MEMBERSHIP INSIGHT
5
minutes with…
Ken Pullar FCIPP CIPP’s newly appointed chief executive officer from 1 October 2016
That we continue to be seated within government consultation forums providing a voice to our members and the industry. And that employers realise that employees in their payroll department having a payroll qualification isn’t a ‘nice to have’ but a requisite in performing their career, that continuing professional development is actively pursued and maintained and that the learning requirement never ceases. What does the future hold for the payroll, pensions and reward departments? If one thing hasn’t changed over the ages, it is that people will always need to be paid, receive rewards and be paid a pension. It will therefore continue just to be as busy and demanding a role as it always has been, predicated on accuracy and timeliness – and this path can be made ’easier’ through education, membership and recognition supported by the CIPP. What has been your biggest career highlight? There have been many – travelling the world through payroll, setting up outsourced operations in India, seeing people I have either interviewed or at their early stages of their career rise to great levels of success and seniority – and hopefully more highlights to come. What do you do in your free time to unwind? Free time? – I look forward to that. Summer golfer (averse to rain/snow, wind and the cold) and for the winter evenings working on my family tree: some ten years of research to date and still miles to go. n
Can you give an insight into your background? As many people, friends, colleagues and associates will know (as I have recounted many times), I entered the world of payroll as a mere seventeen-year old, collecting clock cards weekly for some 200 electricians on a remote Scottish gas terminal. My desk had a window overlooking the machine just to make sure the right people clocked in and out. From there it was compiling wages in cash and then facing the queue every Friday morning to pay out. And they knew to the penny what their pay was, and woe betide me if it was wrong. But a great education for embarking on my payroll career. Since that early start I had a number of payroll management roles in the public sector before entering the outsourcing arena in various service director roles: head of business processing outsourcing operations right through to global outsourcing director within the payroll and human resources services sector. And suddenly realising 35+ years’ have passed me by so quickly. How does your role impact the CIPP’s overall strategy? Well, we are the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals – so that needs to be our main focus alongside our pension colleagues. Our mission statement sets out our
journey of leading payroll and pension professionals through education, membership and recognition. So we need to ensure our membership see our qualifications as material to their aspirations and career, that our learning experiences are focussed, up to date, informative and of world class quality – so that they are valued and recognised not just in their line of industry but as a key component and critical to the success of their employers and organisations. ...leading payroll and pension professionals through education, membership and recognition Where would you like to see the CIPP in five years from now? That we still are the ‘go-to’ organisation for all payroll and pension professionals, whether embarking on their career as an apprentice right through to those wishing to achieve the MSc. That when training, learning, understanding and implementing new legislation we are the first organisation individuals think of to support them.
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | November 2016 | Issue 25 10
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