2021 PAYROLL EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Nominations open on 27 September 2021 and close on 25th October 2021.
Please note: you must provide a fully completed nomination to be entered into NZPPA awards.
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 2021
- 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 2021
- 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 2021
- 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 2021
- 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 2021
- 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 14th Annual Payroll Conference on the 5 November 2021. 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.
NZPPA Awards
Nominations for the NZPPA awards open on the 27 September 2021.
The aim of the NZPPA awards is to celebrate the exceptional work payroll leaders, individuals, teams and payroll suppliers do within the New Zealand payroll industry.
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Penny Varley
Payroll Administrator