If you would rather never get payday wrong, start here. Six certificates cover employment law, Xero Payroll and MYOB Payroll. The right fit for someone who wants the whole cycle, not one screen.
Pay runs, payslips, leave and filing obligations. The parts where a mistake is felt by everyone on staff.
Xero Payroll and MYOB Business Payroll are both in here. Job ads name one or the other, so cover both.
Employment law and key New Zealand business legislation open the diploma. That is what stops the errors.
Payroll is one of the few jobs a business cannot postpone, which is why the roles stay open. The work is easy to picture: the timesheets in, the run checked, the filing away before the deadline. Firms hire for accuracy and for calm.
Owning the cycle from timesheets through to filing.
Keeping the payroll file, the items and the templates right.
Turning pay data into the reports finance asks for.
The bridge between the people team and the pay run.
Supporting the work on pay structures and bands.
Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. Every role is different, and some need more study or experience. Senior, manager and compliance titles usually assume years inside a payroll function.
Three things this diploma covers that a software course will not.
It opens with employment law and NZ business legislation, before a single pay run.
Xero Payroll and MYOB Business Payroll, taught end to end. Setup, pay runs, payslips, filing.
Recruitment, training, teams, health and safety, and handling grievances when they arrive.
Certificate of Achievement · The Career Academy
From the college, once the six certificates are done.
Received on completion, through the Xero partnership.
Earned on completion, for professional development records.
An advisor sends the guide and walks through the six parts.
Instant access. Weekly plan or one upfront payment.
Start with the legislation, then Xero and MYOB payroll.
Collect your certificate and the Xero advisor certification.
No. There are no academic entry requirements listed. It suits people new to payroll and administrators formalising what they already do.
From $29 a week on a plan, with no deposit and no credit check. Upfront is available. Enquire for current pricing.
Around 300 hours of content, with 12 months of access. Self paced, so the calendar is yours.
Both. Xero Payroll and MYOB Business Payroll each get their own certificate, covering setup, pay runs, payslips and filing.
No placement is included. The applied work happens through the course material and workplace style scenarios.
None at any stage. Tutors assess your work, with unlimited support by phone and email in business hours.
It is accredited by ICOES and holds Official Accreditation with the CPD Standards Office, which is accreditation for professional development. It is not NZQA accredited, so it is not a national qualification. Those are separate things. Payroll teams hire on whether the run is right and filed on time.
A 10-Day Money Back Guarantee runs from enrolment, so you can look before you commit.
This diploma is delivered by The Career Academy, an online college in Christchurch.
The college has run for more than 15 years and helps over 25,000 students a year. It is a Xero Education Partner and an MYOB Approved Education Partner, which is why both payroll platforms are covered. Tutors named on the page include Tom F, Amore C, Dessa M, Erika B and Justin S.
Picture the payday nobody mentions, because every hour, every deduction and every filing landed exactly where it should.