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Overview
This module provides a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence and its current applications across business operations, setting the context for its specific impact on payroll functions.
- What AI is and isn’t—demystifying the terminology
- AI in everyday business: automation, analytics, and decision support
- The evolution from traditional automation to intelligent systems
The module explores why AI has become a critical consideration for payroll leaders, addressing both opportunities and concerns while establishing realistic expectations about AI’s role in modern payroll departments.
- Common concerns: data security, compliance risk, accuracy, and workforce impact
- AI as augmentation, not replacement—building capability and mastery
- Regulatory considerations and ethical frameworks for AI deployment
This module examines how major payroll providers and service organizations have integrated AI into their offerings, providing real-world context for what’s possible and what’s proven.
- Global payroll market overview and AI adoption trends
- Case studies: IPASS, Zellis, ADP, and other leading providers’ AI journeys
- Practical applications: automation, error detection, employee self-service, and predictive analytics
The module provides practical frameworks for assessing AI opportunities within your organisation and beginning implementation, including guidance on available tools and testing environments.
- Assessment framework: where AI can add value in your payroll operation
- Free tools, sandbox environments, and low-risk starting points
- Working with existing providers versus exploring new solutions
- Building workflows and measuring impact
This module equips participants with the frameworks and language needed to secure board-level approval for AI investments, focusing on how to position AI as a strategic business enabler rather than just a technology project.
- Presenting AI as strategic investment, not IT spend
- ROI frameworks and proven case studies from payroll AI adoption
- Building compelling business cases: cost savings, risk mitigation, and scalability
- Understanding board priorities and stakeholder concerns
- Measuring success and demonstrating value delivery
The module addresses the human dimension of AI adoption, covering how to prepare teams for technology shifts while maintaining the critical role of human judgment and oversight.
- Predicted advancements: ML-driven audits, intelligent chatbots, workforce forecasting
- Upskilling strategies and adapting to technology transformation
- The essential role of human oversight alongside AI capabilities
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Course notes
A PDF version of the course notes is included in the course fee and will be sent via email a day before course commencement. The notes are available for online viewing only. Download and print options are not available.
If you would like a printed copy posted to your address instead, please select the ‘Printed Notes’ option for an additional fee of €25.00.
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This course is designed for payroll professionals at all levels who need to understand, evaluate, and work with AI in payroll operations. It is ideal for Heads of Payroll, Payroll Managers, Finance Directors with payroll responsibility, senior payroll professionals tasked with modernising operations, and payroll administrators looking to enhance their skills and career prospects in an AI-enabled environment.
Our programmes are deliberately rigorously practical, designed to deliver immediate value. This course provides frameworks you can apply immediately to assess AI opportunities in your organisation.
For Payroll Managers and Leaders: Gain the strategic perspective and business case tools needed to secure investment, evaluate vendor solutions, and lead AI-enabled transformation.
For Payroll Professionals: Understand how AI will reshape your work, identify opportunities to enhance your productivity and accuracy, and position yourself as a forward-thinking professional who bridges traditional payroll expertise with emerging technology.
If you would like to connect with a member of our team, please book a 15 min video-call with one of our Admissions representatives, or call us directly on 01 4089100
Our training is designed to have an immediate impact—you will receive practical payroll industry relevant tips to get started in implementing AI in a safe and measured way within your organisation. Each participant will receive a detailed handout featuring practical frameworks and implementation tools.
You will get to learn from the best—this programme has been jointly developed by outside industry experts, IPASS Ireland and Payroll Centre UK, combining deep payroll domain knowledge with hands-on AI implementation experience across both markets.