10 advantages of outsourcing your payroll services
Outsourcing is the key to making your payroll process seamless. It means everyone gets paid the right amount at the right time, every time.
All too often HR professionals find themselves spending far too much time processing pay runs at the expense of dedicating time to strategy and higher-value tasks.
Payroll is a time-intensive process – not just because you need to complete the necessary process tasks, but also because you need to ensure compliance with tax and legislative requirements.
The key advantage of outsourcing payroll services is that you can get back your time to focus on what really matters: the strategic business drivers that grow your company and culture.
Here are the top ten benefits your company can enjoy when you choose to outsource payroll:
01 Save time
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.
02 Reduce costs
Saving time also saves you money, which can come in the form of a lower wage bill. For example, as companies scale, they can save money by outsourcing payroll instead of spending it on expanding in-house HR teams purely to manage a growing payroll. You may also see savings to your business from not needing to maintain cloud security for your payroll software or manage paperwork.
03 Minimise compliance and regulatory risks
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. We also ensure a quick, timely turnaround that meets all the statutory requirements of employee payment, further helping you avoid risk.
04 Gain access to specialised, local knowledge
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.
BoardRoom can deliver payroll outsourcing services across 19 countries and regions in APAC, with the option to coordinate your administration via BoardRoom Malaysia or decentralise coordination across all our local business sites. This is especially beneficial for companies that operate in different states or across multiple countries because our dedicated team will work with you to ensure compliance in each area, freeing up your in-house HR team.
05 Build payroll continuity
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? Payroll that is outsourced to an expert provider guarantees payroll continuity so that your employees are paid on time, every time.
06 Enhance data security and protection
Data security is crucial for payroll processing because of the incredibly sensitive information involved such as employees’ personal data and compensation details. In Malaysia, HR departments must adhere to local laws such as the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 (“PDPA”).
If your company has limited time and budget resources, it can be challenging to maintain an appropriate level of data security and protection in-house. For one, in-house teams need to keep pace with ever-evolving cybersecurity threats. Secondly, your company is more exposed to payroll fraud when payroll is processed in-house. Third, in-house teams may not have the appropriate protocols to ensure that data is backed up regularly.
Quality payroll outsourcing providers store their data on highly secure cloud-based servers using state-of-the-art encryption, reducing the risk of internal data breaches. They perform regular backups to ensure that data is protected. Data protection and security are top priorities for us at BoardRoom, which is why our data centres have achieved ISO27001, and our cloud hosting has SOC2 certification.
07 Reduce stress
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 at your office in Malaysia and any other branches you may have in the region. 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.
08 Increase flexibility
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.
09 Gain access to a pool of payroll knowledge experts
As the saying goes, ‘two heads are better than one’. When you outsource payroll, your company gains 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, making sure you meet legal requirements and stay compliant in multiple localities. Take advantage of their vast experience and knowledge to really build your business so you can take it to the next level.
10 Streamline operations with value-add services
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.
Discover the advantages of outsourcing payroll with BoardRoom
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 experts at BoardRoom.
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.
Our comprehensive payroll outsourcing services include:
- Determining gross to net salary
- Producing variance reports, payroll journals, and payroll details
- Transferring net salary into bank accounts and providing pay slips securely (soft or hard copy)
- Preparation of year-end reporting forms and appendices (soft or hard copy)
- Digital management of staff leave entitlements and expense claims
- Regional payroll administration across 19 countries in APAC
- Streamlined support by Ignite payroll software, our cloud-based HRMS solution
So if you want efficient, accurate, compliant payroll processing that saves costs and alleviates stress from your team, speak to our specialists today about how our outsourced payroll services can best benefit your company.