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Payroll professionals are responsible for ensuring that employees receive their paycheques accurately and on time. With the increasing complexity of payroll administration, it's essential for payroll professionals to possess certain skills to excel in their roles. We asked members of the 17th Floor community what the necessary skills a payroll professional needs to succeed, and this is what they shared:
Payroll professionals have to be really effective communicators. They must be able to communicate/translate legislation to employers/employees, so it is simpler to understand but still accurate. There also has to be a passion to stay educated and up-to-date with legislation and how it affects their work.
Payroll professionals should be patient, understanding and willing to share their expertise to help others. These professionals have a deep knowledge of legislation to help employees and employers.
Detailed oriented, ability to review and analyze data and be system savvy. These are a few of the many qualities a payroll professional should have.
Organization, attention to detail, compassion and patience.
I think a payroll professional should be discreet, thorough, accurate, organized, a multitasker, and have time management skills. They should be able to understand all the payroll rules and processes but also explain it clearly to a non-payroll person (staff and managers).
Strong problem-solving skills and the desire to help employees understand their pay on a level they can understand.
Discretion; strong maths and numerical skills; dependability; problem-solving skills; and attentive knowledge with payroll compliances.
Attention to detail, analytical, passionate about people and willingness to keep up with the constantly changing legislation.
Having these skills will help payroll professionals perform their job duties efficiently, accurately, and effectively. They will also provide a competitive edge in the job market and position the payroll professional for career growth.
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6 Comments
Great feedback. I agree with the comments about being an analyst or having strong analytical skills. Post-COVID, and in the middle of this poor economic period, payroll pros are being called upon increasingly to identify the threat to our businesses that those factors play on our staff. And to help create strategic plans to offset them. Analytical/strategic skills are now more important for this group than just mathematical prowess.
2 years agoAmong others keys skills, I believe a payroll professional must be thorough / very detailed oriented, excellent knowledge of legislation with the willingness and ability to keep up with changing legislation, tech savvy and willingness to learn, problem solving skills and must be reliable.
2 years agoThis is the ultimate skillset 👏 Thank you so much for sharing it, Toyosi!
1 year agoAlong with the skills mentioned above, I believe payroll professionals should also possess customer service skills.
1 year agoThis is so true! Thanks for sharing it, Harman!
1 year agoHello My Community
Hope everyone is doing good!
Myself Raj Gurnani
Its been pleasure to connect with you all
I want a short guidance from you all
6 months agoJust a short introduction about me –
I have completed my Payroll legislation and looking forward for payroll Fundamentals 1 from NPI,
But its been struggling for me to get a job into payroll administrator as everyone is asking for Experience and i worked at zone placements as payroll intern but my job was only limited to data entry and didn’t got any knowledge about payroll processing.
Can you please guide me from where should i start to gain some bit exposure to payroll processing. And what skills do we really required to get into entry level job
If you can It will be much helpful for me.
You can reach out to me on rajgurnani24@gmail.com
I am looking for entry level job in payroll industry any help will be highly appreciated
Thank you all
Kind Regards
Raj Gurnani