Juliette Allen manages the finances for her family's 1,100 ha sheep and finishing beef farm at Ponatahi, south-east of Masterton. With a young family at home, she's all about working smarter, not longer, and that's why she runs Farm Focus alongside PaySauce payroll.
“Technology for example has had a huge impact on the way we live and work and has given us choices we need to take advantage of.”
After 20 years on Cash Manager RURAL, the family moved to Farm Focus for the time it saves.
“Enjoying time together as a family is important so Farm Focus attracted my attention straight away. I like the work-flow aspect because you are directed easily around where you need to go. The invoice coding application has also saved me a huge amount of time, plus it's great to store all our information in the one place for future use.”
Her dad has been happy to hand over the books too, because he can see where everything is stored and look at it any time.
The old wage book couldn't keep up with today's employment rules, so Juliette moved the farm's payroll to PaySauce.
“Working off-farm I know my dollar value per hour and can quantify for example that PaySauce is definitely a cost-effective tool that saves time and money.”
Staff enter their own details and hours, and PaySauce works out PAYE, KiwiSaver and leave automatically.
“PaySauce definitely promotes a more collaborative relationship between staff and business owners because staff have ownership of their information.”
“Special Leave, holiday pay or days in lieu have to be accounted for and these are covered off automatically by PaySauce which definitely provides peace of mind for me because I know we're compliant and our staff are receiving their dues.”
PaySauce connects directly to Farm Focus. Once it's set up, every pay run sends its wage costs to Farm Focus, already matched to your farm's codes, so there's no double entry and fewer mistakes.
“Peace of mind is a good feeling and knowing our business is compliant is priceless. I don't even have to think about it before simply pushing the pay button. We're compliant, job done!”
