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Services
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At Boatswain & Associates, we assist small and mid-sized businesses with all aspects of HR, including payroll, hiring, time tracking, tax compliance, system implementation & automation, year-end processes, and everyday HR Operations support. We work with growing companies across industries to simplify people operations, making them easier, more organized, and stress-free, whether you’re based in the U.S. or expanding internationally.
HCM Strategy & Advisory
HCM strategies and recommendations from unbiased and experienced industry professionals.
Project Management
We’ll work with you to oversee and direct your business through the planning of company goals over a defined period of time. Consider us a part of your team.
System Implementation
Our “go to market” implementation playbook defines strategies tailored to your specific needs and client requirements.
Account Management & Support
Our experienced HCM consultants work with you to optimize your HCM investment. We provide remote support to businesses that need help maintaining and managing their Human Capital Management systems.
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HCM Strategy & Advisory
We help you select, implement, and optimize HCM technology to effectively manage the people processes critical to your organization
“Human capital management (HCM) is a set of practices related to people resource management. These practices are focused on the organizational need to provide specific competencies and are implemented in three categories: workforce acquisition, workforce management, and workforce optimization.” Gartner, 2020.
B&A helps businesses save time and money one optimized HCM solution at a time. Our areas of expertise focus on the core capabilities of Human Capital Management.
Our team of experienced industry professionals helps to facilitate the strategic planning of Human Capital Management processes. We partner with business owners to identify and assess new opportunities that improve overall business efficiencies while maintaining industry standards.
- Existing System Optimization
- Gap Analysis
- Cloud migration
- HR and Payroll Operations
- Compliance
- HCM System Evaluation & Selection, including: Payroll, HR, Time & Labor, Recruiting & Onboarding, Performance, and Compensation
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System Implementation
B&A assists with the configuration, integration, and data migration of your HCM systems. Our “Go to Market” playbooks are automation-based to optimize the implementation process for clients. We offer a personalized approach based on the current state of the system and software for the best results.
- Requirements Gathering
- Configuration
- System Integration and Data Migration
- Process Documentation
- User Acceptance Testing
- Report Development
- Parallel Processing
- Phased Roll-out vs. Big Bang
- Go Live
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Project Management
B&A oversees, leads, and directs the planning and implementation of multiple initiatives of your business to achieve goals and meet success criteria over a defined period of time.
- Change Management
- Organizational Readiness
- Risk Management
- Scope Management
- Team and Project Management
- Testing & Compliance
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Account Management & Support
B&A provides businesses with post-implementation support tailored to your specific needs, delivered when you require it.
- Go Live Support
- Post Implementation Support
- System Maintenance
- Training & User Documentation
Our Areas of Expertice
Human Resources
Find the right software for your business to standardize your operational processes. Understand how to deploy HR technology and optimize the platform’s data source to make quicker and more informed business decisions.
People Operations
Elevate your team’s purpose from focusing on day-to-day transactions to providing strategic insight by leveraging the right technology and analytics to drive and support strategy.
Reporting
Focus on extracting the right dataset that can be used to analyze your business operations & provide solutions to solve problems.
System Implementation / Project Management
End-to-end HCM and payroll system implementations with expert project management, configuration, testing, and change leadership
Payroll
Optimize and simplify the integrity of your current payroll processes for time approvers, employees, management, information technology department, and more. Gain insight into how to improve the operation, logistics, and reporting functions of current systems from subject matter experts. B&A advises on the optimal tools, technology, and necessary administration within a set budget.
Time & Labor
Ensure your business has the right technology in place to automate your Time & Labor operations. An automated approach enables small and mid-sized businesses to better control Payroll costs while maximizing productivity. We focus on the automation, compliance, and configuration needs of our clients.
Year End
Simplify year-end by breaking down the process into small building blocks. We will build processes around your business’s day-to-day operations to ensure accurate reporting to employees and tax agencies. Your year-end will become as simple as a “regular” payroll run!
Tax Compliance
Reduce risk, improve compliance, and deepen your understanding of tax legislation. We work with you to determine if statements and reports meet company and Tax Authority standards. We help identify reporting needs and ensure your systems and processes are set up to meet the latest compliance regulations, so you can avoid penalties, interest, overpayment, or incorrect filing.
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