A full HR function on retainer — without a full HR team
A logistics operator running across five states needed payroll, compliance and employee lifecycle handled properly, but could not justify an in-house HR department.
Regional logistics operator
5
States on one compliance calendar
0
Late statutory filings since handover
~10 hrs
Founder time returned each week
— The challenge
- —Payroll processed manually by the accounts team, with recurring errors
- —Multi-state compliance filings tracked on spreadsheets
- —No single owner for hiring, onboarding or exits
- —Founders spending several hours a week on people issues
— What SPARK did
- 01Took over end-to-end payroll and multi-state statutory filings
- 02Set up an HRMS with attendance, leave and payroll integration
- 03Ran a monthly compliance calendar with escalation ownership
- 04Provided a named HR partner as the single point of contact for the leadership team
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