The Payroll Podcast

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Global Head of Total Reward at Stella McCartney, Dommy Szymanska to talk about Responsible Reward!

Dommy is a member of the #Reward300, and she possesses a comprehensive payroll career spanning several Global industries that have given her exposure to not just payroll management but also HR systems, Pay and Reward Analytics, Benchmarking, Total Reward, Executive Compensation, People Management, Report Writing and more!

There is a general acceptance now that payroll is and continues to evolve, with payroll professionals being expected to wear many hats as the boundaries of the traditional role of the payroll professional continue to blur into HR, Reward, Systems and Analytics.

Dommy is a perfect example of this. Today we are going to discover more about how payroll professionals are now influencing responsible reward strategies, as well as how a modern approach to data can influence payroll and process improvements.

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. Tell us about working for a global brand like Stella McCartney?
3. What is the responsible reward, and how do you define it?
4. What dies responsible reward mean for you at Stella McCartney?
5. What obstacles have you faced?
6. What has been the biggest challenge so far?
7. What training should payroll professionals consider to adapt to our new world of work?
8. How can leaders incorporate proactive learning into regular workflows?
9. Why should leaders think more about responsible reward?
10. How joined is payroll to reward, wellness, compensation, benefits, HR, analytics and L&D?
11. How can payroll professionals bridge the skills gap from payroll to reward?
12. What will he future of payroll look like 5 years from now?

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dommy-szymanska-2842b365/
• Website: https://www.stellamccartney.com/gb/en/
• Nick Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Of course, if you are a Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll!  hosted by JGA Recruitment Group’s very own Nick Day! 

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll! Hosted by JGA Recruitment Group founder Nick Day! 

So much has happened since the last episode of PQT! Four Chancellors and Three Prime Ministers in less than 4-months with mini-budget and growth plans all but scrapped!

We discuss the new Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt's many U-turns to discover exactly what is IN and what is now OUT and what still needs to be shaken about! So tune in for this "Hokey Cokey" Payroll Question Time episode with panel experts P Simon Parsons M.Sc FCIPPdip MBCS, and PQT debutant Richard George!

We also field payroll questions from our live payroll audience and host three polls!

Topic discussions in this episode include:

💥 The chancellor's emergency budget and U-Turns

💥 What it all means for payroll

💥 Looking ahead to November and beyond

💥 HMRC's new starter checklist launched

💥 Other Payroll Hot topics

💥 Cost of living / UK inflation

💥 Is a National Minimum Wage Increase imminent?

• Simon Parsons, Director of UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
• Richar George,  Director of Education at The Payroll Centre
• Nick Day, Founder of JGA Payroll Recruitment - [email protected]

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Nick Day, MD at JGA Recruitment.  Nick is a leading authority on issues that affect HR and payroll and is also the host of two popular podcast shows, The HR L&D Podcast and The Payroll Podcast.

• Who should watch it?  All payroll and HR professionals working within the private sector for mid-market and enterprise organisations.
• Want to join us live for the next PQT Webinar and ask questions directly to the panel?  Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt
• Payroll Recruitment: Of course, if you are Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great Payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800 377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Thanks for listening – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the Payroll Podcast real soon

Join SD Worx UK & Ireland's expert panel and hundreds of members of the Payroll & HR community at our monthly interactive webinar, hosted by JGA Recruitment Group’s very own Nick Day! We break down all the latest changes in legislation and field your burning questions through our live Q&A.

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll!

In this month's edition, we discuss:

Growth plan – National Insurance

• National Insurance November 2022
• Directors Blended
• Class 1A Terminations
• Class 1A / 1B Blended
• Health and social care levy removed
• Creation of investment zones

Growth plan - Tax

• Simplification of income tax
• 19% basic rate
• Abolition of 45% rate
• Dividends
• Pension implications

 Growth plan – Off payroll working rules (known as “IR35”)

• Introduced 2017/2021
• Continues until 5 April 2023
• Responsibility now with the PSC

 Real living wage

• Brought forward from Nov to Sept
• What is it?
• How is it different to National Minimum Wage?
• What is the effect on payroll?

 Hot topics

• Cost of living / fuel crisis / financial wellbeing
• Four day week

• Simon Parsons, Director UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
• Sam O'Sullivan, Policy Lead, CIPP
• Andy Nicholls, Industry Liaison Manager, The Pensions Regulator
• Nick Day, Founder of JGA Payroll Recruitment - [email protected]

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Nick Day, MD at JGA Recruitment.  Nick is a leading authority on issues that affect HR and payroll, and is also the host of two popular podcast shows The HR L&D Podcast and The Payroll Podcast.

