te Pūkenga – New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology.

Recognised by Campaign Asia Pacific as part of its 2020 Women to Watch, a group of 40 outstanding women in the Asia Pacific, Ziena has received several international awards for her work promoting New Zealand trade, investment and education in Asia, where she was based for ten years including as Education New Zealand Regional Director for South and Southeast Asia, New Zealand Trade Commissioner to Singapore and Head of North Asia Marketing and Communications for New Zealand Trade and Enterprise. She holds a Master of Arts (First Class Hons) in International Relations and Politics from the University of Auckland, a Bachelor of Communication Studies, and Diploma of International Trade.

THIS YEAR’S SUMMITS MC – JUSTIN RYAN

Justin Ryan has been involved in the Payroll space for well over 20 years, doing everything from selling payroll software, training people on software, helping companies with Payroll Audits, and running our own payroll bureau, Ezypay. I think like most people involved with payroll you are either in 100% or you are not involved at all…..it’s not something you can take casually, or should.

Over the years there have been many highlights, for example, getting a call from two companies right after a Christmas break where their entire workforces had downed tools as their Holiday Pay had been underpaid, turned out they had been overpaying for many years and in fact the new calculations were the 100% correct – happy days. Working with a client for nearly 12 months who was going through a Labour Inspectorate Audit and being threatened with Armageddon, we finally resolved all the issues and no further action was taken. In between riding Motorbikes around the world I also have a Dog Walking Business based in Christchurch that keeps me sane.

THIS YEAR’S SUMMITS SPEAKERS

Coming soon…

THIS YEAR’S SUMMIT VENUE

Parnell Hotel & Conference (10-20 Gladstone Road, Parnell, Auckland)

NZPPA chose this venue because it fits with our support of charities.

Conferences That Make A Difference

The Parnell Hotel & Conference Centre is unique in that we are a venue that gives back to the community. As a registered charity, your conferences allow us to make significant contributions to the community, health & research organisations in New Zealand.

This is a fully catered event, and there is also parking onsite (limited).

THE COST OF THIS YEAR’S SUMMIT

In-person attendance (early bird up until 30 Jun):

• NZPPA member: $487.50 + GST
• NZPPA non-member: $587.50 + GST

In-person attendance (from 30 Jun):

• NZPPA member: $587.50 + GST
• NZPPA non-member: $687.50 + GST

If you want to bring a group (2 or more) to the summit, we can offer a 25% off group booking discount.  Please email: [email protected] to book this special rate.