.png)
Outsource your Rippling payroll needs to a certified Rippling payroll partner
Payroll is one of the most critical—and most fragile—systems in your business. As teams grow, regulations change, and Rippling configurations evolve, even small payroll issues can create compliance risk, operational drag, and employee distrust.
Our managed Rippling payroll and payroll consulting services give you senior-led oversight, accurate execution, and confidence that payroll is done right—without the cost, risk, or dependency of an in-house team.
Managed payroll means payroll is not just processed—it’s owned. A dedicated payroll team is responsible for running payroll, validating inputs, resolving issues, and ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. Accountability sits outside your organization, with clear ownership and defined service levels, rather than being absorbed by an already-overextended internal team.
Payroll touches tax, labor, benefits, and leave regulations that change constantly. Managed payroll includes ongoing compliance checks to ensure payroll configurations, calculations, and deductions remain aligned with applicable laws and policies. This reduces the risk of penalties, corrections, and employee disputes caused by outdated rules or misapplied settings.
In-house payroll often depends on a single individual. Managed payroll removes this single point of failure by providing documented processes, backup coverage, and shared institutional knowledge. Payroll continues uninterrupted through vacations, turnover, or growth—without scrambling to find short-term coverage or external help.
Payroll accuracy depends on upstream data from HRIS, time tracking, benefits, and policies. Managed payroll teams understand how these systems interact and proactively identify issues before they impact pay. This is especially critical in Rippling, where powerful automation can amplify errors if configurations drift over time.
As organizations grow, add locations, acquire companies, or change workforce composition, payroll complexity increases. Managed payroll scales with your business—adding capacity, expertise, and controls without requiring new hires. You get senior payroll capability when you need it, without committing to permanent headcount.
We are a full-service Rippling Consulting Partner, HR, compliance and payroll experts, delivering innovation for all sizes of clients across the entire Rippling platform.
We were an early and particularly vocal adopter of Rippling and boast the largest complement of successful implementations in the industry. With more to come.
You can access our talent pool of Rippling Certified Administrators, Payroll, Expense and Learning Consultants as well as App Shop Developers to meet your business needs.
We are leading Rippling Consulting Partners and Expert HR practitioners. Our staff are constantly building on their knowledge with training and innovative projects.
Our local client-facing team in North America coupled with our team of global contractors provide the right blend of quality and cost.
Your business runs regardless of hours, weekends or holidays - and so do we. We craft client-specific SLAs to suit your specific needs.
HR industry and HRIS expertise coupled to an overarching curiosity, with a human-centered innovation spirit
For all projects from QuickStarts to multi-year enterprise transformation programs.
Including consulting, outsourcing, custom development and managed services.
Blend of local and remote certified experts to provide engagement and delivery that is right for your business.
Regulatory change is constant, and payroll errors often stem from rules that changed quietly but carry real penalties.Miscalculation around the amount of organizational effort required to configure Rippling.
Payroll depends on upstream data, meaning small HRIS, time, or benefits issues can cascade into pay errors.
Edge cases are the norm, not the exception, from retro pay and off-cycle runs to leaves, bonuses, and corrections.
Multi-jurisdiction payroll multiplies complexity, with different tax rules, labor laws, and reporting requirements by location.
Automation amplifies mistakes, allowing misconfigurations to scale errors faster than manual processes ever could.
Employee trust is fragile, and payroll issues erode confidence more quickly than almost any other operational failure.
Knowledge is often concentrated in one person, creating risk when that individual is unavailable or leaves.
Growth and change introduce drift, as payroll setups that once worked no longer align with current policies or structures.
Payroll problems surface late, often after pay is issued, when fixes are more disruptive and costly.
Rippling’s automation is powerful, but managed payroll ensures workflows, rules, and triggers remain accurate as policies and teams evolve.
Rippling’s reporting and audit trails allow managed payroll teams to identify and resolve issues before they impact employees.
Rippling centralizes employee, payroll, benefits, and IT data, allowing managed payroll teams to work from a consistent, authoritative source of truth.
