CIPP update
CIPP celebrates 40 years of supporting payroll professionals TO RECOGNISE and celebrate 40 years, the Chartered Institute has contacted founder members of both the Association of Payroll and Superannuation Administrators and the British Payroll Managers Association, to ask what they think the Institute’s biggest achievements have been. Industry luminary Gordon Cresswell FCIPP has provided the following comments. “I was a founder member of APSA and helped design the
of our having achieved top marks for quality control of the qualification. “Getting civil servants to come out and speak to payroll professionals was a real feather in our cap. HM Revenue & Customs
In other news, but still looking to the future, we are working to launch our Software Directory 2021 in the new year, and are currently working hard to demonstrate the functional differences between software solutions, for those looking to update or change providers in these ever-changing times. Our policy team are working tirelessly to ensure that we are all kept abreast of future changes, as the coronavirus job retention scheme ceases, and the job support scheme replaces it. We are here to support you through these times and the challenges they bring. We extend congratulations to this years graduates who have successfully passed their Foundation Degree but unfortunately, due to current circumstances, cannot celebrate with us at a graduation ceremony this year. We look forward to celebrating with you in November 2021. Until such time, when we can get together in person, be proud of what you have achieved and the difficulties we have overcome together. So, continue to be professional, to be knowledgeable, to be supportive – but most of all, to be payroll. Why was it important to you to launch the magazine? – “Initially we had a newsletter which, although homespun, was the first ever proper payroll communication – and our members loved it. “The way the magazine is today is a tribute to all involved. It’s professional and friendly, and can hold its own against any other professional magazine. The tone is perfect. It criticises authority where appropriate but does not seek to be obstructive to HMRC or the Department for Work and Pensions. It is objective and, importantly, independent.” (HMRC) staff had never been allowed out to meetings and conferences, but we changed all that through mutual trust. Being asked to sit on HMRC committees and to chair some was a real feather in our cap. “I was very active in leading the drive to achieve Chartered status, and obtaining this was one of my proudest moments.” What do you think has been the biggest change for the profession over the last forty years? – “The increasing complication of legislation has enhanced the standing of the profession as usually any monitoring, reporting and calculation has to be accomplished by the payroll suite of programs. Not only has this pushed payroll into the role of keeping organisations compliant, it has enhanced payroll’s role in their strategic management. What would you like to see the CIPP achieve in the future? – “I would like to see HMRC insist on a practising certificate for payroll professionals – a licence to work in payroll.”
CIPP round-up WITH OUR event season drawing to a close for 2020, Joanne Hudson, CIPP marketing manager, provides a round-up of news and developments. The Chartered Institute extends thanks all who interacted with us during our online events. We hope you enjoyed the events as much as we did, and that you gained useful information, networked with colleagues (old and new), and celebrated the profession with us at our Annual Excellence Awards. Congratulations to all those nominated, shortlisted, and, of course, all who received awards in this year’s Annual Excellence Awards. Your achievement acts as the gold standard for others in the industry and helps us raise the profile of this vital profession. The supplement with this issue provides details. As we move into the winter months, we are not only reflecting on what the profession has achieved during this unusual year, but we are looking to the future. With the future in mind, we held an online extraordinary general meeting on Friday 9 October; see the separate report on the opposite page. first-ever payroll qualification. Together with Trevor Lakin and Peter Blackhurst I started the British Payroll Managers Association, which is now the CIPP. “We provided the first proper payroll qualification – the Diploma in Payroll Management – and the response was phenomenal. People of all ages took the opportunity to prove their worth, and we set up probably the education-world’s best network of tutors. Overnight, we became BTEC’s largest provider of a single subject distance learning course. “This was followed shortly by the Certificate in Payroll providing people with a qualification of competence in gross to net calculations.” What was your motivation for being involved with the Institute? – “In common with many payrollers I was fed up doing work only for the HR and accountancy departments to take the credit. In those days there was no payroll voice and no qualifications. We aimed to remedy both, and I believe that is what we achieved.” What are your proudest moments working for the Institute? – “Not necessarily the proudest, but a most poignant moment was when the London Evening Standard printed an advertisement for a payroll position which included the words ‘BPMA qualified person preferred’. “Our first Graduation Ceremony in London was a real milestone and highlight, at which the BTEC representative spoke
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