days · Payday Super 1 Jul 2026
Is your payroll ready?
How Satya Works
We review your current payroll setup against Payday Super requirements and identify every gap.
We design the compliance framework and sequence the work — tailored to your systems and team.
We guide your team through configuration, process redesign and testing — step by step.
You get a documented, tested process. A junior follows it, a senior signs it off. You own it completely.
Background
20 years enterprise delivery
Westpac, CBA, Macquarie, Suncorp. Programmes up to $80M.
Structure
Fixed scope, fixed fee
You know exactly what you're getting before you commit. No surprises.
Outcome
You own it completely
A junior follows it. A senior signs it off. No ongoing dependency on us.
Access
Senior expertise, direct
No juniors. No handoffs. You engage Satya, you get Satya.
Engagement Model
No hourly rates. No monthly retainers. No ongoing obligations. You pay once, we deliver a complete compliance capability your team can run independently.
"Build it once. Run it yourself."
What we do
Focused expertise delivered with precision. Fixed scope, fixed fee, no ongoing obligations.
A structured review of your current payroll processes, systems, and super obligations against the incoming Payday Super legislation effective 1 July 2026. We identify gaps before the ATO does. Delivered as a documented diagnostic you can act on — with us, with your accountant, or internally. Upgrade to the full Compliance Uplift Programme for an additional $1,500.
Available NowStandalone or upgradable
A structured programme to close the gaps identified in your gap analysis. We design the framework, sequence the work, and guide your team through every step — from payroll system configuration to process redesign — finishing with a documented, tested pay cycle your team owns and can run independently. Gap Analysis is included at no extra charge — no separate engagement required.
Available NowGap Analysis included · One-time payment
Pricing Structure
Every engagement starts with a free Readiness Check. Choose your path from there.
15 questions. Instant report. Know where you stand.
Professional gap analysis. Detailed report. Act on it yourself or upgrade.
Gap Analysis included + guided setup + documented handover. You own it all.
No obligation to proceed after the free Readiness Check. The Gap Analysis and Full Programme are fixed-scope engagements with no ongoing fees. Book a discovery call to discuss which path fits your situation.
Comparison
Clarity
We are compliance capability builders.
We design the framework, guide your team through it, and hand you a process you own.
Enterprise discipline. SME price. Done in two weeks. No ongoing fees.
A junior follows it. A senior signs it off. You own it completely.
We're not your accountant.
They handle tax, BAS, and financial advice. We build payroll compliance systems.
We're not a payroll bureau.
They run your payroll monthly for a recurring fee. We set you up to run it yourself.
We're not a software vendor.
They sell tools. We make tools work for your team.
Who we are
Satya means truth. It's the foundation everything we do is built on.
Satya Advisory's principal brings twenty years of enterprise programme delivery across Australia's most recognised financial institutions — Westpac, CBA, Macquarie, Suncorp and others — and a further foundation built in London across global blue-chips including Reuters, BNP Paribas and private Swiss bank Lombard Odier Darrier Hentch. Across both markets, the work has spanned investment banking, trading floors, retail banking, wealth management and insurance — directing programmes valued between $5M and $80M across technology, operations, legal, HR and business change, with teams of up to 40 across local and offshore workforces. That depth of delivery — knowing how large organisations actually function, where compliance initiatives break down, and how to drive real change through complex structures — is what every Satya Advisory engagement is built on.
We believe compliance shouldn't feel like a burden — it should feel like a foundation.
Satya Advisory was founded to give Australian businesses access to senior-level compliance expertise without the overhead of a large consulting firm. We work directly with business owners and finance leaders to make complex obligations clear and manageable.
Our focus right now is Payday Super — one of the most significant payroll compliance changes in a generation. With the 1 July 2026 deadline approaching, many businesses are underprepared. We're here to change that.
We're a sole advisory practice — which means when you engage Satya Advisory, you get senior expertise directly, not a junior consultant. Every engagement is structured, fixed-scope, and built around your actual situation. We design the framework and guide the delivery — so what gets built is yours to run from day one.
We tell clients what they need to hear, not what they want to hear. Satya means truth — it's not just a name, it's a commitment.
