10 advantages of outsourcing your payroll services

Outsourcing payroll is the low-hanging fruit for increasing company efficiency. Instead of spending hours every pay cycle on payroll processing, an administratively heavy task, HR teams can focus on achieving more strategic objectives, like increasing employee engagement to boost organisational productivity.

Regulatory changes that affect payroll happen at break-neck speeds, which can make staying compliant a challenging, time-consuming process. In Malaysia, four regulatory bodies develop payroll processing rules. They each issue notifications when a change to the law is made and your company needs to ensure that these changes are accurately translated into payroll formulas.

It is easy to make mistakes when updating payroll formulas, especially if they involve IF, AND, OR logical functions. If the formula is wrong, payroll is calculated incorrectly which can cause problems like under or over paying wages and tax. Chances are, you may not even realise that an error has occurred until after receiving an expensive non-compliance fine.

Outsourcing your payroll to a specialist service provider, like our team of experts here at BoardRoom, can minimise your exposure to these compliance and regulatory risks because we take care of it all for you, including updating payroll formulas correctly.

Having a dedicated team of professionals with local knowledge of Malaysia’s labour laws is essential for your company. It means your business can take advantage of the team’s years of payroll experience without being exposed to the strict protocols and multi-level cross-checking that they’re subject to.

This is especially beneficial for companies that operate in different states or across multiple countries because an external partner will work with you to ensure compliance in each area, freeing up your in-house HR team.

Some companies operate payroll systems that require staff to be on-site in order to process payroll. If the unexpected happens, as an example; your payroll staff can’t get to the office to perform their duties, or a key member of your team responsible for payroll approval resigns, how will your employees get paid? Outsourcing payroll to an expert provider guarantees payroll continuity so that your employees are paid on time, every time.

Getting your employees paid accurately and on time is critical to the success of your company. And as every HR professional knows, there is no room for error when it comes to payroll. However, managing payroll effectively can be challenging for in-house teams when they are trying to keep up with local regulatory compliance while simultaneously managing the needs of a growing workforce. This is especially true if your company operates in  multiple countries across the APAC Region.

Our team of payroll experts here at BoardRoom will take care of payroll management for you, ensuring that pay runs are efficient, accurate and compliant. Our team has worked across multiple industries, countries and situations, so you can rest assured knowing that your payroll is in the best of hands. Ultimately, this means less stress for your HR teams.

Another advantage of outsourcing payroll services is that you can stay flexible in rapidly changing business environments. Outsourcing allows you to quickly scale your payroll service requirements as needed, instead of having to recruit, onboard, train and retain additional in-house staff.

As the saying goes, ‘two heads are better than one’. Outsourcing to a professional payroll service provider gives your company access to a pool of payroll knowledge specialists without the expense of retaining them in-house. Our team of experienced payroll experts have managed payroll for businesses of all sizes, types and industries across the APAC Region. Take advantage of their vast experience and knowledge to really build your business so you can take it to the next level.

The best payroll outsourcing vendors are not only experts in all things payroll, but also offer a variety of integrated, value-add corporate services, including:

• human resources;
• accounting and financial;
• corporate secretarial;
• tax advisory;
• share registry;
• share issuing; and
• employee stock options plans.

By consolidating all your back office functions into one vendor you stand to gain greater efficiencies and business productivity.

Spend less time sorting out pay runs and more time on your company’s growth and profitability by outsourcing your payroll function to our team of BoardRoom payroll experts.

Whether you are a large multinational corporation or a fast-growing SME, our team makes processing your payroll in Malaysia and across the APAC region easy.

So if you want efficient, accurate, compliant payroll processing, speak to our payroll specialists today about how to outsource your company’s payroll function.