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Add a payroll employee

Your employee list comprises of the payroll recipients you have saved to your ANZ Internet Banking. When making payroll payments you can select previously saved recipients from your employee list and avoid filling in their details each time.

Adding an employee to your list is easy.

How do I add a payroll employee?

Go to the "Payments" menu.
Select "Pay employees".
Select the "Update employee list" link.
Select "Add new employee" and follow the steps below.

Alternatively you can:

Click on the "Settings" or the “Payments” menu.
Select "My Payroll Employee list".
Select "Add new employee" and follow the steps below.

Before adding an employee

Before you add an employee to your payroll employee list you must ensure that the employee is aware:

of ANZ's identity and contact information
that they are able to access the information ANZ holds about them
that their banking details are collected for transferring money directly into their account
that ANZ will not disclose their information to other organisations.

Where available the Confirmation of Payee (CoP) service checks whether the account name you enter matches the name and account details held by the payee’s bank. Regardless of whether you use CoP, ANZ doesn’t check the details you enter are correct.

Step 1 - Enter the employee details

Reference/Salary number: enter a description or salary number for the employee. The description can be a maximum of 20 characters and cannot include special characters (For example!@#$ %^*-).

The description will help you identify the employee for making future payments so make sure it is clear.

Employee name: this may be used by some financial institutions to correctly identify the account when making payments.

BSB number: this will be a 6 digit number. Do not include any spaces or dashes.

Account number: will be a maximum of 9 digits.

You must ensure this information is correct as errors in BSB or account numbers may result in unsuccessful payments or payments being sent to an unintended recipient.

Step 2 - Select “Check employee”

ANZ will display a Confirmation of Payee (CoP) outcome on screen.

Step 3 - Select "Save details".

If you are comfortable with the outcome provided and they match your intended employees details, select “Save details”.

If you are not comfortable with the outcome or the details do not match, please refer to the FAQ’s below.

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For further assistance please call the ANZ Internet Banking team on 13 33 50 (International callers: +61 3 9683 8833) 8:00am to 8:00pm (AEST) Monday - Friday and 8:00am to 6:00pm (AEST) Saturday and Sunday.

Frequently asked questions

Use our frequently asked questions to find out more about adding an employee to your payroll employee list.

What information do I need to save an employee to my list?

If you want to save your employee's details in the payroll employee list you will need the following information:

Reference/salary number: this can be a maximum of 20 characters long and is used for easy identification when making payments. If you do not use a reference or salary number you can enter the employee's name.

Account details: including the BSB number (six digit number) and an account number.

Employee name: the account name of the employee's account to be credited.

What if the employee's details change?

If the employee's bank details change in future, you can easily Edit a payroll employee via the "Settings" menu.

You can update the BSB number (financial institution number), account number, employee name, employee salary/reference number.

Once you edit the employee's details it will be updated immediately within the same ANZ Internet Banking session.

Can I delete an employee from the payroll employee list?

Yes. You can delete the payee from the payroll employee list any time.

Go to the "Settings" menu.
Select "My Payroll Employee list".

Select the “Delete” button next to the employee you wish to delete. An alert modal will pop up asking if you are sure you want to delete this employee. Select “Delete employee” to proceed.

Please note that you cannot delete an employee if there is a future or recurring payment scheduled for that person.

You must first cancel the pending future or recurring payments.

If you wish to delete a future dated or recurring payment, the request must be lodged with ANZ Internet Banking prior to 11.59pm Melbourne time on the day prior to the payment date.

Delete a future payment

Does my employee need to have an ANZ account?

No. The employee need not have an ANZ account.

The payroll payments function within ANZ Internet Banking will allow you to transfer funds from your ANZ account to an account with any Australian financial institution (bank, building society, credit union, etc).

All you need is the BSB number, account number and employee name of the employee.

What is Confirmation of Payee?

Confirmation of Payee (CoP), an industry-wide banking service to help you avoid scams and mistaken payments.

CoP FAQs

What can I do when the CoP outcome is Account not active?

The account on that BSB and account number is closed. You won’t be able to save that BSB and account number as a payroll employee.