Type Private Headquarters Sydney, Australia Number of employees 200 (2009) | Industry Computer software Founded 1985 | |
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Key people Michael Smith, Managing Director Products Payroll,
Human Resources,
Human Capital Management Website www.sagemicropay.com.au Parent organization Sage Software Australia Pty Ltd. | ||
Setting up sage micropay
Sage MicrOpay is a supplier of integrated payroll and human capital management people management software and services solutions to Australian businesses.
Contents
- Setting up sage micropay
- History
- Operations
- Software products and services
- Primary competition
- References
The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Sage Group plc, an international company specialising in accounting, payroll and CRM software applications. With operations throughout the UK, Europe, North America, Australia, Asia and South Africa, the Sage Group has an installed customer base of over 6 million businesses.
History
Sage MicrOpay was established in 1985 to provide payroll and human capital management technology to businesses in Australia.
The company was later purchased by the Commonwealth Bank in 1995, making it wholly owned by a major financial institution.
In April 2002, MicrOpay was acquired by the large South African based accounting software vendor, Softline. Softline had been well known for its earlier acquisition of international financial suite Accpac, formerly owned by Computer Associates. MicrOpay joined Softline’s other Australian purchases, HandiSoft and Sybiz Software Pty Ltd.
Softline was itself acquired in November 2003 by the Sage Group, an FTSE 100 company with over 6 million customers and more than 12,600 employees worldwide.
In 2006, Sage MicrOpay acquired payroll and HR software provider Australian Flagship; who develop and market the Wage Easy payroll system.
Operations
In Australia, Sage MicrOpay is one of the largest payroll and HR vendors with a client base in excess of 6,000 enterprises across all sectors.
The company’s Head Office is based in Sydney with offices in Melbourne, and Perth. Training and support are available at all locations.
Software products and services
Services
Services include payroll hosting and outsourcing, recruitment and training: