Certificate in Payroll Leadership

Payroll Legislation

Managing a payroll function means having a comprehensive understanding and knowledge of payroll related employment law. This module focuses on an overview of the legislation, but with a focus on company compliance for more complex issues.

Deductions, Overpayments and Final Pays

There are a number of deductions you may have to set up and make from employee’s pays. Again there are some complexities with getting these right!

Bonuses and Remuneration

As well as setting up employees when they start with their wages or salaries – Payroll are also involved when salary increases are enacted for individuals or through Collective Bargaining, and for paying bonuses and incentives.  

Effective Payroll Processes

Whether you are a sole charge Payroll professional or part of a team, there are a number of tools and techniques you can use to make your payroll processing effective, and some legislation around these.

Allowances and Tax

There are a number of allowances that payroll may have to set up and pay to employees. You need to make sure you have set these up correctly and understand the tax issues, to mitigate any issues for your business.

Clever Communications

To deliver effectively in payroll, you need to understand the different communication styles – both yours and others, and how to adapt to managers, employees and your team!

Offering Employment

In some payroll roles, you can be responsible for managing the operational processes around offering employment to candidates and then setting them up in the payroll system. This modules covers how to do that.

Leading Change

This module takes you through using specific change tools with a payroll system change case study so that you are fully prepared to drive change in your business.

Payroll Metrics and Analytics

In recent years many payroll teams have been asked to produce more analytics. If this is an area you want to learn more about, this module is for you.

Leading a Team

If you are a team leader or Payroll Manager with direct reports, this module covers how to set up team processes, develop team skills, deal with different personality styles and more…

Performance Coaching

While this may not be a normal responsibility of payroll, understanding and using the principles and models of performance coaching can be very valuable to use if you are developing your payroll team.

Business Acumen

It can be useful for a Payroll leader to understand the financial, commercial and legal aspects of company operations to gain credibility and respect with their senior leaders, and to be able to partner with them effectively. This is especially important if you are part of the finance team.

Engaging your Managers

Whether during a change project, rolling out a new initiative or making changes to your payroll system or processes – your communications can make or break your message getting through. This modules covers to engage your managers.

Writing Payroll Policies

There are several policies that you may have responsibility for developing or updating when working in payroll This module covers the different policies to have and how to make them effective.

Strategic Workforce Planning

Payroll leader can have a unique view of an organisation’s work patterns and capabilities and can provide frameworks and strategies on workforce planning. This modules covers how to run strategic workforce planning.