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Description

Artificial Intelligence and Payroll: Identifying Uses, Controlling Risks and Making Decisions

Two days to understand what these tools genuinely change within a payroll team and what they do not

  • 2 days — 14 h
  • In-person or virtual
  • Foundation
  • Up to 6 participants

Software vendors now advertise artificial intelligence features inside payroll systems, and payroll officers are left wondering what actually changes. Some are already testing a conversational assistant on pay slip queries without knowing where the data goes. The payroll manager has to make a call with no technical benchmark and no internal framework.

These 14 hours provide the reference points needed to decide. Participants distinguish rule-based automation from generative models, examine realistic payroll use cases such as anomaly checking or responding to employee queries, identify the points requiring vigilance on personal data, and then draft a usage rule their team can actually apply.

Learning objectives

  • Distinguish rule-based automation from generative artificial intelligence models
  • Identify the payroll tasks genuinely affected by these tools
  • Assess the risk attached to processing payroll data through an external service
  • Review assisted output before it is sent to an employee
  • Draft an internal usage rule for the payroll team

What makes this programme different

Use cases tested and then set aside where the real gain does not hold up
A review grid for assessing assistant-generated answers to pay slip queries
An internal usage rule drafted during the session and adjusted to each participant's context

Programme

1Positioning the technologies

What artificial intelligence actually covers in payroll

  • Differences between automated rules
  • machine learning and text generation
  • What a model produces and what it does not verify
  • Features announced by payroll management software providers
  • Useful vocabulary for holding a conversation with a vendor

2Examining payroll use cases

Checking | data entry and employee queries

  • Anomaly detection on variable inputs and on pay slips
  • Support in drafting answers to employee queries
  • Extracting information from HR and payroll documents
  • Tasks where the gain remains marginal given the review effort required

3Controlling the risks

Data | confidentiality and accountability

  • Nature of payroll data and confidentiality requirements
  • Questions to ask before transferring data to an external service
  • Accountability of the payroll officer for assisted output
  • Records retained and information owed to employees

4Framing use within the team

Rules | review points and skills development

  • Drafting a short and workable internal usage rule
  • Human review points maintained across the payroll chain
  • Supporting payroll officers and sharing trial results
  • Criteria for evaluating a tool before wider roll-out

Who is it for

Payroll managers · payroll officers · HR managers and payroll information system project leads.

Prerequisites

Working knowledge of how a payroll function operates.

Dates & locations

36 scheduled dates between November 2026 and December 2027. Seats are confirmed in the order enquiries are received.

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

February 2027

March 2027

April 2027

May 2027

June 2027

September 2027

October 2027

November 2027

December 2027

None of these dates suit you? We open additional sessions on request, and any programme can be run privately for your team.

Practical details

Before the programme
Online positioning questionnaire. Your development objectives are shared with the trainer, who tailors the practical case studies to your context.
Teaching methods
Theoretical input, workshops and practical case studies. Digital course materials and method sheets provided.
Assessment
Multiple-choice tests and role-play exercises. Assessment of learning at the start and end of the programme, with immediate and 60-day follow-up evaluations.
After the programme
One year of access to the e-learning platform. Self-assessment of the skills acquired and a 30-day follow-up session with your trainer.
How to register
Registration online or on the basis of a quotation.
Lead time
11 working days after confirmation of registration.
Accessibility
Accessible to people of determination. Contact our accessibility coordinator to design a suitable solution: contact@mpf-academy.ae
Start dates
Rolling intake: in addition to the scheduled sessions, this programme can start on request.