Payroll Leadership Professional (PLP)

The National Payroll Institute’s PLP designation is the next step for PCP designation holders looking to enter a management position. The PLP designation builds on compliance knowledge and develops payroll management skills to prepare seasoned professionals to manage a payroll department.

Admission Requirements

• Students must be PCP designation holders.
• Minimum two years of weighted payroll experience.

What You’ll Learn

• Compensation and Benefits Administration: an understanding of the process, issues, and techniques involved in administering a compensation system.
• Cost Accounting: employ techniques such as job and process costing, general cost allocations, cost/volume/profit analysis, budgeting, and relevant costing.
• Finance & Accounting for Non-Accountants: an understanding of management and financial accounting, accounting reports and disclosure and the methodologies required to perform calculations as the basis for sound decision making.
• Introduction to Payroll Management: introduction to the most applicable core management subjects based on market research. The course provides the management content and tools required to be a successful manager, such as decision making and project management.
• Organizational Behaviour: acquire and learn to apply the knowledge and skills necessary to work successfully in any organization.