Senior Commercial Manager of Immedis, Adrian Morrissey address the GPA UK Summit in London 2018 where he discusses the future of global payroll through technology, data, business intelligence and analytics
4. Worldwide
compliance
Around the clock
support
Online payslips for
all employees
Choice of payment
frequencies
GDPR Compliance Coordination of tax
and social security
payments
Employer wage tax
return reports and
submission
Delivery of net pay
into the employees’
bank accounts
Remittance of tax
to local authorities
Year-end
documentation
supplied to employees
ISO27001
Updates on
regulatory changes
What we’ve come to expect
Fully managed Global Payroll
6. Integration
Payroll and Tax Business Intelligence
Global
Payroll
Processing
Global
Payroll
Funding
HR
T&A
Benefits
Global
Reporting
Updates
7. Data Integration Architecture
Global Payroll
& Tax Platform
Customer or
Cloud
ArchitectureIntegration Layer
1
Payroll Data
Distribution
2
In Country Payroll Engines
3
Payroll Review
and Sign-off
5 6
4
Finance Management
System
Integration Layer
7
Trial
Final
Online Payslips
8
Process Steps
1. Payroll information
2. Engine distribution
3. Global aggregation
4. Review, update,
approval
5. Finalisation
6. Global aggregation
and funding
requests
7. General ledger
posting
8. Online payslip
release
HCM TMS BEN
13. Integrated Maturity Spectrum
5 WEB SERVICES4 AUTOMATED3 STRUCTURED DATA2 FLAT FILE EXCHANGE1 MANUAL UPLOADS0 NO INTEGRATION
Advanced Push / Pull
Self managing and correcting
on demand, real-time data
exchange.
Scheduled & Repeatable
Self operating, but requires
administration and
monitoring.
Stronger Data Structure
More resilient data integrity,
but with basic exchange
protocols.
Defined File Exchange
Rigid data structures, hard to
manage and update, difficult
to change, highly prescribed.
Reactive Uploads
Some prescriptive uploads of
data can be achieved
manually.
Segregated Systems
Passing information is
manual and error prone.
ERRORS SECURITYSPEEDRELEVANCE CONFIDENCE
• XML or JSON over RESTful
web services.
• RTI via HMRC.
• XML over SFTP with auto
extract, encryption and
sending.
• XML-type data manually
uploaded or exchanged.
• CSV or Excel type fixed
column/width/tab file
exchange.
• Download a file to desktop
and import into a system.
• Re-key information.
INTEGRITY DATA PROTECTIONPERFORMANCE
14. HCM Global Connect Adaptor
Scheduled web service
request for payroll
inputs.
1
Web service response
with XML payroll input
payload.
In-country
payroll engines
2
In-country engine
integrators.
People
Addresses
Roles
Contacts
Country Specifics
Organisational
Assignments
Payments and
Deductions
Banking Details
Human resources source of truth of pay impacting
inputs. Automated web service integration with
the Immedis Platform.
IN-COUNTRYENGINES
In-country
payroll engines
In-country
payroll engines
VALIDATION
ENGINE
3
Onmi-validation
payroll engine.
HCM T&A Ben.
15. The Global Payroll Value Chain
INPUT COLLATION PAYROLL PROCESSING REVIEW FUNDING
Based on what has already occurred Based on what is planned to occur, but is subject to change
PAY
INPUT COLLATION
PAYROLL
PROCESSING
REVIEW FUNDING PAY
Cut-off date for changes is later in
each payroll cycle
Time impacted by change and uncertainty is reduced
Time for customer review and
approval of payroll increased
Automation of input retrieval
(on demand)
Validation of inputs through RPA in
real-time, with immediate feedback
TYPICALGLOBAL
PAYROLLCYCLE
IMPROVEDGLOBALPAYROLLCYCLE
Integrated in-country engine
consolidation
Validation of results through RPA in
real-time, with immediate feedback
16. Insights & Analytics Maturity Spectrum
5 INTEGRATED4 MEASURED3 DEFINED2 REPEATABLE1 AD-HOC0
Prescriptive Analytics
Arming the business with
foresight
Predictive Analytics
Enabling the business with
insight
Strategic Analytics
Allowing the business to
manage current plans
Advanced Reporting
Focussing on hindsight
Reactive Reporting
Concerned with current
issues
Informational Black Hole
Obtaining basic information
is a challenge
PERFORMANCE INSIGHTSPEEDRELEVANCE CONFIDENCE
• Singular corporate analytics
platform and vision across
all needs.
• Normalised, multi-jurisdiction
and currency singular analytics
and insights.
• Consistent financial
reporting across multiple
jurisdictions.
• Gross to net reports per
country.
• Payment listing reports.
• Tax reconciliation reports.
• Audit requests.
• Highly ineffective to
service informational
needs.
Prescriptive Analytics
Arming the business with
foresight
Predictive Analytics
Enabling the business with
insight
Strategic Analytics
Allowing the business to
manage current plans
Advanced Reporting
Focussing on hindsight
Reactive Reporting
Concerned with current
issues
Informational Black Hole
Obtaining basic information
is a challenge
• Singular corporate
analytics platform and
vision across all needs.
• Normalised, multi-
jurisdiction and currency
singular analytics and
insights.
• Consistent financial
reporting across multiple
jurisdictions.