Global Payroll Technology Platforms: A critical differentiator
Middleware technology is the essential glue that holds together global payroll providers’ service offerings. Often given only a superficial review during vendor selection, the breadth and depth of each vendor’s middleware platforms have a significant impact on the quality and nature of the payroll services they deliver. From simple portals that offer little more than a way to exchange files, to complex analytics and highly-automated workflows that can significantly reduce payroll errors, the middleware platform is a critical differentiator between vendors
Publication date: Q4 2022. Contact us for more information and to pre-order with a 50% discount on the final published price
Selecting aggregators and accounting networks: the critical nuances of global payroll outsourcing models
Aggregators and accounting networks are key players in the global payroll market - but there are significant differences in their approaches and service offerings that are often overlooked in vendor selection cycles. Drawing from Webster Buchanan's Vendor Selection Methodology and the experiences of multinationals around the world, this Special Report helps companies identify some of the key nuances of these models and determine how they impact pricing, capability and quality of service.
Publication date: Q4 2022. Contact us for more information and to pre-order with a 50% discount on the final published price
Implementing Global Payroll outsourced services: Ten Golden Rules for multinationals
As global payroll projects move from vendor selection into implementation, they face numerous challenges that at times bring rollouts to a jarring halt. Following Ten Golden Rules for Global Payroll projects can head off these issues before they jeopardize an entire project– confronting harsh realities such as Payroll’s place in an organization’s priorities, and turning them to the Project’s advantage
Publication date: Q4 2022. Contact us for more information and to pre-order
Comment: A question of data
It’s surprising the range of queries people have for their payroll analytics, from the simple: “what is our consolidated global headcount at a single point in time?” to the more complex: “what would be the impact of a change in our vacation carryover policy to our balance sheet accruals?”.
Read David Longworth's commentary on the global payroll market here
Comment: Shrinking the vendor selection cycle
Caught between a failure of communication and a failure of imagination, the much-maligned RFI has somehow managed to keep its place in the international payroll vendor selection cycle. But is it time to put it out of its misery?
Read Keith Rodgers' commentary on the global payroll market here
Global compliance: Payroll's greatest challenge?
It’s no secret that many multinationals still struggle to answer the fundamental question of how many people they employ. How, then, do these same companies cope when it comes to managing their international payroll operations? How do they guarantee that they’re meeting their compliance obligations around the world in payroll functions that typically use country-specific rather than centralized IT systems and services, generate limited internal reports, are often run by managers speaking a foreign language and have a unique set of regulatory obligations? Read more here | 
