Payroll Management
Payroll Management
• Learning Objectives:
• Describe the legislative compliance role of a
payroll professional
• Explain the role of a Payroll Manager in an
organization
• Explain the components of performance
management
Compliance Advisors
• Payroll professionals must be able to
demonstrate:
• Comprehensive knowledge of legislative compliance
requirements
• Ability to apply that knowledge in day-to-day activities
• Competency and efficiency in monitoring legislative
developments
• Precision in managing payroll accounting activities
• Professionalism in treating all employee-related
information with confidentiality
Payroll Responsibilities
• Legislative compliance
• Correct application of the organization’s
employment policies and procedures
• Reliability of payroll data
• Critical information provider
Role of the Payroll Manager
• Manage the payroll system
• Monitor legislation
• Manage the payroll department
• Represent the payroll perspective within the
organization
Payroll Functional Areas
• Compliance
• Administration
• Coordination
• Analysis/reporting
• Supervision/management
Additional Skills
• Organized and flexible
• Detail-oriented and accurate
• Able to work well under pressure and changing
priorities
• Concerned with the need for confidentiality of
information
• Able to work through problems logically
Core Competencies
• Payroll legislation
• Communication (verbal and written)
• Financial accounting and business ethics
• Human resources management
• Management principles and processes
• Report writing
Role Expansion Opportunities
• Payroll accounting
• Employee benefits
• Employment standards
• Management reporting and variances
• Compensation planning
• Retirement benefits
• Privacy compliance
• Information technology
Performance Management
• To ensure a performance-driven workforce
• Integrate management of the payroll department to
the organization’s objectives
• Articulate performance expectations
• Provide regular feedback
Setting Objectives
• Employees should be involved in setting their
objectives
• Proper objectives are the key to effective
performance management
• Objectives start at the organizational level,
cascade to the departmental level and then to
the individual employees
• Each objective must be specific, measurable,
attainable, relevant and timely (SMART)
Effective Performance Management Components
• Establish key strategies and objectives
• Establish cascading objectives and priorities
• Establish individual objectives
• Interim and annual performance review
meetings
Poor Performance
• Causes
• Poor recruitment
• Poor management
• Poor fit
• Steps to influencing positive performance
• Setting appropriate standards
• Communicating standards clearly
• Measuring performance accurately and often enough