Who should watch?

All payroll and HR professionals working within the private sector, for mid-market and enterprise organisations.

Want to join us live for the next PQT Webinar and ask questions directly to the panel?

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Payroll Recruitment

Of course, if you are Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support with – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great Payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – 01727800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Thanks for listening folks – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the Payroll Podcast real soon

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Ranga Seshadri, Neeyamo’s Chief Executive, who is known to be an inspirational leader and true visionary in the world of global payroll.

A craftsman in building cohesive teams, Ranga has extensive experience in creating HR & Payroll shared service centres for global organizations and has managed large-scale global HRO service delivery engagements covering operational consulting, technology, and process management.

At Neeyamo, he has pioneered and architected the much-acclaimed global payroll service model and has helped expand its reach to over 125+ countries. Ranga has been named HRO Superstar for three consecutive years by HRO Today and the Neeyamo business is now providing payroll and HRO solutions to clients in over 190 countries.

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. The Neeyamo website states: A NEW ERA IS DAWNING IN GLOBAL PAYROLL - can you tell us more about what you mean by this?
3. What are some of the most pressing issues that multinational organizations face regarding global payroll operations?
4. Neeyamo's payroll hyperloop sounds like a fascinating concept. Could you tell us a little bit more about Payroll Hyperloop?
5. What is the “long-tail” challenge that remains a niche area many providers are reluctant to address due to geographical constraints, complicated compliance issues, and low employee spread, and how can these be overcome?
6. How, in your opinion, has the payroll industry evolved since the pandemic? What changes have you noticed in the global organization’s global payroll requirements?
7. How have you seen RPA and AI impact the world of global payroll?
8. What advice can you give our listeners when it comes to ensuring they create a robust control framework for global payroll compliance?
9. With many clients on different pay scales, different time zones, and different compliance challenges – how do you ensure a smooth payroll service delivery?
10. Neeyamo is a 100% employee-owned organization. This is quite revolutionary, so what was behind the strategy and vision and what has been the impact?
11. If you could predict what the future of payroll will look like 5 years from now, what would you say?

• Neeyamo Website: https://www.neeyamo.com/
• Get your employees worldwide paid with Neeyamo Global Payroll: https://www.neeyamo.com/solution-overview/global-payroll/
• Nick Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Of course, if you are a Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Jim Kohl, Head of Payroll Operations at Check.  Jim has a mantra: "To Improve lives one check at a time!"

An experienced leader focused on growth, tapping into potential and motivating teams, Jim is a Certified Payroll Professional with a history of working in the Software as a Service industry.

Jim is knowledgeable about payroll, current industry trends, and the wave of innovation and disruption entering the global payroll space.

Jim has an excellent Payroll Twitter account (which we recommend you all follow) and he is well known global payroll leader who has been with Check for nearly 3 years now and so Nick has invited him to the Payroll Podcast today to talk about how infrastructure and data innovation is rapidly changing profile of payroll.

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. How is data innovation making payroll admins/employees' lives easier?
3. How and why has infrastructure and data innovation changed payroll rapidly in the past 3 years?
4. What factors have combined to make embedded payroll possible, and what do you advise people thinking about it?
5. Tell us more about the future of payroll systems?
6. Why do API-based systems offer greater opportunities for payroll professionals?
7. Tell us more about Check
8. Why is the Check SaaS proposition so unique and innovative in the world of payroll right now?
9. How do payroll innovations cater to markets previously unaddressed?
10. Given your experience across different parts of the payroll chain, what makes embedded payroll different / what's new that it is enabling?
11. If you could predict the future 5 years from now, what will payroll look like?

• Jim Kohl's LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-kohl-406674122
• Check Website: https://www.checkhq.com/
• Jim Kohl's Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheJimKohl
• Nick Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Of course, if you are a Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Vickie Graham, Business Development Director at The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) to introduce us all to National Payroll Week!

We want this episode to reach as many payroll professionals as possible so that we can all celebrate the profession together!  So please, share this Payroll Podcast with your payroll colleagues, friends and families!  Like, subscribe and review the episode and let's raise the profile of the payroll industry together!

For those unfamiliar (where have you been??) - The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) is the Chartered Institute for payroll, pensions and reward professionals in the UK. With more than 9,500* individuals benefitting from the CIPP’s membership benefits, support and education services, the Institute is dedicated to raising the payroll of profile in businesses across the UK and internationally.

Finally, businesses are starting to realise and appreciate how complex the payroll regulatory landscape is, yet payroll professionals have been navigating challenging compliance obligations and associated legislation for many years! #NPW2022 is an opportunity to truly celebrate this success and the vital role all payroll professionals play in business.

