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Overview

Join us at the Financial Services Council’s Superannuation Practitioners Group Payday Super workshop.

The workshop is designed to bring together practitioners from across the superannuation sector to deliver a standardised approach to Payday Super implementation and to reduce risks for funds, providers, and superannuation members.

The workshop aims to:
   -  Clarify key steps and timelines for Contributions V3 and Payday Super implementation.
   -  Align on common standards and practices to reduce complexity and risk across the industry.
   -  Strengthen collaboration between funds, service providers, and regulators to ensure consistent delivery and better outcomes for members.

The workshop program features a series of focused sessions designed to unpack key aspects of Contributions V3 and Payday Super, including:
   -  Timelines and Industry Readiness
   -  Gateway and Clearing House Preparation
   -  NPP Implementation Under Schedule 3
   -  Payday Super End-to-End Implementation: From Employer to Fund to ATO

This workshop has now concluded. 

SPEAKERS

1:00PM | Registration and light lunch

2:00PM | Contributions V3 and Payday Super – Timelines and Industry Readiness

Overview by the Australian Taxation Office of timelines, milestones, readiness, and testing — with Q&A.

SPEAKERS

Shane Moore

Project Director - Payday Super Program, Superannuation & Employer Obligations, Australian Taxation Office

Alastair Ramsay

Director, Superannuation Funds Services and Engagement, Australian Taxation Office

2:30PM | Getting Ready for Gateways and Clearing Houses

Perspectives from Gateway Network Governance Body (GNGB), a clearing house/gateway and a fund on readiness, practical steps, and key questions funds should ask their providers.

SPEAKERS

Michelle Bower

CEO, Gateway Network Governance Body Ltd

Trent Lund

CEO, WrKr

3:10PM | Afternoon tea

3:30PM | Getting ready for NPP – Turning Schedule 3 into Practice

Preparing for NPP as mandated under Contributions V3 Schedule 3 — what funds, banks, and clearing houses need to do now.

SPEAKERS

Marnie Ryan

Head of Product Innovation & Enablement, Australian Payments Plus

Jason Hunt

Executive Director, Industry & Innovation, ANZ

Susan Pearce

Senior Manager, Regulatory Change & Compliance
Aware Super

4:15PM | Payday Super End-to-End Implementation Roundtable: From Employer to Fund to ATO

End-to-end discussion from employer → fund → ATO: risks, testing, phased rollout, and how funds can support employers.

SPEAKERS

Alastair Ramsay

Director, Superannuation Funds Services and Engagement, Australian Taxation Office

Jason Low

CEO, The Association for Payroll Specialists (TAPS)

Susan Pearce

Senior Manager, Regulatory Change & Compliance
Aware Super

Trent Lund

CEO, WrKr

5:00PM | Networking Drinks and Canapes

Michelle Bower
CEO, Gateway Network Governance Body LTD

Biography

TAPS is Australia's leading payroll association representing over 8,000 payroll professionals. They provide a range of services to help payroll people stay up to date with Australia's complex payroll environment, including a helpline, weekly newsletters, training and payroll health checks.

Jason has 30 years of payroll experience and has assisted with STP design as part of the ATO Payroll Working Group. He is also a popular writer and speaker on payroll-related topics.

Jason Hunt
Executive Director, Industry & Innovation, ANZ 

Biography

TAPS is Australia's leading payroll association representing over 8,000 payroll professionals. They provide a range of services to help payroll people stay up to date with Australia's complex payroll environment, including a helpline, weekly newsletters, training and payroll health checks.

Jason has 30 years of payroll experience and has assisted with STP design as part of the ATO Payroll Working Group. He is also a popular writer and speaker on payroll-related topics.

Jason Low
CEO, The Association for Payroll Specialists (TAPS)

Biography

TAPS is Australia's leading payroll association representing over 8,000 payroll professionals. They provide a range of services to help payroll people stay up to date with Australia's complex payroll environment, including a helpline, weekly newsletters, training and payroll health checks.

Jason has 30 years of payroll experience and has assisted with STP design as part of the ATO Payroll Working Group. He is also a popular writer and speaker on payroll-related topics.

Trent Lund
CEO, wrkr

Biography

TAPS is Australia's leading payroll association representing over 8,000 payroll professionals. They provide a range of services to help payroll people stay up to date with Australia's complex payroll environment, including a helpline, weekly newsletters, training and payroll health checks.

Jason has 30 years of payroll experience and has assisted with STP design as part of the ATO Payroll Working Group. He is also a popular writer and speaker on payroll-related topics.

Shane Moore
Project Director - Payday Super Program, Superannuation & Employer Obligations, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

Biography

Shane leads the ATO’s core Payday Super initiatives, including enhancements to SuperStream, improvements to Single Touch Payroll (STP), and the retirement of the Small Business Superannuation Clearing House (SBSCH).

With a strong track record in delivering complex reforms across the superannuation system, Shane brings deep technical expertise and a practical, collaborative approach. He is known for building trusted relationships across industry and government, and for bringing a personal touch to driving meaningful change.

Susan Pearce
Senior Manager, Regulatory Change & Compliance, Aware Super

Biography

Susan has experience in many facets of Regulatory Change, Administration, Regulatory reporting and complex SFT reporting impacts to regulators.

Additionally, during the past 18 years, Susan has been a member of ATO, SA, APRA and Industry Forums working on Regulatory Change, strategic Co Design, and advocacy, assisting in achieving the best scalable administrative outcome for industry across many facets of contemporary fund processes.

Alastair Ramsay
Director, Superannuation Funds Services & Engagement, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

Biography

Alastair is a Risk Director specialising in APRA Fund reported data and Single Touch Payroll. With deep expertise in regulatory reporting, data integrity and compliance frameworks. Alastair ensures that reporting entities meet their reporting obligations while maintain accuracy, transparency, and strong governance. Alastair has a strong understanding of how reported data is used within the ATO to administer programs, enabling an ability to bridge policy requirements with practical reporting solutions that support both compliance and effective program delivery.

Marnie Ryan
Head of Product Innovation & Enablement, Australian Payments Plus

Biography

Marnie Ryan is the Head of Product Innovation and Enablement for Business Payments at AP+. She is responsible for the implementation of PayTo, eInvoicing, Superannuation, Tax and Payroll business services and is currently leading readiness and enablement on the Move to NPP program. Marnie has experience across the digital service provider and payments ecosystems with an extensive background in payment, financial, payroll, time & attendance, HCM/HRMS and human resources systems.