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involvement because of the importance of the practice. But there’s a lot of room for automation in terms of basic payroll processes. There is a shortage of skills that can impact automating payroll further. One certainty in my mind is payroll has become the type of job that lends itself to remote work. For the payroll profession, I hope to see that it is elevated and not just a transactional kind of a function in a business. But I think that’s something that each business leader will determine.
One certainty in my mind is payroll has become the type of job that lends itself to remote work.
when under a larger role, then it becomes more transactional. I definitely think there is a place for something like a CPO or whatever they would call a chief payroll officer. Right now, the majority of the common thinking still is that payroll “just needs to be taken care of” and that either the CFO or the HR director would be able to convey whatever is important in payroll. If it’s not driven from a board of directors or a CEO that really sees value in making payroll a more strategic function, then it won’t happen. But you need somebody that’s a bit more visionary. It must be a person who has the business skill to really optimize a payroll to play a strategic role. As for the role of payroll with regard to technological change, I doubt whether you would be able to remove the human
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