Because Rippling tightly connects HR, time, and benefits to payroll, managed payroll specialists prevent upstream misconfigurations from turning into pay errors.
Rippling can support growth, complexity, and change, but managed payroll provides the governance and controls required to scale safely.
Stretch your donations further with an all-in-one HCM system for volunteers, contractors and employees.
Hire, onboard and manage an hourly workforce at multiple locations thanks to your Rippling solution.
Within the recruitment industry, we streamline HR processes to manage dynamic teams and client needs efficiently.
Rippling simplifies managing complex payroll, certifications, and compliance across regions while automating processes like shift scheduling and benefits administration.
Within the financial services industry, we optimize HR by automating payroll, benefits, and compliance to meet strict regulatory requirements.
Rippling helps automate tasks like scheduling, payroll, and employee onboarding while ensuring compliance with labor laws and overtime regulations.
From automating credential tracking and compliance reporting to coordinating schedules across teams and facilities, our Rippling solutions ensure accuracy and efficiency.
For the communications industry, we tackle unique HR challenges, such as managing diverse talent pools and adapting to evolving project demands.
To cater to the high-tech industry, we simplify HR by automating payroll, benefits, and compliance for fast-growing, dynamic teams.
For the real estate industry, we address the unique HR needs of managing agents, brokers, and support staff across multiple locations.
.svg)
Support exceptional HCM experiences for students, alumni, faculty and staff, and streamline key processes with a connected campus.
And more
Explore the full list of customer industries for which we can provide expertise.
You will get your own VRP Delivery Manager who works alongside you to understand your project needs, ways of working, client expectations and project deliverables to identify and support resource on-boarding.
Every engagement starts with a structured review of your current Rippling payroll environment, including configurations, policies, workflows, and recent payroll history. This allows us to identify risks, inefficiencies, and misalignments before making changes, and ensures recommendations are grounded in how payroll is actually running—not how it was intended to run.
If you move forward with managed payroll, we define a clear transition plan that establishes responsibilities, approvals, timelines, and communication protocols. During the stabilization period, we focus on reducing noise, resolving known issues, and ensuring payroll runs are predictable, accurate, and well-documented.
Once stabilized, we take on day-to-day payroll operations, including payroll runs, validation, issue resolution, and coordination across HR, time, and benefits. Our role is to ensure payroll executes reliably every cycle, with senior oversight and consistent controls—without creating dependency on a single individual.
Payroll doesn’t stand still. As your organization grows, restructures, or changes policies, we provide ongoing advisory support to adapt payroll configurations and processes. This includes handling edge cases, supporting audits, and proactively adjusting Rippling to reflect how your business actually operates.
Managed payroll means we take ongoing responsibility for payroll execution and oversight, while payroll consulting focuses on advisory work such as audits, fixes, special projects, or optimization without day-to-day processing.
We operate with clearly defined responsibilities, approval flows, and controls so accountability is explicit, issues are identified early, and corrections are handled quickly and transparently.
Yes—we routinely support multi-state, multi-entity, hourly and salaried workforces, variable compensation, benefits deductions, PTO and leave policies, and post-acquisition payroll complexity within Rippling.
This service is designed specifically for Rippling customers, including organizations mid-implementation, post-go-live, or transitioning from another payroll provider into Rippling.
We establish clear payroll calendars, approval checkpoints, and validation steps so payroll runs are reviewed and approved by the appropriate stakeholders before funds are released.
Most engagements begin with a short healthcheck or discovery phase, followed by a transition and stabilization period that typically spans one to two payroll cycles.
In most cases, managed payroll costs significantly less than hiring and maintaining an in-house payroll specialist while also reducing key-person risk and compliance exposure.
Absolutely—many clients begin with a Rippling payroll healthcheck or audit to understand their current state and determine the right level of ongoing support.
Most payroll issues aren’t caused by payroll itself—they’re caused by how systems and policies interact. We fix the whole picture.
Reach out, we'd love to chat with you.
