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Every plan is paid upfront, tracked in 0.10-hour increments, use-it-or-lose-it within its cycle, and overflows to the $300/hr Advisory Overflow rate.

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Section 1

Managed Partnerships

Execution-led monthly retainers — managed payroll processing included. 3-month minimum.

1–50 employees · Managed payroll processing

Boutique

$1,500per month (10 hrs)
10-hour cap · 3-month minimum

Focus · Foundational payroll execution & compliance oversight for emerging companies (1–50 employees) that need a senior operator running the day-to-day without a full-time hire.

SOW Includes
  • End-to-end managed payroll processing on a single domestic system
  • Standard federal, state, and local tax filings & deposits review
  • New-hire onboarding payroll setup and termination off-boarding
  • Quarterly compliance check-ins (W-4s, I-9s, state registration status)
  • Year-end W-2 / 1099 review and reconciliation support
  • Email & scheduled support during business hours

Paid upfront · 0.10-hr tracking · Use it or lose it · Overflow $300/hr

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50–500 employees · Managed processing & optimization

Mid-Market

$3,750per month (15 hrs)
15-hour cap · 3-month minimum

Focus · Operational leadership for scaling companies (50–500 employees) running multi-state payroll, multiple pay groups, and growing benefits complexity.

SOW Includes
  • Managed payroll processing across multiple US states / pay groups
  • Multi-state tax registration tracking, nexus monitoring & filings oversight
  • Pay calendar coordination & off-cycle / supplemental run management
  • Benefits deductions reconciliation (medical, 401(k), HSA/FSA)
  • Monthly payroll-to-GL summary handoff to your accounting team
  • Quarterly process review with senior strategist

Paid upfront · 0.10-hr tracking · Use it or lose it · Overflow $300/hr

500+ employees · Advanced jurisdictional & system complexity

Global Enterprise

Domestic · Multi-StateGlobal Nexus
$6,000per month (20 hrs)
20-hour cap · 3-month minimum

Focus · Senior payroll leadership for enterprise organizations (500+ employees) operating across high-density US multi-state nexus and international jurisdictions.

SOW Includes
  • Multi-jurisdiction domestic (US multi-state) payroll execution oversight
  • International nexus payroll coordination via in-country provider liaison
  • Post-payroll items: ROEs, separation packets, off-cycle adjustments
  • Accounting assistance: GL coding, journal entry preparation, payroll-to-GL reconciliation
  • Coordinated pay calendars across domestic and international jurisdictions
  • Audit-ready variance reporting and quarterly executive reviews

Paid upfront · 0.10-hr tracking · Use it or lose it · Overflow $300/hr

Section 2

Strategic Advisory

For clients with internal payroll teams who need senior expert oversight on call.

Quarterly advisory retainer · No processing

The Safety Net

$2,500billed quarterly (10 hrs)
10-hour cap per quarter · 1-year commitment

Focus · Quarterly advisory safety net for in-house teams that run their own payroll but want senior strategic oversight on call.

SOW Includes
  • Advisory only — no payroll processing or operational execution
  • Quarterly strategy session with senior payroll strategist
  • On-demand advisory access during business hours (within hour cap)
  • Compliance pulse-check on multi-state nexus, filings status
  • Vendor & system review recommendations
  • Year-end planning and risk-flag review

Paid upfront · 0.10-hr tracking · Use it or lose it · Overflow $300/hr

Section 3 · One-time Project Engagements

System Implementations

Flat-fee migrations and net-new HCM/payroll deployments with a defined start and end.

Deployment lead · 25 hrs / week

Implementation Architect

$6,500per week (25 hrs)
25-hour weekly cap · 12-week minimum

Focus · Hands-on deployment lead for net-new HCM/payroll system implementations — architecture decisions, parallel testing, data conversion, and Go-Live war room.

SOW Includes
  • Implementation blueprint, project plan, and tenant/configuration design
  • Data mapping, data conversion templates, and load coordination
  • Functional and parallel payroll testing across pay cycles
  • Vendor / SI liaison (TopBloc, Kainos, ADP services, in-country providers)
  • Cutover plan, hypercare schedule, and Go-Live war room leadership
  • Knowledge transfer to client team and post-Go-Live runbook handoff

Paid upfront · 0.10-hr tracking · Use it or lose it · Overflow $300/hr

Flat-fee migration · Gusto, Rippling, ADP Run

Small/Mid Build

$15,000flat fee
Flat fee · One-time

Focus · Flat-fee system migration project for mid-size HCM platforms (Gusto, Rippling, ADP Run) — fixed scope, fixed price, fixed timeline.

SOW Includes
  • Discovery, requirements, and target-platform configuration plan
  • Data extraction and migration to target platform
  • Tax / deduction / benefits setup validation
  • Parallel run on at least one full pay cycle
  • Cutover support and Go-Live week monitoring
  • Hand-off documentation for client team

Paid upfront · 0.10-hr tracking · Use it or lose it · Overflow $300/hr

Advisory Overflow · $300 / hr

All packages include a dedicated hour cap. Hours exceeding this cap are billed automatically via the Advisory Overflow rate of $300/hr.

Hours are use-it-or-lose-it within each cycle. All work is tracked in 0.10-hour increments and billed in advance.

All engagements provided by Natalie VonToussaint d/b/a Payroll Strategy Partners

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