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The Payroll Podcast

by Nick Day - JGA Payroll Recruitment

Payroll gets noticed when it goes wrong. That's about it. Which is a strange way to treat the function that pays everybody. I'm Nick Day. Twenty years recruiting payroll professionals means I've had the same conversation hundreds of times, with people who were brilliant at the job and invisible in the business. The Payroll Podcast started because I wanted to know why that keeps happening, and what the ones who broke out of it did differently. Every week I sit down with payroll leaders, global payroll operators, payroll technology founders and compliance specialists. We get into UK and international payroll legislation that lands with three weeks' notice. Fiscal drag, and what it quietly does to the people you pay. Pay transparency, AI legislation, earned wage access, salary administration, payroll AI tools and the payroll systems everyone is being sold. Payroll systems implementations that went sideways, and what was learned on the way out. Careers come up constantly. What it takes to move from running payroll to being asked your opinion before the decision gets made. And because I run a payroll recruitment agency, a fair amount of the conversation lands on hiring. This Payroll Podcast was born out of these payroll leadership conversations. Salary administration across a global workforce. Staff wellbeing in teams that carry more risk than anyone above them realises. Should companies hire a chief payroll officer? What role should a payroll body play in supporting the payroll profession? Why do good payroll leaders leave? No script, no polite version. Mostly it's the conversation you'd have with someone who does your job, if you ever got the chance to sit down with them. Four hundred episodes in, it's the most listened to payroll podcast in the world. Which still surprises me, given nobody thinks payroll is interesting until their pay is wrong. If you work in payroll, or you're building a career in it, start by subscribing to The Payroll Podcast. Topics include UK and global payroll, payroll legislation and compliance, payroll AI, payroll systems and management tools, the payment industry, earned wage access, pay transparency, DEI, payroll leadership and strategy, payroll recruitment and career development. 🌐 Stay ahead of the global payroll curve with insights on AI, strategy, earned wage access, wellbeing, DEI and more. Perfect for payroll professionals and global payroll leaders looking to embrace the future and enhance their strategies. 👉 Subscribe now and help raise the profile and drive the future evolution of payroll! 👉 Need Payroll Staff? Contact Payroll Recruitment Agency, JGA Recruitment - www.jgarecruitment.com / info@jgarecruitment.com 👉 Want to be a guest on the show? Email Nick@jgadigital.com

Latest episodes

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Talent Retention in Payroll Leadership | Building Careers for 2040 with Troy Markusson

Payroll leadership faces a 2040 crisis that has nothing to do with compliance, technology, or AI. It's our failure to attract, educate, and listen to the next generation

Sep 9
52 min

Silent Payroll Errors | Why Compliance Blindspots Matter with Jay Crider

Your payroll runs smoothly but that's exactly where payroll compliance risk hides. In this episode In this episode of @thepayrollpodcast, Nick Day, CEO of JGA Recruitmen

Sep 1
54 min

AI for Payroll | How Failed Implementations Shape Your Career with Raju Chauhan

AI for payroll is reshaping the profession but failed implementations reveal what truly matters. In this episode of @thepayrollpodcast, Nick Day, CEO of JGA Recruitment

Aug 24
49 min

Building a Strategic Payroll Career | Leadership Beyond Compliance with Jamie Phillips

Payroll careers are often written off as accidents. Someone needed a job, a shared service center needed a body, and thirty years later they never left. But staying in pa

Aug 17
43 min

Mandatory Payrolling of Benefits, Salary Sacrifice Traps and Zero-Hours Reform

In this episode: Mandatory Payrolling of Benefits, Salary Sacrifice Traps and Zero-Hours Reform | Payroll Question Time Payroll Question Time is brought to you by SD Wor

Aug 10
1 h 22 min

Is This the End of Country-by-Country Payroll? with Sivanne Fishel

For years, multinational payroll was managed country by country, provider by provider, and spreadsheet by spreadsheet. That model worked when businesses expanded slowly.

