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Getting into payroll isn’t a fluke anymore. In Australia and beyond, a proper pathway is taking shape, built on early insight, real-world learning, and industry support. The Golden Path to Payroll
A sk anyone in payroll how they got here, and chances are they’ll say they tripped and landed in it. Payroll has been the middle child of the business world for a long time: reliable, steady, always there, but rarely in the spotlight. It holds everything together but is often the last to be acknowledged. Speaking as a middle child who works in payroll… I know a thing or two about being quietly essential. It’s not that people aren’t choosing payroll. It’s more about how it’s been positioned, and the fact that most people don’t even know it’s an option. Payroll has been
Author: Nilufer (Nilly) Gul Nilly Gul is the GM, APAC at the GPA. She’s passionate about payroll and all the people who make it work. With experience in global payroll sales, recruitment, compliance, process improvement, and relationship management, Nilly understands the industry from every angle. She’s all about creating spaces— events, programs, and conversations—where payroll professionals can connect, share, and grow. Her mission? To make payroll a career people choose, not just fall into.
largely invisible. It’s rarely discussed as a career path and still seen and treated as a back-office function, with no clear way in. That was the starting point for the Payroll Pathway Initiative. It began with the “Payroll is a Career” campaign, a focused effort to raise payroll’s profile and increase awareness of it as a defined, valuable profession. For years, payroll was seen more as a task than a career. So, I started talking to career advisors, teachers, students, education networks, and even parents. These conversations led to
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