Max van der Klis-Busink was the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) 2018 Payroll Global Vision Award winner.  His #Passionforpayroll, his appetite for discovering payroll solutions to complex global payroll problems coupled with his extensive global payroll management expertise and enthusiasm for sharing advice for the betterment of the payroll industry as a whole makes this episode of The Payroll Podcast one you are not going to want to miss.Recorded on the eve of the World Cup Semi-Final, in this episode of The Payroll Podcast, we discover:How Max has progressed his payroll career thanks to the simple process of networkingHow to build award-winning global payroll teams who are empowered and set up for future successHow to develop your own payroll control frameworksThe story behind his hashtag #PassionforPayrollThe steps and stages that led to Max winning the first ever GPMI Payroll Global Vision AwardHow to stay motivated and passionate about your payroll career, in a profession Max calls ‘The best job in the world.’Key steps you can implement immediately to begin the process of elevating your payroll career to the next levelWe also discover his views on the future of the industry and the possibility of “Interactive Payslips”…Max is the International Payroll Manager for Royal Dutch Shell, and he has a proven track record in building adaptable payroll functions that are able to deliver excellent levels of service within its ever-changing global payroll landscape.Incredibly skilled in the construction of control frameworks for international payrolls, Max developed the pioneering ‘Global Payroll Control Framework (or GPCF for short) which he utilises to align payroll strategies with the overall tax and business strategy of organisations.In this episode of The Payroll Podcast, we discover the motivations behind his hashtag handle which is #PassionForPayroll, and we learn why Max truly believes that payroll is the number one career choice for anyone interested in finance, HR, IT, Compliance or even Law!“We’ve taken the best of HR, finance, legal, technology, IT into one function called Payroll.”Max has never shied away from praising the teams that have supported him to overcome the global payroll challenges that he has faced, and in this episode, we explore his beliefs in what makes a great team leader.We discover how writing about payroll tax assurance on a beach on holiday led him to become a keynote speaker and writer for the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI) and we learn that if you work in payroll and are passionate about what you do, then there is nothing holding you back from doing the same!Max has extensive experience in all aspects of international payroll, and he has published articles and presented at many conferences for the Global Payroll Management Institute (GPMI), so