Does Payroll Need a Rebrand? with Vickie Graham, Nick Day, Ana Laiu, Ian Hodson and Melanie Pizzey #235
Payroll and reward professionals joined on The Payroll Podcast by Vickie Graham, Payroll Industry Leader, Nick Day, CEO of JGA Recruitment Group, Ana Laiu, Director of Pay and Reward for PPHE Hotel Group, Ian Hodson, Director of People & Culture at Housing 21 and Melanie Pizzey, Senior Global Operations Executive at TTI IP&E
Title: π Does Payroll Need a Rebrand? with Vickie Graham, Nick Day, Ana Laiu, Ian Hodson and Melanie Pizzey #235 π
Host: ποΈ Vickie Graham, Payroll Industry Leader
Guests:Β π€ Nick Day, CEO of JGA Recruitment Group
π€ Ana Laiu, Director of Pay and Reward,Β PPHE Hotel Group
π€ Ian Hodson, Director of People and Culture, Housing 21
π€ Melanie Pizzey, Senior Global Operations Executive at TTI IP&E
Episode Overview:
π In this insightful episode of The Payroll Podcast, host Vickie Graham sits down with Nick Day,Β Ana Laiu,Β Ian HodsonΒ and Melanie Pizzey to explores how payroll is becoming one of the most influential functions inside organizations through workforce intelligence, employee experience, compliance, risk management, analytics, reward strategy, and business decision making.
Key Topics Discussed in this Episode:
-
The Evolution of Payroll: The panel explores how payroll has evolved from a transactional function focused on processing pay into a strategic business partner influencing workforce planning, compliance, employee experience, and organizational performance.
-
Does Payroll Need a Rebrand?: Vickie, Nick, Ana, Ian, and Melanie debate whether payroll needs a completely new identity or simply a stronger narrative that better communicates its value to business leaders and stakeholders.
-
Payroll as Workforce Intelligence: Ana discusses how payroll teams can leverage workforce data, analytics, and insights to support budgeting, forecasting, talent retention, reward strategy, and business decision-making.
-
Changing Payroll’s Perception: The panel examines why payroll is still often viewed as a back-office function and shares strategies for repositioning payroll as a central contributor to business success, culture, and employee experience.
-
Communicating Value to the C-Suite: Nick, Ian, and Melanie explain why payroll professionals must focus less on describing payroll processes and more on demonstrating measurable business impact, risk reduction, compliance protection, and strategic value.
Useful Links From This Episode:
- π€ Vickie Graham’s LinkedIn Profile
- π€ Nick Day’s LinkedIn Profile
- π€ Ana Laiu’s LinkedIn Profile
- π€ Ian Hodson’s LinkedIn Profile
- π€ Melanie Pizzey’s LinkedIn Profile
- π³ Greenify Talent: JGA Planet Positive (ESG) Recruitment Solution
- π’ JGA Payroll Recruitment
- π§ Check out our sister podcast, The HR L&D Podcast
PAYROLL LEADERS – I CALL YOU ALL TO ACTION! π’
π Thank you for tuning in to The Payroll Podcast. Stay tuned for our next episode, where we continue to dive into the fascinating world of payroll! π§π
If you need the support of a payroll recruitment agency to help fill your next payroll vacancy, please please contact me!Β I possess over 20 years of payroll recruitment agency expertise and I would love to help! [email protected] or call 01727 800377
Find out more at: www.jgarecruitment.com.
Thanks for listening! Please review and subscribe to the show (it only takes a minute)
