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Armstrong Watson’s Payroll Team Win at Payroll World Awards

Armstrong Watson’s Payroll and Employee services team is delighted to announce that they won the ‘Best Cross-Functional Partnership’ award at the national Payroll World Awards earlier this month. 

The award was given for the collaboration between the payroll and the IT department for efficiency savings for both Armstrong Watson and their clients in respect of automatic enrolment.

Toby Woodhead, Business Process Analyst collected the award, along with Sophie Johnson and Payroll Director Karen Thomson.

The team were also Highly Commended for the Automatic Enrolment Engagement award; recognising the communications work that has been carried out with clients.

The awards recognise and reward hard work and best practice in the payroll industry. Now entering its 6th year, Payroll World’s established flagship event unites the industry for an evening of celebration.

Karen Thomson, Payroll Director comments:

‘I am absolutely delighted for the payroll team and the IT team in receiving this award. We are always striving to make things easier for clients and this award recognises the hard work both teams put in to making automatic enrolment work. Toby has been fundamental, along with Head of Operations, Suzanne Gallagher in ensuring our automatic enrolment offering meets the highest standards for clients.’ 

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