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Shirley Harris MSC, FCIPPdip Head of HR and payroll, CIPP 5 minutes with…
Tell us about your career and background When I moved back to Birmingham from Hampshire in 1995 I decided I wanted a complete career change. I thought working in finance would be a great job and in 1996 I was given the opportunity to work in an administration role in payroll. When did you first become involved with the CIPP? I am the human resources (HR) and payroll manager for the CIPP, having joined the CIPP in 2004 on completion of the Association of Accounting Technician’s qualification Level 4. The CIPP required me to develop the role of the payroll department, and was given a chance to study the CIPP Diploma in Payroll (now the Foundation Degree in Payroll management) which enabled me to further my career and provide the CIPP with a good service. My main role with the CIPP was finance and payroll administrator. I was promoted to team leader and continued to develop my role and position within the CIPP. I completed the Master’s Degree in Payroll and Business Management in 2012 (now known as the Msc in Business and Reward Management) and received my MSc in January 2013. I am very proud of this achievement and grateful to the CIPP for the support they have given me throughout my learning and development in academic qualifications and for helping me to develop my role within the organisation. I was promoted to HR and finance manager in 2012 and began to develop my HR skills and successfully completed the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s
intermediate certificate in HR. I have now been head of HR and payroll for the CIPP since 2015. How does payroll and HR fit with the overall CIPP strategy and vision? A driver for the CIPP is to continue to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of payroll-related legislation. Compliance and paying employees correctly and on time have always been the key drivers for any payroll department, which is no different for the CIPP. Recruiting and retaining the best and most talented employees who can be trained and developed with the necessary skills and experience is important to the CIPP. This will achieve the goals of the payroll and HR function and assist the CIPP to continue to be a financially viable organisation through skilled and dedicated employees. What does the future hold for the future of payroll, pensions and reward? The payroll department has more and more responsibility to collect tax and administer pension deductions on behalf of the government. I see the payroll duties increasing in the future especially given that there is now currently an option to put benefits in kind through the payroll. What do you do in your available time to unwind? I like to go to the gym to unwind after work. I love watching movies either at home or at the cinema and love to look after my grandson. I even like to take my son’s dog for a walk on the odd occasion. n
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Issue 29 | April 2017
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward |
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