Aug 3
54 min

Trust, Transparency & The Future of Payroll | The Payroll Podcast Vault #2

Payroll Has Never Been More Complex. Are You Prepared for What's Next? In this Special Vault edition, Nick Day gathers some of the sharpest minds in global payroll and a

Jul 23
26 min

Payroll Is a Strategic Business Function, Not Back Office with Tiana Neal

Most businesses think payroll is simple. Checks go out, employees get paid, and nobody complains. But treating payroll as an administrative task rather than a strategic f

Jul 16
48 min

Beyond Compliance: The Transparency Advantage with Vickie Graham and Stuart Hyland

Most organizations are treating the EU Pay Transparency Directive as a compliance deadline to hit. But the employers who will come out ahead are the ones who understand w

Jul 9
50 min

Zero-Hours Reform, Umbrella Liability and Payrolling Benefits

In this episode: Zero-Hours Reform, Umbrella Liability and Payrolling Benefits | Payroll Question Time Payroll Question Time is brought to you by SD Worx. SD Worx offers

Jul 3
1 h 20 min

Compliance, the Fair Work Agency, and the Future of the Profession with Julie Gunnell

Most businesses think payroll is working. People get paid, deadlines are met, and no one raises a flag. But compliant payroll is not the same as strategic payroll, and in

Jun 26
40 min

Payroll Congress 2026 - The Payroll Leaders Betting on People, AI, and Change (Episode 3)

Most payroll professionals spend their careers heads down, processing pay, managing compliance, and keeping systems running. But the payroll leaders who will still be sta

Jun 22
1 h 11 min

Payroll Congress 2026 - AI, Global Payroll, and the Future of the Profession (Episode 2)

Every year, the conversations at Payroll Congress shift. Five years ago it was platforms and providers. Then remote work and resilience. But at the 44th Payroll Congress

Jun 19
57 min

The Intelligent Payroll Revolution: Why AI Must Be the Foundation, Not the Feature with Rick Hammell

Most organizations are rushing to add AI to their payroll stack. But here is the uncomfortable truth. AI does not fix broken payroll. It amplifies it. And if your foundat

Jun 16
46 min

Payroll Congress 2026 - Strategic Payroll in the Age of Global Automation (Episode 1)

In this video: How Payroll Is Moving from Back-Office Processor to Strategic Powerhouse in the Age of Automation | The Payroll Podcast Live from Payroll Congress 2026 Fo

Jun 10
1 h 19 min

Does Payroll Need a Rebrand? with Vickie Graham, Nick Day, Ana Laiu, Ian Hodson and Melanie Pizzey

Does Payroll Need a Rebrand? | The Payroll Podcast with Vickie Graham, Nick Day, Ana Laiu, Ian Hodson and Melanie Pizzey For years, payroll has been viewed as a back off

Jun 5
58 min

Pay Transparency Doesn't Create Pay Problems. It Exposes Them with Tom Heys

Tom Heys has spent years inside the complexity of pay gap reporting and pay transparency law. And along the way, he learned something most organizations only discover whe

May 31
43 min

Day-One SSP, Mandatory Payrolling, and the New Rules Reshaping UK Payroll

In this episode: Day-One SSP, Mandatory Payrolling & the New Rules Reshaping UK Payroll | Payroll Question Time Payroll Question Time is brought to you by SD Worx. SD Wo

May 29
1 h 13 min

Get the RFP Right or Pay the Price: A Payroll Leader's Guide to Choosing the Right Vendor with Miranda Humphries

Miranda Humphries has spent her entire career inside payroll. Not on the edges of it, not adjacent to it, but deep inside the complexity, the pressure, and the transforma

May 22
51 min

Payroll Is No Longer Just Payroll with Vickie Graham & Ana Laiu

Most payroll teams are still viewed as operational functions focused on processing pay, maintaining compliance, and keeping systems running. But payroll is changing rapid

May 15
55 min

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