Why Aurion

Payroll software built for clarity, control & confidence

A modern payroll solution for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

Aurora payroll software for small businesses

Aurora by Aurion

As your business grows, payroll often becomes more complex. Manual processes, increasing compliance obligations, and disconnected systems can create unnecessary administration and risk. Aurora helps growing businesses simplify payroll, improve visibility, and process every pay run with confidence.
Aurora payroll for SMEs

Every dollar explained

Every dollar explained

See exactly how every pay has been calculated with complete payroll transparency on screen.

Compliance handled for you

Compliance handled for you

Built-in payroll compliance helps reduce risk and keeps you current with changing legislation.

Clear workflows

Clear workflows

View your organisation's structure and approvals at a glance.

Real-time payroll calculations

Real-time payroll calculations

Changes are calculated as they happen, reducing surprises at the end of the pay cycle. 

Aurora helps small & medium-sized businesses overcome these payroll challenges

Manual payroll processes

More administration, increased​ risk of mistakes, and less time to support the business.​

Compliance concerns

Increased audit risk, ​potential penalties and reduced confidence ​in payroll outcomes.​


Limited payroll knowledge

Greater reliance on key individuals and concerns around compliance and data accuracy.

Outgrown spreadsheets & basic payroll tools

Payroll becomes harder to ​manage, takes longer and ​limits future growth.​


Fragmented systems & limited visibility

Duplicated effort, ​inefficiencies and limited ​confidence in the data.​

Everything you need to run payroll with confidence

Leave spreadsheets and manual processes behind. Aurora makes accurate, compliant payroll simple.

Run payroll

End-to-end pay run management
Real-time recalculations
Exception alerts

Stay compliant

STP compliant
Payday Super compliant
PAYG compliant
NES compliant

Empower your team

Employee Self Service
Manager tools
Approval workflows

Stay in control

Calculation transparency
Payroll history
Organisation structure visibility

The Aurora difference

Unlike traditional payroll software, Aurora provides real-time payroll visibility, transparent calculations, and built-in compliance support, helping growing businesses reduce complexity and gain greater confidence in every pay run. 

Aurora by Aurion compared to typical payroll software

Built on a foundation of security & compliance

Strong security, compliance and accreditation programs to support the delivery of secure and compliant solutions.


Accreditation program

Our ISO27001 & ISO9001 certifications are the foundation of our security and compliance measures that extend to our entire suite of solutions and services.

Data stored onshore

Your data is securely hosted within Australian data centres, ensuring it remains onshore and subject to Australian privacy and regulatory requirements. From our software platforms to our compliance, security management practices is a core priority.

Powered by AWS

Built on Amazon Web Services (AWS), our solutions leverage one of the world's leading cloud platforms. This enables enterprise-grade security, high availability, and the scalability to support your business as it grows.

Security & Compliance team

We have a team solely dedicated to actively ensuring that our services, solutions and processes are secure and compliant.

Aurora FAQs

Aurion has over 40 years of payroll expertise, and we’ve built that knowledge into Aurora. With transparent, real-time calculations, every tax, superannuation, leave entitlement, deduction, and payment can be traced and validated with confidence. No black-box calculations, no end-of-pay-cycle surprises, just payroll you can trust every time.

Aurora is designed for growing businesses with fewer than 100 employees that want to move beyond spreadsheets, manual processes, or basic payroll software. It’s ideal for organisations that do not require automated award interpretation and are looking for a simple, compliant payroll solution that’s easy to implement and scale. As Aurora continues to evolve, new features and capabilities are regularly added to support a broader range of businesses.

Yes. Aurora includes Employee Self Service, allowing employees to apply for leave, log timesheets, and manage their personal details through their own secure login.

As an Aurora by Aurion customer, you will have access to our dedicated support team who want to ensure your business uses Aurora to its full potential. If the in-app library and resources do not provide the answers or support, you need, simply raise a request in our Support Portal and a real human will be in touch. 

Make life work better

Aurora is built for growing businesses that need payroll software that's simple, compliant, and ready to scale. Whether you're moving beyond spreadsheets or replacing an outdated payroll system, Aurora gives you the tools and confidence to manage payroll more effectively.