If you have worked your way through the following guides you should have a good understanding of the fundamental layout and how to navigate SmoothPay:

If you haven't reviewed these guides yet, please complete those before going any further.

The following articles cover other features within the user interface. Feel free to review these later, as they are not required to complete your first pay process, but are still useful to understand.

Now that you understand SmoothPay’s basic layout and navigation, you can begin setting up your payroll and working towards your first completed pay process. Complete each section in order for the most efficient setup.

This is where you enter your basic company information and establish some fundamental default settings that can reduce the need to manually configure the same information repeatedly.

Once you have completed the company setup, review the available pay codes and create or adjust any codes required for your payroll.

The default leave codes should already be configured for the minimum requirements in your jurisdiction. Review these settings and make any necessary adjustments before creating your employee records, particularly if your organisation provides leave entitlements above the minimum requirements.

Not everything within the software can be set by default, but after completing your company setup and reviewing and adjusting your pay codes, you should have most of what's possible defaulted to the right things, which should help you avoid some repetition when creating your employee records.

With all of the previous steps completed, you're now ready to complete your first pay process.

Once you have completed your first pay process, your initial SmoothPay setup is complete.

You should now have:

From here, you can continue building your knowledge as different tasks arise by using the help centre to find information on specific topics.

Please remember that training and support are available at no additional cost. If you cannot find what you are looking for in the help centre, become stuck, or something simply feels awkward, please get in touch.