Police Payroll System scheduled to go live in April

Police Payroll System scheduled to go live in April

The Police’s Human Resources Management Information System (HRMIS) is scheduled to go-live in April 2017.

This is a reforecasting of the September 2016 date on which the project was previously due to be delivered.

HRMIS is the replacement solution for Police’s aging payroll system, and will make it easier for people to manage HR information such as pay, learning, leave, time and personal information.

HRMIS will also provide a workforce management system that supports modern policing and IT tools that recognise the mobile nature of the Police.

The solution itself is built, however additional time is needed for testing and ensuring that staff are trained and ready to use the new system.

As a result of these challenges, the major vendor, PwC has brought in an international team with extensive experience in implementing solutions of this nature.

Together we have reassessed the project and developed a revised plan, which will see the project go-live in April.

Superintendent Mike Johnson says that the project was always going to be a complex one and both Police and the major vendor, PwC, are focused on getting it right.

“Police is a large 24/7 organisation with over 12,000 employees.

We have complex scheduling and industrial requirements and challenges were always likely with a project of this nature.

The revised timeframe will allow time to address the issues raised through testing and ensure our people are well prepared to maximise the benefits of the new system.

“We have always said that the top priority was a system that meets our needs and pays our people correctly from day one of operation.” Mr Johnson said

“The new payroll system has been successfully developed and built, however testing has highlighted some complexities around integration with other systems.

We are focussed on delivering a solution that will meet the ongoing needs of New Zealand‘s Police staff and we’ve expanded our delivery team to include an international SAP specialist who has validated the work already done and revised the delivery plan,” said Paul Nickels, PwC Partner and Consulting Leader.

We are making positive progress in ongoing commercial discussions, which we envisage will be resolved in the coming weeks.

More information about the HRMIS project can be found here: http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/programmes-and-initiatives/mypolice-new-human-resources-information-system

ENDS

© Scoop Media