1. What software do you use for your payroll, HR and finance solutions, how much annually do you spend on each and when does each contract expire?
Software Solutions: Finest (Software AG UK Ltd), Collaborative Planning (Advanced Business Solutions), Readsoft/Onbase P2P (Konica Minolta)
Annual spend for 2023/44: 648,570
Contracts end: 31/12/24
2. Do you manage your payroll in-house or do you outsource it if so, who do you outsource it to?
Our Payroll is managed in house.
3. How many people do you pay each month using your payroll solution?
16,300.
4. How many pensioners do you pay using your payroll solution?
We do not pay pensioners through our payroll.
5. Do you use Microsoft power platform technologies such as Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents?
We use Microsoft Power BI.
6. What is the employee count at the council?
12,194.
7. Do you collaborate with other organisations in the delivery of HR & Payroll shared services? If so which organisation?
We do not operate a shared service.
8. Do you work with any industry experts such as ATOS, KPMG, EY, Accenture etc?
Yes, PS Tax and Xpert HR.
9. Who at the council is the head of service for HR and Payroll software or services and what is their role?
This information can be found on our website at the following link Director of People and Culture.