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Let’s get together
As payroll evolves beyond its traditional role, it’s becoming a vital component of organisational strategy, collaborating closely with human resources (HR), finance and other departments to drive business value. Jerome Smail, freelance journalist, talks to some of the profession’s leading lights to explore how payroll can collaborate and demonstrate its ability to enhance efficiency, support strategic decision-making and boost employee satisfaction
This issue, Jerome spoke to: ● Ian Hodson MSc ChMCIPPdip, director of people and culture, Housing 21 ● Sam Jones MCIPPdip, payroll advisory team leader, CIPP ● Wendy Muirhead, partner, WH People ● Steven Watmore, payroll / HR product manager for UK & Ireland, Sage.
up approach around the flow of data, budget planning and software security. Sometimes, it’s as simple as having a regular catch-up scheduled. There are a number of agendas that are now critical to the payroll professional that do lend themselves to a wider knowledge base than just technical payroll, and technology platforms are at the very front of that for both the employee experience and efficiency. If collaboration can lead to increased automation and ultimately fewer errors then everyone benefits. Projects and
How can payroll professionals collaborate with other departments to enhance employee experience and contribute to overall organisational efficiency? Ian Hodson: Working in a collaborative way with internal stakeholders and in
partnership with external providers is imperative to the success of a payroll department. Communication channels are really important and it’s very easy to be ‘heads down’ in our work, but hosting interdepartmental meetings with HR, finance, information technology teams and others can really help in a joined-
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Issue 106 | December 2024 - January 2025
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