Global payroll, HR and time & absence transformation
Transformation, done by people who’ve done it before.
An independent consultancy that fixes, transforms and governs global payroll, HR and time & absence operations. Deep knowledge of the payroll market, with no vendor ties.
The problem
Is your payroll held back by problems you’ve learned to live with?
Most businesses lose money through operational weaknesses they’ve learned to live with. Swapping vendors or buying new tech rarely fixes them. Redesigning the operating model does.
- 01
Data doesn’t match between HR, time and payroll.
Manual re-keying and late changes mean errors, corrections and off-cycle payments.
- 02
Every pay run relies on workarounds and heroics.
Spreadsheets, manual checks and a few key people holding it all together.
- 03
Nobody owns payroll from end to end.
Roles blur between HR, finance and providers, so issues fall through the gaps.
- 04
Your provider isn’t delivering what was promised.
Service levels slip, and what in-country partners do is hard to see.
- 05
A merger, new countries or a new system is on the way.
Big change is about to land on a team that’s already at capacity.
- 06
Leadership wants AI, but the foundations aren’t ready.
AI on messy payroll data just gets the wrong answer faster.
Fix the operating model, not just the tech.
Recognise two or more? A Payroll Health Check shows where you stand before you spend.
What we do
Independent payroll expertise, wherever you are in the journey.
Specialists in global payroll, HR and time & absence. We know the provider market inside out and we’re tied to none of it, so our advice is about your outcome, not a software sale.
Assess · Start here
Payroll Health Check
Find out where you stand before you spend. A maturity baseline across payroll, HR and time & absence, including how ready you are for AI.
What’s included →Choose
Strategy & vendor selection
Requirements, global tender and business case, backed by deep market knowledge and no vendor ties, so you pick the right provider rather than the loudest one.
Deliver
Programme & project management
Governance, planning and controls that speed delivery up rather than slowing it down.
Recover
Project & payroll recovery
Project or payroll operation in trouble? An independent assessment and recovery plan to get go-live, or pay day, back on track.
Case studies
Programmes we’ve put right, across 54+ countries.
- 42COUNTRIES · 49 PAYROLLS
One payroll provider for 42 countries
Global tender, target operating model review and investment case. Approved for a 24-month global programme.
Read the case study - 54COUNTRIES · 5 PROVIDERS
Payroll in 54 countries after a buyout
A newly independent business, re-baselined with a pragmatic roadmap to carry implementation forward.
Read the case study - LiveBIOMETRICS · GEO-FENCING
Time & absence, rebuilt after a cyber attack
A highly scrutinised replacement across unionised, blue-collar sites, now live with biometric clocking.
Read the case study
Without her professional support this process would have been very difficult to complete on our own.
Meet the founder
Lara Smart
ChFCIPPdip, WCoMC · Founder & Chief Problem Solver
20+ years leading global payroll, HR and time & absence transformation. Two-time Payroll Consultant of the Year at the Global Payroll Awards, named in the Reward 300, and a regular speaker on the future of pay and AI.
Lara works with a trusted network of experienced practitioners. No junior teams learning on the job.
Awards, memberships & accreditations
Clarity before change
Not sure where to start? Let’s talk it through.
Tell us where you are. We’ll tell you honestly what we’d do first.