Sage Payroll Management

ICB Level 3 Diploma in Payroll Management

Course Details

Every business has to run a payroll and comprehend National Insurance and PAYE. Businesses in the United Kingdom favour the Sage instant payroll software.

The Sage Instant Payroll course will teach you various aspects of payroll and how to process them. These will include year end, tax records, employees’ wages, personal records and holiday pay. This course will show you how to do all of these tasks electronically without the need to understand payroll legislation.

Sage provides a large range of solutions to businesses to ensure they can manage their business processes easily.  Sage can tailor solutions for customers be it from financial software to facilitate better cash flow management or HR and Payroll solutions to improve employee performance and legislative compliance.

Upon successful completion of your Sage Instant Payroll course you are eligible to become a member of SAGE.

Members of Sage can benefit from a number of offerings and programs:

• A growing range of member benefits
• Student programs, including grants to help fund conference attendance, low membership fees, and a university outreach program
• The Short Topics in System Administration booklet series
• The Recommended Reading list, with links for further information or immediate purchase
• Immediate access to the extensively tabulated results of the annual Sage Salary Survey
• Regional training events and support for SAGE Recognized Local User Groups
• Two annual awards for outstanding contributions to the field and to Sage
• The Sage Sysadmin Toolbox FAQ: what every sysadmin needs to have on hand, and why
• Web-ready versions of the Sage logo to install on your Web site
• Last, but certainly not least, the opportunity to participate in the promotion and growth of the profession

Qualifications

The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB) is a very well recognized and reputable institute and is the largest Book-keeping association in the world. 

During the course of your Sage Payroll course you will be required to undertake 18 assessments.  These assessments will determine your overall course result.  Successful completion of the course and assessments will see you awarded the ICB Diploma in Payroll Management (Level 3).

Undertaking this course will demonstrate to any employer that you are committed to your career in the financial sector and committed to your own personal development. In achieving the Diploma, you will be able to show that you fully understand the Sage instant payroll package to any potential employer. Alternatively, the course will provide you with the skills to handle computerised payroll of your own company.

The Sage Payrol course qualification could give you the opportunity to apply for positions such as a Payroll Clerk, Payroll Assistant or Payroll Administrator.

Study Plan

The Diploma in Payroll Management covers many topics which include:

• An introduction to Payroll
• An Introduction to PAYE
• Taxable Pay Tables
• An introduction to National Insurance
• Producing Payslips
• An introduction to Sage Instant Payroll
• Further Sage Instant Payroll
• Advanced PAYE codes
• An introduction to Directors
• Further Sage - Directors
• Holiday pay and Statutory Sick Pay
• Further Sage – Holidays and SSP
• Statutory Maternity Pay
• Further Sage - Maternity
• Benefits
• Other deductions
• Payroll legislation and year end

Study Details

At the end of each module you will have an assignment to assess your understanding of the module.  Once you have completed the assignment you should send it to your personal tutor for assessment.  Your tutor will provide you with guidance and advise how you are progressing.  Your overall success for the course will be determined by your assignments.

The average student completes the course within approximately 120 hours of study time.

Note: The minimum computer hardware requirements for this course are:

• Your operating system must be at least Windows 2000(SP4), WindowsXP(SP2), Windows 2003 or Windows Vista.
• 400MHz or faster processor
• 128MB RAM or higher
• 200MB of available hard disk space for installation
• DVD-ROM drive

Careers

With the Sage Instant Payroll course you'll be able to apply for positions as a Payroll Clerk and could earn up to £24,310* per annum.

*Source: www.payscale.com - May 2011

Other example roles include:

Bookkeeper, Payroll                                              Payroll Administrator
£30,557                                                                      £24,310
Source: Source: www.payscale.com - May 2011   Source: www.payscale.com - May 2011