Project Homes Back-Office Services
Back-office services for project homes. Building Award payroll, industry-specific bookkeeping, BAS and compliance.
Applicable Award
Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020
Compliance guide:Construction Award →
For Project Homes, the entire back-office — award-compliant payroll (typically under the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020), BAS, bookkeeping, managed IT and Essential Eight cybersecurity — can run through one accountable Valont team, on a fixed monthly fee, quoted for your business. You need back-office support from people who know your industry — the revenue models, the compliance landscape, the operational realities. Valont provides integrated finance, people, and technology operations built for construction businesses like yours.
The Applicable Modern Award
Project Homes employees are typically covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020.
Which award applies depends on the business, the work each employee actually performs, their classification and whether they are full-time, part-time or casual. The Fair Work Ombudsman's coverage summary places on-site general building and construction — the construction, alteration, extension, restoration, repair, maintenance or demolition of buildings and structures, site clearance and associated landscaping — under the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020, listing domestic and commercial building companies, labourers, machinery operators, concrete workers, scaffolders and on-site trades such as bricklayers, carpenters, plasterers, painters and roof tilers; it does not cover employees who are covered by the Electrical, Plumbing, Joinery or Manufacturing Awards. Check coverage for your own business rather than assuming one award covers everyone, and use the Fair Work Pay Calculator for the current rate for a given award, classification and shift.
Classification structure: Building Worker Levels 1–8, Site Supervisor, Sales/Admin (may fall under Clerks Award).
Ordinary hours: average of 38/week for site staff (EBAs may differ). Admin staff on 38-hour week under Clerks Award.
Penalty rates: Building Award for site staff, Clerks Award for office/sales staff.
Key allowances: Tool allowance, industry allowance, travel between sites.
Getting award interpretation wrong creates systematic underpayment that compounds with every pay period. Our payroll specialists configure award-specific software to calculate every classification, penalty, and allowance correctly — and conduct quarterly audits to ensure ongoing compliance.
Sources: award coverage — the Fair Work Ombudsman's summary of the Building and Construction Award [MA000020] (read 8 September 2026); pay and award rules — Fair Work Ombudsman and the Fair Work Commission; superannuation, BAS and tax — the Australian Taxation Office.
Back-Office Challenges for Project Homes
For Project Homes, the back-office complexity a generic provider isn't built for begins with volume-based financial management — then runs through the operational realities below:
- Volume-based financial management — tracking costs and margins across dozens or hundreds of concurrent builds from standard designs
- Standard cost templates vs actual cost variance analysis per build
- Sales commission structures and revenue recognition at contract signing vs progressive stages
- Display home operating costs as marketing expense allocation
- Council approval timelines and their impact on cash flow and build scheduling
- Client upgrade tracking — pricing and cost management of client-selected upgrades to standard inclusions
- Warranty provisioning across large numbers of completed builds
- Dual-award payroll — Building Award for site staff, Clerks Award for sales and admin
Industry Compliance
State building authority licensing, consumer protection legislation specific to volume building, ASIC licensing for managed investment schemes (if applicable), and statutory warranty obligations.
We maintain a compliance calendar that covers both your general business obligations (BAS, STP, super, payroll tax, workers compensation) and your industry-specific requirements, ensuring nothing falls through the gap between your financial compliance and your operational compliance.
How Valont Supports Project Homes
Finance Hub
Volume build financial tracking with standard cost variance analysis. Sales commission management. Display home cost allocation. Client upgrade pricing and margin analysis. Warranty provisioning. Dual-award payroll (Building + Clerks). Multi-site project reporting.
People Hub
Building Award-compliant payroll processing through KeyPay or Employment Hero with automated award interpretation. STP reporting with every pay run. Superannuation calculation and initiation on schedule. Ongoing payroll compliance audits. HR advisory covering employment contracts, workplace policies, onboarding, and termination processes specific to the construction sector.
Operations Hub
Managed IT support with proactive monitoring and helpdesk. Essential Eight cybersecurity implementation. Cloud platform management (Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace). Integration management between your industry-specific systems and accounting/payroll platforms.
Pricing
For a project home builder with 15–40 employees: Finance + People Hub on a fixed monthly fee quoted for your business. This replaces the combined cost of a separate bookkeeper, payroll provider, and the owner's time spent on admin — typically 10 to 15 hours per week for a business of this size.
Fixed-fee, month-to-month, no lock-in. We retain clients through service quality, not contractual obligation.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you specialise in project homes?
Yes. Our team has direct experience with the Building Award and the specific operational, financial, and compliance requirements of project homes. We configure our services around your industry's reality rather than forcing you into a generic template.
Which award applies to Project Homes?
Most project homes employees are covered by the Building and Construction General On-site Award 2020. Building Worker Levels 1–8, Site Supervisor, Sales/Admin (may fall under Clerks Award). We determine the correct award and classification for each employee during onboarding and configure payroll accordingly.
Can you integrate with our existing systems?
Yes. We integrate with the industry-specific platforms that project homes use. The Operations Hub manages all integrations — configuration during onboarding, continuous monitoring, and issue resolution.
What if our current books are a mess?
Most project homes come to us with some level of backlog or disorganisation. We bring your books current during onboarding at no additional cost and establish the systems and processes that keep them current going forward.
Built for Project Homes, Not Adapted From Generic Templates
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Integrated back-office for Project Homes businesses.
Finance Hub
- Bookkeeping
- Managed Payroll
- BAS & Tax Compliance
- Cash Flow & Reporting
- Accounts Receivable
- Finance Broking
- Grants & Incentives
- Outsourced CFO
People Hub
- Award Compliance
- HR & IR Advisory
- Employer Advice Line
- Recruitment
- Onboarding & Offboarding
- Rostering Optimisation
- WHS & Safety
- Team Culture & Insights
- Fair Work Representation
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