Payroll Excellence Awards 2020

Nominations open on 7 September 2020 and close on 30th October 2020.

Payroll practitioners are the unsung heroes of business. They manage one of the largest costs an employer has while applying legislation, deadlines and a changing work environment, all for the purpose of paying employees correctly and on time.

There are five category awards that make up the NZPPA payroll industry awards:

·         Payroll Leader of the Year 2020

This award recognises the payroll leader who has shown exceptional leadership in any or all of the following areas: development of their team, promotion of payroll to the rest of the business, achieving recognised results for payroll in compliance, cost effectiveness or best practice over the last 12 months.

·         Payroll Professional of the Year 2020

This award recognises the payroll professional who is an exceptional performer and has gone above and beyond in their role as a payroll professional to assist the business, the employees they pay or even in developing the payroll industry.

·         Payroll Team of the Year 2020

This award recognises the payroll team that together has performed exceptionally for the business and its employees, achieving a business outcome (increased productivity, cost savings etc.) over the last 12 months.

·         Payroll Outsourced Provider of the Year 2020

This award recognises an outsourced payroll provider that processes payroll on behalf of an employer, has provided exceptional service to the business and has helped in their work to achieve an essential outcome that aids payroll regarding compliance, cost effectiveness or best practice.

*Any payroll provider can be nominated but payroll providers cannot nominate their own business.

·         Payroll System Provider of the Year 2020

This award recognises a payroll software provider that delivers exceptional service to a business. This provider has helped and assisted a payroll professional in their work to achieve an essential outcome, or has provided payroll tools and functionality that aids payroll regarding compliance, cost effectiveness or best practice.

*Any payroll provider can be nominated but payroll providers cannot nominate their own business.

Please note: Payroll Outsourced Provider and Payroll System Provider awards are only available to NZ-based providers.

Winners will be announced in the last online session of the NZPPA 13th Annual Payroll Conference on the 19 November 2020. The award winners will be contacted prior to the conference so they can attend online to receive their awards.

Why you should enter

Entering these awards allows the wider payroll industry to acknowledge and celebrate payroll excellence and promotes payroll as a profession in NZ.

To find out more on the awards and how to apply click here