“We regard Remote as a leading and trusted partner in this field. Their specialist help with local payroll, tax compliance and HR operations has simplified our processes and unlocked further opportunities for growth and success around the world.”
Midsize
The only HR platform you need to grow overseas with confidence
Remove uncertainty from expansion. Remote is set up to scale with your business, so your team can hire, manage, and pay people anywhere.
Global companies grow with Remote
Global HR and payroll with ongoing compliance
Remote’s full software suite is backed by a best-in-class team of international employment experts. You get strategic guidance while Remote removes HR admin and minimises compliance risk.
Manage HR and payroll for both employees and contractors from one central place
Protect your IP and employee data worldwide with localised safeguards
Seamless integrations to fit your current systems and workflows
Scale more quickly without setting up new entities
Complex regulations and significant capital requirements make forming entities overseas hard to justify. The set-up is costly and complicated, and you face serious penalties if you do not keep up with regulatory changes. Use Remote’s fully-owned entities, HR integrations, in-house compliance experts and a consolidated payroll system to pay and manage a midsized global team from one straightforward hub.
Cut costs and administrative burden by hiring overseas without having to set up and maintain your own legal entities. Lower payroll expenses and broaden your talent pool by recruiting from overlooked markets around the world.
Onboard, manage and pay employees and contractors in a few clicks via our self-serve platform. Remote integrates with leading HR systems such as BambooHR, Greenhouse and HiBob, so you can retain your existing HR stack. Get full visibility of all your employee data on one intuitive platform.
Remote is built to simplify HR tasks for admins and staff. Employee information is always within reach, and Remote’s expert global support team is available to admins, employees and independent contractors with tailored, localised advice.
What our customers say
Join customers who rely on Remote to transform their businesses.
“Had we been forced to manage and coordinate everything internally, it would have added well over $500,000 USD a year to our costs. Remote removes that financial pressure and lifts the operational load from our team, allowing us to focus on growing our business with confidence and efficiency.”
“Our payroll runs monthly, twice a month and hourly in multiple currencies across the globe, and our finance manager has full oversight from a single platform. Remote makes that possible.”
“We work with 460+ Contractors globally. Keeping on top of compliance, administration and payroll would mean hiring five or six full-time staff. Remote has been a clear saver of both time and money for us.”
“We regard Remote as a leading and trusted partner in this field. Their specialist help with local payroll, tax compliance and HR operations has simplified our processes and unlocked further opportunities for growth and success around the world.”
“Had we been forced to manage and coordinate everything internally, it would have added well over $500,000 USD a year to our costs. Remote removes that financial pressure and lifts the operational load from our team, allowing us to focus on growing our business with confidence and efficiency.”
“Our payroll runs monthly, twice a month and hourly in multiple currencies across the globe, and our finance manager has full oversight from a single platform. Remote makes that possible.”
“We work with 460+ Contractors globally. Keeping on top of compliance, administration and payroll would mean hiring five or six full-time staff. Remote has been a clear saver of both time and money for us.”
“We regard Remote as a leading and trusted partner in this field. Their specialist help with local payroll, tax compliance and HR operations has simplified our processes and unlocked further opportunities for growth and success around the world.”
“Had we been forced to manage and coordinate everything internally, it would have added well over $500,000 USD a year to our costs. Remote removes that financial pressure and lifts the operational load from our team, allowing us to focus on growing our business with confidence and efficiency.”
“Our payroll runs monthly, twice a month and hourly in multiple currencies across the globe, and our finance manager has full oversight from a single platform. Remote makes that possible.”
“We work with 460+ Contractors globally. Keeping on top of compliance, administration and payroll would mean hiring five or six full-time staff. Remote has been a clear saver of both time and money for us.”
Build your global team with ease using Remote
Using Remote to drive international growth gives you a strategic expansion partner and a platform designed to scale. Hire, pay and manage top talent everywhere with consistent speed and security.
Offer stock options with expert tax advice
Encourage ownership and improve retention by offering stock options and equity incentives to international staff. Our global equity expertise ensures compliance at every stage, from equity planning through to tax withholding and reporting.
