Eventually, my role and payroll found their way back to HR. By then I was so well positioned that when a country hit a stubborn problem, like an unreconciled payroll account nobody could crack, the leaders called me. I jokingly became the company’s payroll “agony aunt.”
help organizations solve payroll challenges using my corporate experience. I’m also actively involved with the GPA and train students and faculty members at a few universities. I want the next generation well prepared, and I want a hand in shaping where this profession goes. GPA: What intrigues you most about your work?
problems were never cheap. Visiting countries, studying their payrolls, understanding their unique issues and helping resolve it built management’s trust in me and my regional payroll expertise. GPA: What came next? Vijaya Nair: I moved into global roles. I was well-versed in payroll delivery and enthused about it, so I got involved in special projects and then in payroll strategy. I had always planned to step back when I turned 60 to pursue personal passions: coaching and developing young people, writing, and building the payroll community with organizations like the GPA. Retirement turned out to be more of a soft launch. Not long after stepping back, a former colleague convinced me to join her consultancy. Now I
The strongest promise an employer ever makes is to pay employees accurately on a set date. Enabling the employer to live up to that promise, and knowing what it means to people, is what I find most fulfilling.
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