NEW YORK STATE-WIDE PAYROLL CONFERENCE Presented to: Felicia Cheek, Practice Leader Global Time to Pay Advisory 15 September 2014
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Today s Agenda 1 Who is The Hackett Group? 2 3 Payroll Delivery Model Open Discussion 4 Summary & Closing New York State-wide payroll Conference 3
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What is a Delivery Model? Determines alignment and type of governance Determines common data standards and what type of KPIs will be used to measure success Information Governance & Organization Placement Defines who owns payroll services and sub processes Defines how and what type of technology will be used to enable the payroll process Enabling Technology Skills & Talent Delivery Components Design Sourcing Defines what the sourcing solution will be for payroll processes and sub processes Determines what skills are needed for payroll resources to meet the needs of the process Defines how business processes will be designed New York State-wide payroll Conference 7
Best practices enabling a more effective governance and organizational alignment for the payroll process Governance & Organization Payroll is consistently aligned across the enterprise to achieve optimal performance. Globally, some companies (>40%) have payroll aligned under both HR and Finance. Delivery Components An enterprise wide process owner with overall responsibility for payroll is in place. Most important in a global environment (<40% of company s have payroll owners) The process owner represents payroll by being a part of a formal governing body in order to represent the voice of payroll where appropriate and escalate issues when necessary. Regardless of payrolls alignment, it should be part of a governing body with HR (>70% of payroll process owners participate) New York State-wide payroll Conference 8
Best practices enabling more effective service placement of the payroll process and sub processes Governance & Organization Delivery Components Placement Management of the payroll process is in a leveraged environment in order to standardize across the enterprise and reduce operating costs More than 50% of top performers operate in a Shared s environment Ownership of sub processes is in the most effective place Payroll Accounting is owned by Finance more than 60% of the time Payroll inquiries are managed in a contact center that handles all employee inquiries, regardless of corporate alignment Determination of what activities should occur on the global or regional level vs the local level is important and critical to a company s ability to control operation costs New York State-wide payroll Conference 9
Best practices enabling more effective sourcing solutions throughout the payroll process Governance & Organization Delivery Components Placement Sourcing Even when payroll is processed in-house, strategic outsourcing should be used in order to focus payroll resources on those core competencies that are important to the success of the organization Tax filing and payments is outsourced more than 60% of the time in the United States but not necessarily in The Netherlands A comprehensive survey should be done to determine the best sourcing solution. It will vary by country for multinational companies Payroll resources are in place to manage the relationship between the vendor and the company Regular meetings occur to discuss performance for both global and local Periodic vendor reviews should be conducted to ensure best services & pricing New York State-wide payroll Conference 10
Best practices enabling more effective payroll process and sub process design Governance & Organization Delivery Components Design Placement Sourcing es are harmonized across the enterprise In a global environment, whenever possible, the only differences are due to local legislative requirements Routine processes are automated es are designed from end to end Cross functional and cross border considerations should be documented and understood across the process New York State-wide payroll Conference 11
Best practices enabling more emphasis on training, retaining and attaining top talent in payroll Skills & Talent Governance & Organization Delivery Components Design Placement Sourcing Payroll resources focus on more analytical activities Self service, automation and movement to shared services has reduced the focus on transactional activities An appropriate amount of training is allocated to payroll resources on an annual basis Most important in a global environment, training should be mixed between local and global focus Succession plans are in place for key resources in the payroll organization Payroll resources have a high level of seniority, key positions should have adequate back up and succession plans New York State-wide payroll Conference 12
Best practices allowing technology to enable the people and process as it relates to payroll Governance & Organization Placement Technology serves as an enabler for people and process in payroll Only 25% of companies express a high level of satisfaction with their current payroll technology Enabling Technology Skills & Talent Delivery Components Design Sourcing A repository is used to consolidate data from various in country payroll systems Payroll Accounting is owned by Finance more than 60% of the time Payroll inquiries are managed in a contact center that handles all employee inquiries, regardless of corporate alignment A minimum number of vendors and payroll solutions are in place across the enterprise Analysis based on criteria to include employee population, future plans, etc. New York State-wide payroll Conference 13
Total Cost/Employee for Top Performers- Breakdown Total Cost - $60.36 $5.16 Cost Other Technology Outsourcing Labor $22.04 $4.02 $29.15 Payroll Accounting Payroll Tax Filing & Payments Payment Distribution Payment Calculation Payroll Inquiries Payroll Data Maintenance New York State-wide payroll Conference 14
Total Cost/Payslip for Top Performers- Breakdown Total Cost - $2.37 $0.24 Cost $0.72 Other Technology Outsourcing Labor $0.16 $1.25 Payroll Accounting Payroll Tax Filing & Payments Payment Distribution Payment Calculation Payroll Inquiries Payroll Data Maintenance New York State-wide payroll Conference 15
Best practices enabling more effective information throughout the payroll process Information Enabling Technology Skills & Talent Governance & Organization Delivery Components Design Placement Sourcing Common data standards exist in order to ensure comprehensive and accurate reporting across the enterprise Common categories for earnings & deductions Country specific data Comprehensive benchmarking is done on a regular basis to ensure high performance levels regardless of whether payroll is processed in-house or outsourced Companies must know where they are going and how they plan to get there in order to make benchmarking meaningful Some primary measurements are around cost, accuracy, timeliness and productivity New York State-wide payroll Conference 16
Summary Information Enabling Technology Skills & Talent Governance & Organization Delivery Components Design Placement Sourcing 1. Executive support is necessary to effectively influence corporate culture. 2. Equip payroll resources to work effectively across functional lines in order to ensure optimal performance. 3. Shared s adds value! Perform a feasibility analysis to determine if it fits in your environment. 4. Simplify, automate and standardize to ensure optimal performance. 5. Leverage ESS and MSS throughout the payroll administration process. 6. Control the scope of payroll administration. 7. Ensure payroll resources possess the right skills to move the payroll administration process to the next level. 8. Remember, PAYROLL is the reason people work! Pay them right!! New York State-wide payroll Conference 17
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Contact Information Felicia Cheek Practice Leader Global Time to Pay +1 770 703 7470 o +1 404 218 8666 m fcheek@thehackettgroup.com Amsterdam Atlanta Chicago Frankfurt Hyderabad London Miami New York Paris Philadelphia San Francisco Sydney New York State-wide payroll Conference 20
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Appendix
Trend: There has been an increase in movement from HR and Finance to a Global Business s environment New York State-wide payroll Conference 23
Trend: Top Performing payroll organizations have increased movement to shared services in last 3 years New York State-wide payroll Conference 24
Trend: Payroll Accounting has moved from the payroll process to Finance over the last 3 years New York State-wide payroll Conference 25
Trend: Standardization across the payroll process is harmonized to reduce operational complexity and costs New York State-wide payroll Conference 26
Trend: Payroll resources are focusing less on transactional activities, more on analytical and process improvement New York State-wide payroll Conference 27
Overall Payroll Technology Satisfaction Highly Dissatisfied Highly Satisfied Somewhat Dissatisfied Somewhat Satisfied New York State-wide payroll Conference 28
Example of a Typical Governance Model Governance Structure Focus Governance Board Operational Strategic Operational Strategic Customer Council Client Council SSC Strategic Leadership Client Council Payroll Owners 1 Talent HR Payroll Team HR Team Customer Other Teams Other 1 May be members of SSC Strategic Leadership group New York State-wide payroll Conference 29