MY CIPP
Say hello to the CIPP board members chosen by you!
Lora Murphy ACIPP, editor at the CIPP , catches up with newly elected board member, Justine Riccomini FFTA AIPA Chartered MCIPD ChFCIPP and Stuart Hall MA PGMdip MCIPPdip , who was recently re-elected to the CIPP board
Q: Why did you want to become a member of the CIPP’s board? Because I respect the organisation and I want to influence its future direction. The CIPP is at the forefront of payroll, pensions and reward strategy, and this ceased long ago to be a ‘back-office function’. Keeping the UK paid is, as we’ve seen during the pandemic, a key worker operation. Pay and reward strategy features heavily in any business’s income statement and financial and budgetary planning for accounting purposes. Now, this needs even more careful handling than ever before when
has to be launching PaySuite – the UK’s first cloud-based payroll solution. It became recommended by Xero and also Quickbooks, who then bought it. Q: What’s the area you would most like to influence during your time on the board? I would suggest ‘thinking’. Over the years I’ve found that, although sometimes decisions need to be made quickly, having time to think before you speak should be actively encouraged. Q: Rumour has it you’re a keen musician. What’s your favourite score? I like a cross section of music: military bands, brass bands, jazz, orchestral and opera. Each one has a place in my life depending on what mood I’m in. If I’m relaxing, I like a bit of jazz from Oscar Peterson. When I’m working at my desk, I like listening to Wagner. For me, nothing beats a good brass band. Nimrod from Enigma Variations by Elgar is something really special.
Stuart Hall
Stuart joined the CIPP board of directors in 2017. After the sale of Employer Services in October 2015, Stuart took a break from business life, travelling, catching up on hobbies, pursuing new interests and spending time with his family. Currently, he works as an independent payroll consultant and is involved as a non-executive director on several boards. Q: Why did you want to become a member of the CIPP’s board? Having retired, I looked around for something to keep me occupied. When a position for the board became available, I was delighted to apply. With over 30 years’ experience in payroll and human resources, as well as setting up and running my own payroll bureau, I wanted to give something back to the profession, and to help those pursuing a career in payroll. Q: Why are you passionate about payroll as a profession? Ever since I started working in payroll, I’ve been passionate about promoting our profession. There’s been so many changes over the last 30 years, and as each year passes, more legislation is added. This makes me even more passionate about telling everyone why making payroll their chosen profession is exciting and rewarding. Q: What is your proudest achievement? I’ve lots to look back on, for example, playing in a military band for the royal family. Of course, my own family, and recently, my two grandchildren. In business life, my most memorable achievement
taking the labour market, Brexit and inflationary pressures into account.
As all payroll professionals know, payroll is more complicated now than it has ever been, and the UK government is expecting more from employers, who now need to be technically tax, pension and payroll savvy about an increasing number of complex subjects, such as off-payroll working and national minimum wage to avoid bear traps. It’s up to the Institute to ensure its members are fully equipped to deal with everything their vital role throws at them. I believe the CIPP is very well placed to do this, but of course, we must always strive to be bigger and better than before, without losing the human touch. Q: Why are you passionate about payroll as a profession? Payroll can be an extremely rewarding profession… if that’s not too much of a pun. It’s something you can do as a school leaver or as a postgrad, and you can progress through the ranks, starting with zero knowledge and working your way up, obtaining the qualifications which dovetail with your level of seniority along the way. There are also numerous types of payroll work environments, from being an independent small payroll bureau, if self- employment is your thing, to working for a
Justine Riccomini
Justine joined the CIPP board in April 2022. Over the last 30 or so years, she’s managed payroll teams, carried out payroll / employer compliance inspections, undertaken several CIPP payroll accreditation reviews and worked for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. Justine understands the relative challenges in delivering agency payroll at accounting firms as well as in-house payroll.
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