Greg McManus | Director
Payroll Metrics

Greg McManus is a senior Australian technology executive and payroll industry specialist with extensive experience in the development, commercialisation, and strategic growth of enterprise payroll and workforce management solutions across Australia and New Zealand. As a founding leader of Payroll Metrics, Greg has played a central role in building one of the region’s most advanced SaaS payroll and workforce management platforms, recognised for its compliance capability, security standards, automation, and integration architecture. With a career spanning several decades in payroll technology, Greg combines deep operational knowledge with strong commercial and strategic leadership. He has led the expansion of Payroll Metrics through a partner-led distribution model, establishing and managing key strategic relationships with major HCM and workforce management providers., and other enterprise technology organisations. Greg is particularly recognised for his expertise in payroll compliance, industrial relations interpretation, workforce management integration, and SaaS product strategy. He has been heavily involved in the evolution of modern payroll architectures designed specifically for Australian and New Zealand legislative environments, including areas such as award interpretation, STP compliance, payday superannuation, auditability, and high-scale payroll processing. In recent years, Greg has focused strongly on innovation in workforce management and artificial intelligence, helping shape initiatives involving AI-assisted payroll operations, automation, implementation acceleration, and intelligent support systems. Known for his commercially pragmatic approach, strong industry relationships, and ability to translate complex payroll and compliance requirements into scalable technology solutions, Greg continues to play a significant role in the advancement of payroll and workforce management technology in the ANZ market. Outside of business, Greg has a strong interest in travel, performance vehicles and music.

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Day 1 @ 13:10

Employee compliance in schools

Step inside one of the most practical and relevant sessions at EDUtech built for those responsible for compliance, risk and workforce management in schools.

In one session, you’ll get:

Live Demo: See how Martian Logic brings checks, training and policies into one unified compliance system
Real School Insights: How leading schools are managing increasing compliance pressure today
Awards Compliance: What’s changing (and where schools are getting caught out) from a leading Payroll CEO
AI & Policy: What every school must have in place for AI use at work, from a leading Australian privacy lawyer

This is a rare opportunity to hear directly from operators and experts solving these challenges in real time not theory, not sales pitches.

If you manage HR, operations, payroll or compliance in a school, this session is built for you.

Bree Butas, People and Culture Manager, Trinity Grammar School, Kew VIC

Mandy Rice, People and Culture Manager, The Southport School