{"id":1174,"date":"2016-12-13T16:15:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T21:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/?p=1174"},"modified":"2026-02-16T05:32:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T10:32:34","slug":"four-lessons-ive-learned-working-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/four-lessons-ive-learned-working-payroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Four lessons I\u2019ve learned working in payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/category\/people-leadership\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">People &amp; Leadership<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFour lessons I\u2019ve learned working in payroll\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"entry-header__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on \"><time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2016-12-13T16:15:40-05:00\">December 13, 2016<\/time><\/span><span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"Four lessons I\u2019ve learned working in payroll\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/four-lessons-ive-learned-working-payroll\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-author has-dark-background-color alignfull\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"co-authors\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-author-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"entry-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/author\/groshonruth\/\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2017\/05\/ruth-groshon.jpg\" class=\"entry-author__image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"entry-author__name\">Ruth Groshon<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><i>Ruth Groshon, CPP, shares valuable insights she\u2019s learned working in the payroll industry.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Like many working professionals working in payroll and human resources I just fell into the industry. Numbers always intimidated me and I never thought I would be celebrating 10 years working in the payroll industry next year. I began working in the human resources department when our payroll person left and I was asked to take over their role. At the time I knew nothing about payroll and immediately had to become the expert in payroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today I\u2019m sharing four lessons I\u2019ve learned working in the payroll industry:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Find a mentor<br>\nI was lucky enough to find mentors early on in my career working in payroll that have helped me navigate the payroll industry. Being able to get advice from professionals who have been working in the industry for decades helped ease my transition. Any questions or issues you may encounter during your early years working in the industry, ask your mentor. Mostly because they\u2019ve run across a similar situation during their career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. Always remain a student in payroll<br>\nAfter 10 years of working in the payroll industry, one of the most valuable lessons I learned was to always remain a student. To stay up-to-date on the latest trends and laws related to the payroll business, I\u2019ve taken several continuing education courses offered online and in-person in my area. The payroll industry has evolved a lot in the past decade and to remain an expert I\u2019ve found it important to remain competent and up to speed on what\u2019s going on in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. Join payroll organizations<br>\nTo connect and learn from other industry professionals like myself, I joined the American Payroll Association (APA). I am now a Certified Payroll Professional (CPP). I became certified so that I could develop a deeper understanding of the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4. Stay up-to-date on the latest payroll trends and laws<br>\nOutsourcing parts of my daily tasks helped me stay compliant and up-to-date on new rules and regulations that would impact my employees and company. Having an outsourced partner that I could communicate with regularly was essential to easing the stress of stepping into a new role and industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Navigating your first years working in payroll? 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