Today, we are here to talk about The CIPP’s National Payroll Week 2022, which takes place next week from 5-9 September 2022! #NationalPayrollWeek

1. What is National Payroll Week?
2. How long has it been running and what was the inspiration that got it started?
3. Why is it so important?
4. Tell us about the success of 2021’s National Payroll Week to date, which I believe saw over 5,500 NPW packs get downloaded with engagement rates at an all-time high!
5. How can payroll professionals support employees through the cost-of-living crisis?
6. What are the current challenges for payroll departments?
7. What can be done to support payroll teams in addressing these challenges?
8. Why do you think it is so crucial that the industry takes a moment to celebrate its achievements?
9. Tell us, how can we make NPW22 the biggest year yet?

• Vickie Graham LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vickiegrahamdipmacim/
• The CIPP Website: https://www.cipp.org.uk/
• Learn more about National Payroll Week: https://www.cipp.org.uk/events/npw-landing.html
• Nick Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show, The HR L&D Podcast?

Of course, if you are a Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what an excellent payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Join SD Worx UK & Ireland's expert panel and hundreds of members of the Payroll & HR community at our monthly interactive webinar, hosted by JGA Recruitment Group’s very own Nick Day! We break down all the latest changes in legislation and field your burning questions through our live Q&A.

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll!

In this month's edition, we discuss:

Working with HMRC

• Challenges of using the dashboard
• Troubleshooting the disconnect between support desk and reality
• Duplication
• Timing
• Diversity, gender and equality
• P45s

Real living wage

• Brought forward from Nov to Sept
• What is it?
• How is it different to National Minimum Wage?
• What is the effect on payroll?

 Tax avoidance consequences

• HMRC naming and shaming offending companies
• IR35 umbrella update
• The Loans Scheme
• Reimbursed travel costs not tax free

 Payroll as a profession

• Are the qualifications aligned with the complexity of the role?
• Governance
• Where the industry is heading

 Hot topics

• Harpur Trust v Brazel - Supreme Court ruling
• Court of Appeal overturns injunction preventing Tesco from removing enhanced pay
• Parents whose babies require neonatal care to receive paid leave under new law
• Two million more women in work since 2010
• 1.2 million low earners to see boost in take-home pay

• Simon Parsons, Director UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
• Sam Johnson, Payroll Services Director, Dains
• Andy Nicholls, Industry Liaison Manager, The Pensions Regulator
• Jon Keeble, Employment Law Specialist, DWF
• Nick Day, Founder of JGA Payroll Recruitment - [email protected]

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Nick Day, MD at JGA Recruitment.  Nick is a leading authority on issues that affect HR and payroll, and is also the host of two popular podcast shows The HR L&D Podcast and The Payroll Podcast.

Who should watch?

All payroll and HR professionals working within the private sector, for mid-market and enterprise organisations.

Want to join us live for the next PQT Webinar and ask questions directly to the panel?

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Payroll Recruitment

Of course, if you are Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support with – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great Payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – 01727800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Thanks for listening folks – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the Payroll Podcast real soon

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Director of Worldwide Payroll at Trellix, Steve Bevan!

Steve is an experienced Director Of Payroll, skilled in Employee Benefits Design, Deferred Compensation, Payroll, and Payroll Process Improvement and transformation.

Steve has had an accomplished payroll career working for some of the world's biggest brands, including Apple, Itron, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Gilead Sciences and Dell, to name a few, and he has held a global payroll remit since 2008.

Steve became one of the very few payroll professionals to secure a payroll directorship title in 2018, and this is a journey we will be exploring more during the course of this podcast.

Steve also possesses a degree in Applied Business and Finance from the University of Derby.  Steve Bevan, who has achieved Payroll Directorship status at Trellix, talks to Nick Day about getting to the top of the payroll profession!

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. Steve Bevan's journey from Threshers Group in 1993 to Worldwide Payroll Director today!
3. Are payroll directors just titles?
4. Do payroll director-led roles come with director-level responsibilities?
5. How does the Director of Payroll role differ from other titles such as Global Head of Payroll or Senior Manager of Global Payroll?
6. Why do Director Payroll titles benefit the profession?
7. Is leadership a skill that payroll professionals should focus on?
8. What critical deliverables can a payroll director bring to a corporate boardroom?
9. How long will it be until businesses talk about payroll directors in the same way as HR directors or Finance directors?
10. What does the future of payroll look like?
11. Finally, what advice would you give to others keen to become payroll directors in the future?
12. Steve Bevan's 5 top tips for accelerating your payroll career journey?

