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Internally, there will be standardization of how things are communicated with HR, with IT, with the legal team, talent acquisition and others. This will give payroll credibility to show anyone we deal with why they need to provide data in a certain way: because it will be the ISO standard. We’ve had incredible cooperation in doing this from global payroll leaders, from vendors, and also from the payroll associations around the world. If anyone is interested in this effort to standardize payroll processes, email iso@payrollgeeks.world. Also, one of my missions that I really want folks to understand is that as an industry we are good at tactical and operational points, but we suffer and we’re not as good in the compliance and the strategic side of payroll. I’ve written about going from an operational mindset to a true global payroll strategist, and how to make that move.
Also, one of my missions that I really want folks to understand is that as an industry we are good at tactical and operational points, but we suffer and we’re not as good in the compliance and the strategic side of payroll.
GPA: What projects are you involved in? Nathan: After some 25 years of working in global HR and then mostly payroll, it is a new experience helping create an organization whose main focus is to build out an ISO program for the technical disciplines have ISO standards. What this means is internally when folks want to get their ISO certification for HR, for example, you have a line of HR items that you must meet in order to be certified. For IT, you have a list of IT and technology items that you must payroll industry. HR, IT, and other
meet. But there’s nothing yet for payroll. So, I’m pushing for that. I’m also advising on payroll implementations in two countries, one in the Middle East, and one in Asia. GPA: How have you used technology to improve operations? Nathan: I helped develop and implement RPA technology; robotic process automation for global payroll applications. We started out with France because France was the hardest country and I wanted to see if this could really work. I oversaw a project
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