Rapid onboarding and global team management
Our guided onboarding, intuitive platform (covering time off and expense reimbursement) and team support resources speed up onboarding and remove hassles for new employees and contractors.
Manage taxes and compliance around the world
Use Remote’s 100% owned-entity model across 85+ countries to build your global footprint without the usual burden, risk or cost. Maintain compliance at every hiring and employment stage with built-in security and proactive monitoring covering right-to-hire, payroll, taxes, benefits and more.
Competitive localised benefits, available everywhere
Get country-specific benefits packages at heavily negotiated rates so you can provide fair, best-in-class benefits to employees for a fraction of the normal cost. Compete for local talent on a global scale while boosting retention and morale.
Frequently asked questions
As your company expands into a midsized operation, your payroll solution needs to evolve too. Whether you manage payroll domestically, internationally, or both, your payroll software must be capable of supporting and enabling that growth.
Payroll software for midsize companies should include:
Support for multiple locations. Midsized companies frequently employ people across multiple locations, both at home and abroad. To meet this need, your payroll provider should handle payments in various currencies, maintain compliance with local employment laws, and process payments through authorised banks.
Advanced capabilities. Beyond basic payroll functions, the software should include robust features such as benefits administration, tax compliance and management of equity incentives like stock options. These advanced tools are crucial for supporting the varied needs of a growing midsize organisation.
Scalability. As you expand into new markets, payroll requirements grow more complex. Your payroll system must scale with your business, accommodating more employees and integrating additional HR services.
Running payroll in-house for an international workforce can be highly challenging. To lawfully pay staff in other countries, you generally have three options:
Establish an entity in every country where your employees live
Partner with an employer of record (EOR) provider, like Remote
Hire workers as contractors
Forming entities is costly and slow, and you will still have to either run payroll yourself or outsource to specialists. Hiring people as contractors, meanwhile, can create compliance risks if not handled properly.
For midsized businesses, an EOR is frequently the most efficient and practical way to manage global payroll. It lets you hire legally across countries without setting up local entities and ensures compliance with local employment laws. It also helps you manage global payroll and taxes, administer benefits and handle other legal and HR obligations efficiently.
Midsize businesses often find it more cost-effective and efficient to outsource HR services instead of running every HR function internally. The resources needed to manage payroll, benefits, tax withholding, payroll deductions, equity incentives and compliance can be overwhelming, even for mid-market firms.
Even large enterprises commonly outsource HR to tap specialist expertise and technology. Typical reasons for outsourcing include:
Cost efficiency. Businesses want access to advanced HR services without investing heavily in an internal HR team.
Ability to focus on core operations. Businesses want HR tasks handled by experts who keep up with the latest compliance requirements and best practice.
Scalability. Outsourcing gives flexibility to scale HR services as the company grows, without repeatedly hiring and training new HR staff.
Global expertise. For companies focused on growth, global HR management challenges increase. Outsourcing offers peace of mind, ensuring compliance with local labour laws, efficient payroll processing and correct benefits administration across countries.
For mid-sized firms, payroll service costs vary widely depending on where your employees are based, total payroll spend and the benefits you provide. Compared with SMBs, mid-sized companies often have larger, more complex payrolls, particularly with remote teams in multiple countries.
As a guide, budget from a few hundred to several thousand dollars per month for payroll services, depending on the scale and scope. Costs depend on workforce size, payroll and HR complexity, and whether you operate domestically or internationally.
For more detail on costs for small business payroll across several countries, see Remote’s pricing page.
When selecting an EOR provider, ask potential partners the following questions:
Do they own their entities in every country, or do they outsource to third parties in some countries?
How do they manage compliance in complex regulatory environments?
What protections do they offer for IP and invention rights?
How do they ensure security when handling your employees’ sensitive personal information?
Can they manage complex compensation structures, including equity and bonus plans?
Can they support rapid growth and enter new markets quickly?
Are there hidden fees that vary between countries?
Do they offer dedicated support and expertise for each market?