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Maximising the value of your Payroll Department. Sue Grundy, Service Delivery Manager. Significant Value. Businesses can realise significant value through their payroll department, from greater accuracy through to highly valuable Management Information. Developing Efficiency. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Sue Grundy, Service Delivery Manager
Maximising the value of your Payroll Department
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Significant Value
Businesses can realise significant value through their payroll department, from greater accuracy through to highly valuable Management Information
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Developing Efficiency
Overview of how organisations can develop the efficiency of their payroll department
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Key Performance Indicators
• How much the payroll department costs to run
• How much each payroll within the department costs to run
• How those costs are made up
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Costs evaluated by remit and by payee
•Cost per remit (payslip produced)
•Cost per employee (payee)
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The Reasons why to do this:
• Illustrate areas of excessive expenditure
• Manager can make informed decisions
• Compare year on year costs
• Assist with change management by comparisons between before and after period of change
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Information Required
• Payrolls • Number of Employees (Payees)• Payslips (Remittances)• Payment Methods• Payroll Staff• Payroll System• Stationery• Work area • Any other payroll associated operational costs
e.g. Postage, Administration
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Example of Payroll Statistics
Weekly payroll • 100 hourly-paid employees• Due to high turnover, generates 110 remittances per week, all
paid by cash
4-weekly payroll• 800 hourly paid employees• 10% paid by cheque, remainder by BACS
Monthly payroll• 50 salaried employees, all paid by BACS
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Costs incurred by the payroll department
Staff• Payroll Manager £30,000 + 15% on-costs• Supervisor £20,000 + 12% on-costs• 3 Assistants £15,000 + 10% on-costs each• The supervisor works on two payrolls. Three fifths of his time
is on the 4-weekly payroll, the remainder is on the weekly payroll.
• Assistant 1 works only on the 4-weekly payroll.• Assistant 2 works only on the weekly payroll.• Assistant 3 spends 3 days a week on the 4-weekly payroll and
the remainder filing for everyone.
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Associated Costs
• Associated payroll departmental costs
Computer system• Computer maintenance (software and hardware) costs
£24,000per annum
Stationery• Payslips cost £60 for 1000 (so 6p each)• Computer paper costs £5540 per annum
Accommodation and overheads• The Finance Department has provided you a figure of £1350
per member of staff to cover the department’s share of the rent and other head office overheads
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Pay Method Costs
Payment Method
Cash• Various charges associated with paying cash total
£9,200 per annum.
Cheques• Bank charges of £1 for each transaction
BACS• Costs amount to £715 per annum
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Analysis of Payroll staff costs
Staff Costs
On-costs
Employee Salary % £ Total Weekly 4-Weekly Monthly Indirect Total
100 800 50 950
5720 10400 600 16720
Payroll Manager 30000.00 15 4500.00 34500.00 34500.00 34500.00
Supervisor 20000.00 12 2400.00 22400.00 8960.00 13440.00 22400.00
Assistant 1 15000.00 10 1500.00 16500.00 16500.00 16500.00
Assistant 2 15000.00 10 1500.00 16500.00 16500.00 16500.00
Assistant 3 15000.00 10 1500.00 16500.00 9900.00 6600.00 16500.00
Total 95000.00 11400.00 106400.00 25460.00 39840.00 0.00 41100.00 106400.00
Indirect (by payee) 4326.32 34610.52 2163.16
Totals 29786.32 74450.52 2163.16 106400.0
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Analysis of Associated Payroll Departmental costs
Associated payroll departmental costs £ Total Weekly 4-Weekly Monthly Indirect Total
Computer maintenance Totals 24000.00 8210.53 14928.23 861.24 24000.00
Indirect cost, apportioned by remit
Stationery
Payslips 0.06 1003.20 343.20 624.00 36.00 1003.20
Computer paper 5540.00 p.a remit 5540.00 1895.26 3445.94 198.80 5540.00
Totals 2238.46 4069.94 234.80 6543.20
Accommodation & overheads
1350.00 total 1890.00 2970.00 0.00 1890.00 6750.00
Indirect (by payee) 198.95 1591.58 99.47
Totals 2088.95 4561.58 99.47 6750.00
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Analysis of Payment method
Pay method £ Total Weekly 4-Weekly Monthly Indirect Total
Cash Weekly paid staff 9200.00 9200.00
Cheques£1 x 1040 cheque remits per annum 1040.00 1040.00
BACS£715 apportioned per BACS remit 671.93 43.07 715.00
Totals 9200.00 1711.93 43.07 10955.00
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Effectiveness
• What is the most cost effective payment method?
• Which of the payrolls are costing the least amount to produce?
• Could I reduce the weekly postage costs over the next year?
• How can I reduce the stationery costs of the payroll operation?
• If the pay frequency changed how would this impact on staffing costs?
• How much could be saved by providing on-line payslips?
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Questions & Answers
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