NATIONAL PAYROLL WEEK
TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER
We started the day with a breakfast club for payroll apprentices, students and early career entrants. Dawn Baxter, membership manager, shared how CIPP membership can support you throughout your career and Andrew McAulay, head of EMEA payroll at Illumina shared his career journey and highlights, demonstrating how rewarding and successful a career in payroll can be. The day continued with a series of online events. Our gold sponsors, Veritas Prime, held a panel debate on whether the traditional role of the payroll manager is dead, concluding that although not dead, it’s definitely evolving. Sue Smith, education director, and Jo Leather, education manager, continued the theme of payroll careers with a session on the education matrix and qualification options available to support payroll professionals throughout their career.
WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER
Our headline sponsors, Portfolio Payroll kicked off events on Wednesday with an event hosted by Clare Warrington at their offices in London. Clare shared the activities the CIPP has been working on over the course of the last 12 months and the event summarised the findings from Monday’s roundtable. Gold sponsors, CR Payroll, followed this event with a webinar focussing on mitigating payroll risks and how to safeguard against unexpected disruptions. Fiona Smith, training manager, then delivered a bitesize training session on salary sacrifice, followed by the IPP Education’s end point assessment manager, Gemma Mullis, discussing why you should consider a payroll apprenticeship. The day ended with the CIPP supporting the Caxton Career Collective in bringing together female leaders from the payroll industry, and their male allies, to share their career challenges and leverage the experience within the room to support female leadership.
THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
Our gold sponsors, Access, opened events on Thursday with an insightful session on how to unlock payroll efficiencies through automation. Fiona Smith then delivered another educational session on automatic enrolment assessments. In the evening, the CIPP once again supported Caxton as they hosted Inspire, influence and impact: payroll professionals’ progression to partner and senior leadership roles. Lou Gray, CIPP board director attended this event, which explored career journeys to senior payroll positions and the importance of building a personal brand to support you in climbing up the ladder.
FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER
On the final day of NPW, gold sponsors, Sage shared their top tips for payroll professionals. The CIPP’s Advisory Team also hosted a panel which allowed members and non-members to come together and ask their burning questions. We closed the day with a lively debate around EWA and the role it plays in supporting employees.
| Professional in Payroll, Pensions and Reward | November 2023 | Issue 95 14
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