• Steve Bevan LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-bevan-ba-hons-fcipp-62a7598/
• Trellix (The future of cybersecurity): https://www.trellix.com/en-us/index.html
• Nick Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Of course, if you are a Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Join SD Worx UK & Ireland's expert panel and hundreds of members of the Payroll & HR community at our monthly interactive webinar, hosted by JGA Recruitment Group’s very own Nick Day! We break down all the latest changes in legislation and field your burning questions through our live Q&A.

Join our expert payroll panel as we explore all the key issues currently affecting the world of payroll!

In this months' edition, we discuss:

Thresholds Change

• Changes from 6 July 2022
• Increase to primary threshold
• Directors
• Why now?
• Backdated corrections
• Health and social care levy

Holiday pay pitfalls

• Pret a Manger during the Jubilee
• Claim limits
• Pimlico Plumbers
• Harper Trust v Brazel
• Zero hour contracts / temps
• Maternity leave

 Cost of living

• Bonuses
• Impact of universal credit
• Fuel - link to expenses
• Living wage brought forward from Nov to Sept
• What is the effect on payroll?

 Hot topics

• New government legislation so employment agencies can supply works for industries that are striking!
• Jersey businesses asked to pay back 10% of COVID grants
• Privatised staff looking to return to NHS
• Tax avoidance list / umbrellas
• Deadline for UK share plans (6 July)
• Transport strikes and payment for missing work

• Simon Parsons, Director UK Compliance Strategies at SD Worx
• Sam Johnson, Payroll Services Director, Dains
• Lou Gray, Head of Transitions and Operations, EY
• Rachel Giles, Employment Law Specialist, DWF
• Nick Day, Founder of JGA Payroll Recruitment - [email protected]

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Nick Day, MD at JGA Recruitment.  Nick is a leading authority on issues that affect HR and payroll, and is also the host of two popular podcast shows The HR L&D Podcast and The Payroll Podcast.

Who should watch?

All payroll and HR professionals working within the private sector, for mid-market and enterprise organisations.

Want to join us live for the next PQT Webinar and ask questions directly to the panel?

Sign up for next month's Payroll Question Time here: https://www.sdworx.co.uk/en-GB/pqt

Payroll Recruitment

Of course, if you are Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support with – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great Payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – 01727800377

www.jgarecruitment.com

Thanks for listening folks – I look forward to bringing you the next episode of the Payroll Podcast real soon

Nick Day is joined on The Payroll Podcast sofa by Danny Gillespie, President, Global Managed Payroll at Safeguard Global.

Danny has more than 20 years of operational experience, from working at pre-revenue startups to Fortune 100 global enterprises.  However, in his current role at Safeguard Global, Dannie oversees client implementation, global service delivery, client relationship management and partner management teams.

For those not familiar, Safeguard Global Pay employees everywhere with one agile payroll solution. They help companies to Streamline payroll processing across currencies, languages, time zones and customs in over 150 countries, processing over 2 million payslips per year, helping businesses to gain global visibility to workforce expenditure and they are trusted by some of the world’s leading companies.

1. What does the word payroll mean to you?
2. What trends are you seeing in the global payroll labour market right now?
3. What relationship do employees want to have with their employer and their "office"?
4. Let's talk about the Great Resignation. How can employers adapt to this? Does adapting to this cause complications for employers? If so, what kind?
5. What is Safeguard Global doing to adapt to this flexible work environment?
6. What is the future of work and what does it look like from a global payroll perspective?
7. What's the role of payroll in all of this?
8. If you had one word of advice for organizations and payroll teams trying to keep their head above water in our current labour market, what would it be?
9. Can you tell our listeners more about Safeguard Global and the services you provide?

• Danny Gillespie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannygillespie/
• Safeguard Global Managed Payroll: https://bit.ly/3tUHSwR
• Safeguard: Work in Any Way: https://bit.ly/38gfLzJ
• Nick Day LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickday/
• Silver Cloud HR Insights: https://www.silvercloudhr.co.uk/insights/
• Leading Payroll Recruiters: JGA Payroll Recruitment 
• Enjoyed this show?  Why not ask your HR Team to check out our other show The HR L&D Podcast?

Of course, if you are a Payroll Leader listening to this podcast and you have a Payroll-related vacancy that you would love some specialist payroll recruitment support – please also get in touch with me!  I would love to help show you what a great payroll recruitment experience feels like!  You can reach out to me directly at [email protected] or give me a call – at 01727 800377

www.jgarecruitment.com