Meet our Team – Adam Smith
Adam brings over 20 years of diverse experience in digital and technology fields, expertly managing and building business locations worldwide. From revamping networking and server infrastructure to leveraging cloud solutions, Adam’s expertise spans across multiple industries and organisational sectors. He has a proven track record of collaborating seamlessly with colleagues, suppliers, and partners, regardless of their technical background.
As a former IT Manager in a financial services firm, Adam led major projects, headed a service desk, and guided a team of technical engineers. His core focus has always been aligning organisational needs with technical solutions that truly deliver, all while keeping client experience at the forefront.
Adam played a pivotal role in significant client migration projects for Offshore Payroll, transitioning them from the legacy product to the new cloud-based (SaaS) platform. Now, as the Managing Director of his own business, Adam focuses on making a positive impact on businesses through innovative software applications. As a team we are all passionate about simplifying complex technical challenges to help businesses run more efficiently and effectively.
Adam continues to work with us on larger projects and client consultancy, making him an invaluable asset to both us and our clients. We’re thrilled that he continues to be part of the OP team …after all, why would you let extraordinary talent get away!
September 13, 2024
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Combined Employer Return (CER) and changes to the 8 hour rule
From January 2022, the Jersey 8 hour rule will be replaced with a financial limit. This limit will be equivalent to 8 hours at the minimum wage that is in place at the start of the year.
For weekly paid employees there will be a weekly threshold based on 8 hours per week at the minimum wage. The employer will need to determine, each week, if the employee has reached that threshold and deduct contributions accordingly.
It is possible that an employee may exceed the threshold in some weeks during a month and not others. The Combined Employer Return (due January 2022) will require the earnings for the entire month to be declared for tax purposes but for contributions purposes only the earnings for the weeks where contributions have been deducted should be reported.
For monthly paid employees earnings will only need to be declared for social security purposes where the monthly threshold is reached.

Why cloud-based payroll protects your business resilience
Business preparedness, emergency and continuity are all subjects that most business owners have discussed during their annual strategy days. Fortunately, most have never had to implement these plans – until March 2020.
We all know that COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world of work forever. Homeworking, changes to contracts, government benefits and employee furloughs have all had to be considered and managed.
Perhaps understandably, limitations to our existing HR and payroll have been revealed. Many organisations had to review how they manage their payroll, for the well-being of their teams and their businesses.
Payroll has been tested like never before
Old, complicated, IT systems and ineffective, manual processes have been unable to cope with the ‘new normal’. Inaccurate data and a lack of analytics and visibility have hampered businesses’ ability to make fast decisions at the most critical time.
With often whole workforces based at home, companies have had to urgently manage both the logistical and emotional challenges of keeping teams operational and happy. These issues don’t even take into consideration the potential of higher levels of sickness, leaving many businesses’ shorthanded, at the same time as possibly being over-staffed – it’s often one or the other, but rarely both.
Through all of this, people have still needed to be paid. Often with new, different terms than before as organisations rapidly restructured to maintain resilience.
Payroll management needs to be cloud-based
It has become apparent, very quickly, that the organisations who were able to adapt best to these new challenges were those who had embraced cloud-based working. Their teams were able to work from home more efficiently, and the administrative functions of their business, such as HR and payroll, were able to continue seamlessly.
Businesses that had traditional, in-house infrastructure, hosting internally, have struggled, at a time when certainty of income is all important. Having on-premise systems, tied to physical infrastructure and fixed locations, can create security, scalability and in the event of a pandemic even possibly health risks.
Payroll must change forever – like everything else
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced rapid change to the way we work, collaborate and manage our teams. It has also quickly proven that people can work well from home. Even when the health crisis ends, home working won’t, which means that innovations to our HR policies and processes, including payroll will continue to be a worthwhile and valuable investment.
If you would like to discuss how Offshore Payroll could help your business, please email info@offshorepayroll.com to arrange a chat.

Offshore Payroll strengthens team with new appointment
Offshore Payroll is delighted to welcome Jackie Helks, who joins the team as a Client Experience Officer.
Jackie together with Offshore Payroll’s Relationship Manager, will have responsibility for further developing effective relationships with clients. This appointment is part of Offshore Payroll’s expansion to satisfy our growing client base. She brings a wealth of customer service experience, having spent over ten years in the luxury hospitality sector, which included responsibility for employee rotas and payroll.
Her passion for client relations makes her ideally suited to support Offshore Payroll clients. Jackie’s expertise will further strengthen Offshore Payroll’s focus on making payroll as simple and efficient as possible for their clients in Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man.
Jackie expressed how much she is looking forward to applying her experience in her new role: “Joining the team at Offshore Payroll feels like a natural step after my previous experience in client-facing roles.
I’m delighted to have the responsibility to help create a seamless customer journey and I’m looking forward to working with the Offshore Payroll team, and establishing meaningful connections with our clients.”
Commenting on the appointment, Jeralie Pallot Director, Offshore Payroll, said: “We are delighted that Jackie is joining us as a new member of the Offshore Payroll team. Her enthusiasm and commitment to creating a seamless, enjoyable journey for clients along with her passion for the digital sector, make Jackie the ideal fit for our business. At a time when we are seeing significant growth and change within the payroll market, we know our clients will all benefit from working with her.”
“Can delegate tasks much easier”
What makes our product/service stand out compared to others you’ve tried? The ease of use, we can delegate tasks more easily being cloud based and the good customer service.
Judith Blackford FMAAT AATQB – Business Support Manager