Compliance is complex. Our job is to translate that complexity into clear, actionable steps your team can actually follow.
We focus on what moves the needle. Compliant, on time, within your constraints — that's the goal.
You engage us, you get us. No handoffs to juniors, no account management layers. Direct, senior-level work, every time.
THE SATYA MODEL
Satya Advisory delivers enterprise-grade compliance programmes for SMEs. We don't replace your payroll process — we uplift it.
We design the framework, sequence the work, and guide your team through every step. The result is a documented, tested process your team understands, owns, and can run independently — a junior follows it, a senior signs it off.
We bring the programme discipline. You retain full ownership of the outcome. That's the model.
You know exactly what the engagement covers before it starts. No surprises, no open-ended billing.
Every engagement finishes with a documented, tested process your team owns outright.
Each engagement solves a problem completely. When the next compliance challenge arrives, we'll be ready to help — but you won't be dependent on us to keep the lights on.
The methodology comes from directing programmes valued between $5M and $80M. The price point is built for growing Australian businesses — not enterprise consulting budgets.
Additional services planned for late 2026: Ongoing compliance advisory and broader business advisory. If you'd like to discuss needs beyond Payday Super, get in touch.
The mark
Every element of our mark means something.
The Satya Advisory mark draws on geometric and Sanskrit tradition. Each element was chosen deliberately — not for aesthetics alone, but for what it represents about the way we work.
Completion — a problem resolved, a process closed. We see engagements through to the end.
Direction — Sanskrit geometric tradition, upward movement. We help businesses move forward.
Satya — the point of truth at the centre of all work. Everything returns to this.
Clarity and emergence — insight made visible. The moment complexity becomes clear.
Know the facts
Everything you need to know, sourced directly from the ATO and Treasury.
From 1 July 2026, every Australian employer must pay superannuation on payday — not quarterly. The rules are changing. The penalties are real. And the window to get ready is shorter than most businesses realise.
Review your payroll systems, super payment workflows and employee fund data. The earlier you identify gaps, the more options you have to close them.
Payroll system changes, process redesign and staff training need to be complete before July — not in the same week. Allow time to test and resolve issues.
Super must be paid on payday. The SG rate also moves to 12% on this date. Both changes are live simultaneously. Penalties apply from day one.
Payroll system capability — Can your system process a super payment on every single pay run? Most older systems were built for quarterly batching. Many will require configuration changes or upgrades before July.
Cash flow impact — Quarterly super payments become weekly or fortnightly. For a business with a $500K annual super liability, that's cash leaving the account 26 times a year instead of 4. Has your finance team modelled this?
Fund processing times — The 7-day clock starts on payday. If your super clearing house takes 2 days to process, you have a 5-day window for errors. Do you know your current fund processing time?
Employee data accuracy — A single incorrect fund detail causes a payment to fail and the clock keeps ticking. A full audit of employee super fund information is not optional — it's a prerequisite for compliance.
SG rate update to 12% — The rate increases to 12% on 1 July 2026 — the same day Payday Super begins. Confirm now whether your payroll system applies this automatically or requires a manual update.
Staff awareness — Payroll teams need to understand the new obligations, timelines and what a failure looks like. Most compliance failures trace back to process gaps and unclear ownership, not system failures.
Most businesses won't know they have a problem
until it's already expensive.
Get in touch
No obligation. Just a conversation about where you are and whether we can help.
1 July is approaching fast. The window to prepare is narrowing. Most businesses that wait until June will pay for it in penalties.
With Payday Super taking effect 1 July 2026, the window to prepare is narrowing. The businesses that will struggle are the ones that leave it too late to course-correct. An initial conversation costs nothing — and could save significantly in penalties and remediation.
We typically respond within one business day.
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Before you start
We don't replace your payroll process — we uplift it. Here's what happens after your assessment:
We review your readiness report and confirm your specific gaps.
We design your compliance framework and guide your team through setup.
You get a documented, tested process your team owns. Fixed scope, no ongoing fees.
Your readiness profile
Your answers are scored against the Payday Super requirements. You'll receive a personalised report at the email you provide — including your areas needing attention and recommended next steps.
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No obligation
The assessment and report are complimentary. You are under no obligation to engage our services.
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