Independent Audit: Implementation Of The Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal Determinations For Special Forces Pay – 1 March 2009 704/25/26 – Document (pdf, 3.12 Mb)

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KPMG's independent audit of Defence Force Remuneration Tribunal (DFRT) special forces pay determinations implementation, completed March 2009, identified systemic issues across Defence's remuneration framework. The audit found a complex, outdated pay structure difficult to maintain, aging payroll systems (PMKeyS and ADFPay) facing vendor support problems due to heavy in-house modifications, and fragmented change management lacking central coordination across multiple Defence areas. The auditor recommended Defence develop a three-to-five-year remuneration strategy simplifying allowance structures and reforming IT systems, and establish a centralised controls framework within 12 months to clarify business process ownership and accountability. These reforms were positioned as enabling Defence to align remuneration with effective workforce delivery, shared service integration, and improved governance oversight. The document contains no substantial redactions visible in the excerpted sections.