Helen Harvey is Payroll Manager of the Year
The 20th Annual Payroll Conference, hosted by the Institute of Payroll and Pensions Management (IPPM) was held at the Renaissance Hotel in Solihull on September 15-16 . This year saw the introduction of the Institute Awards Ceremony, with the prestigious awards presented at the gala dinner to individuals who have excelled in their profession. The inaugural Payroll Manager of the Year award went to our own Helen Harvey; Head of Payroll Services at the Enable group who fought off stiff competition from hundreds of much larger companies.
The 5 judges were all Honorary Fellows of the IPPM and the decisions and results were co-ordinated by head judge Peter Blackhurst. Helen's work with the Inland Revenue on electronic filing played an important part in the judges' decisions. Through Helen's skill and competence Enable Ltd have earned an important and unique place within the payroll industry. Enable Ltd's use of electronic communications has developed over the years, and we now hold significant knowledge that can be used by others. This expertise relies not just on the understanding of electronic communication, but also on the way in which it can be successfully integrated into day-to-day payroll business operations.
As the Payroll Manager of the Year award was presented to Helen, Alison Ward, chairperson of the IPPM read out some of Helen's accomplishments:
- Helen manages an extremely complex client base of over 6,000 employees overseeing the production of over 6,000 payslips, P14s and P35s each week/month.
- She has pioneered the implementation of two new developments in payroll; electronic filing and tax office consolidation.
- Being well known across the Inland Revenue she has been instrumental in highlighting issues and problems that the Revenue has been able to tackle to improve service and procedures for those following.
- Helen has trialled both filing by Internet and EDI and in 2003 she completed the very first and only successful electronic filing of both P14s and P35s. Being the first down the track entailed a substantial increase in workload, at what is already the busiest time of the year. It required a significant personal strength of character to persevere through the myriad of problems that arose.
- Helen's pioneering work on tax office consolidation entailed the transfer of over 4,000 schemes into LP Lothian's, which involved significant re-referencing and system de-bugging exercises.
- In addition to the above Helen somehow manages to find time to work with the Revenue and DfES on the development of IR35 legislation and is a stalwart member of the IPPM, attending all regional and national meetings as well as being one of the first members to volunteer joining one of IPPM Pulse Groups.
A big round of applause to Helen!