Starting a business is exciting. New opportunities abound as you develop your startup and begin to receive interest from prospective clients. Due to the excitement and busy nature of starting a business, many startup owners overlook one critical aspect of owning a business: how do we manage payroll?
The beginning stages of your startup may allow payroll to be managed internally. Managing the payroll of 5 or less employees isn't too cumbersome. However, as your business grows, you may need to consider outsourcing certain functions of your business to external organizations. Outsourcing your payroll functions allows you to focus on other aspects of your business that need assistance.
What resources are available for payroll outsourcing? How do you know which payroll service to choose? And, what are the benefits of outsourcing functions?
When most people think of payroll, they typically think of a simple paycheck; money earned for hours worked, but it is much more than that. Payroll is wages; hourly, salary, commission, bonuses. Payroll is benefits; health insurance, dental and vision plans, vacation or sick pay. Payroll is compliance with state and federal legislation; unemployment, workers compensation and disability insurances.
Failure to properly manage your payroll functions can lead to increased employee turnover, headache filled paper trails of inaccurate reporting, and non-compliance notices from state and federal governments. Employee turnover alone is enough to drive a business into the ground, but non-compliance with employment laws will drive the final nail in the coffin of business failures.
Keeping track of these various characteristics of payroll is enough to drive any startup owner a bit cuckoo. Outsourcing payroll to a professional service provider can be beneficial to any company’s bottom line and business owner’s personal stress levels.
The benefits of outsourcing payroll functions to a professional provider can do great things for any startup. Here are a few benefits to look forward to if you decide to outsource your payroll:
Choosing the right provider is an important decision. You want to make sure you make the correct choice for your budget, your business and your future. If you are planning to expand your organization, you will want to make sure that the provider chosen is scalable. As discussed above, a payroll provider should also be able to ensure compliance with state and federal employment regulations.
When choosing a payroll provider, be sure to take the following into consideration:
Luckily, there are services that ensure complete compliance, scalable options for growing businesses and numerous other human capital management (HCM) functions. Platinum Group offers iSolved; a cloud-based HCM platform that allows small to medium sized businesses manage important HR functions such as payroll, timekeeping and benefit administration.
Platinum Group isn’t just a payroll provider. We are a full service HCM resource that allows businesses to manage their payroll, benefits, compliance and other various human resources functions in a way that maximizes efficiency and eliminates redundancies.
Platinum Group is headquartered in Asheville, NC with locations in Chapel Hill, NC; Greensboro, NC; and Charlotte, NC.