MEMBERSHIP INSIGHT
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Julie Northover MCIPPdip Freelance trainer minutes with…
income tax, the impact of widening devolution, the expansion of student loan collection, gender pay gap reporting, the impending culmination to automatic enrolment ‘steady state’ and the Office of Tax Simplification’s further proposals for tax simplification, payroll professionals will be kept very busy keeping themselves up-to-date and actually implementing the changes. The list, of course, is not exhaustive! Members can rest assured that CIPP will always play their part in providing the latest updates on anything that may affect the day to day running of a payroll, pensions and reward team. What have been your biggest career highlights? Most recently, I was included in the 2015 and 2016 Payroll World top 50 lists. In 2013 and 2014, I was working with Cintra delivering a series of roadshows around the UK aimed at reaching their clients, to educate them on the legislative and payroll system impacts firstly of real time information and then automatic enrolment. For both initiatives, Cintra won Project of the Year Awards. I was very proud to have been a part of those teams. What do you do in your free time to unwind? Who mentioned anything about having time to unwind?! n If anyone reading this article is considering in-house training for the first time, please quote ‘I read your CIPP article’ in an email to julie.northover@ cipp.org.uk ; and your first day’s training booked before the end of December will receive a 20% discount.
Tell us about your role at the CIPP? I think my middle name according to CIPP’s records must be ‘ubiquitous’ (present, appearing or found everywhere). I am a freelance trainer, and as such I deliver a wide range of payroll training courses that CIPP offer. I specialise in delivering in-house training, in particular tailor-made courses. The demand for personalised training courses has seen a huge increase in recent years, and I particularly enjoy the challenge of designing and delivering bespoke courses. The client focus is on value-for-money, and what better way to ensure this than to have a training course designed specifically for their needs. I also have three separate contracts of employment. One as an assessor for the Payroll Assurance Scheme (PAS) accreditation, another as an administration role coordinating in-house training bookings, and the third as a tutor providing support and delivering module review days for students studying for the Foundation Degree in Payroll Management. Can you give an insight into your background? I have been a payroll professional for over 38 years. During that time, I worked in local government for many years, been a full-time trainer for the then IPP, and ran
a payroll bureau for a payroll software company. For the last sixteen years, I have been running my own payroll bureau for a select number of elite clients, and am a freelance consultant, trainer and lecturer. How does your role impact the CIPP’s overall strategy? In my various roles I am very fortunate in that I find myself face-to-face with members and potential members all the time. My passion is to give the customer exactly what they expect; and then some more. My main focus is in delivering quality products and doing all I can to ensure everyone leaves wanting more from CIPP. A successful day for me is one where repeat business or new membership is requested because of the service I have provided. What does the future hold for the payroll, pensions and reward departments? The next few years in payroll promise to be as interesting, complex and exciting as ever with so many changes in the pipeline. With such things as the introduction of the apprenticeship levy, the impending changes to childcare vouchers and tax-free childcare, Scottish tax divergence from UK thresholds, the increasing likelihood of the introduction of a Welsh rate of
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