Software used for payroll services - Find a freedom of information request

1. What software do you use for your payroll, hr and finance solutions, how much annually do you spend on each, when does each contract expire?

2. Do you manage your payroll in-house or do you outsource it if so, who do you outsource it to?

3. How many people do you pay each month using your payroll solution?

4. How many pensioners do you pay using your payroll solution?

5. Do you use Microsoft power platform technologies such as Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents?

6. What is the employee count at the council?

7. Do you collaborate with other organisations in the delivery of HR & Payroll shared services? If so which organisation?

8. Do you work with any industry experts such as ATOS, KPMG, EY, Accenture etc?

9. Who at the council is the head of service for HR and Payroll software or services and what is their role?

1. Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) uses the Business World ERP System for Payroll, HR and Finance and expires on the fifth anniversary of the Ongoing Services Commencement Date.

2. LCC’s payroll is currently outsourced until 31/03/2024 and on 01/04/2024 the payroll service will be delivered by LCC.

3. 6,392 in January 2024 (including pensioners but excluding schools which was 4,628 although these are technically outside of our remit as they currently contract directly with Serco).

4. 840 in January 2024.

5. Yes.

6. As at end of January 2024, 5,672 employees.

7. No.

8. No.

9. Fiona Thompson (Head of HR) and Louisa Harvey (Head of Corporate Systems).