Midsize
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 expand with Remote
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.
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.
Join the customers who rely on Remote to transform their business.
“We consider Remote to be a dependable leader in this sector. Their expert assistance in managing local payroll, ensuring tax compliance, and handling HR operations has made our processes more efficient and opened up new avenues for growth and international success.”
“Had we been required to manage and co-ordinate everything ourselves, our annual costs would have risen by well over $500,000. Remote removes that financial burden and also lifts the operational load from our team, letting us focus on expanding the business with confidence and efficiency.”
“Each month, twice a month and even hourly, we run payroll in a range of currencies worldwide, and our finance manager can see everything from a single platform. Remote lets you do that.”
“We collaborate with 460+ Contractors worldwide. I’d otherwise have to hire five or six full-time staff just to stay on top of compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has clearly saved us both time and money.”
“We consider Remote to be a dependable leader in this sector. Their expert assistance in managing local payroll, ensuring tax compliance, and handling HR operations has made our processes more efficient and opened up new avenues for growth and international success.”
“Had we been required to manage and co-ordinate everything ourselves, our annual costs would have risen by well over $500,000. Remote removes that financial burden and also lifts the operational load from our team, letting us focus on expanding the business with confidence and efficiency.”
“Each month, twice a month and even hourly, we run payroll in a range of currencies worldwide, and our finance manager can see everything from a single platform. Remote lets you do that.”
“We collaborate with 460+ Contractors worldwide. I’d otherwise have to hire five or six full-time staff just to stay on top of compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has clearly saved us both time and money.”
“We consider Remote to be a dependable leader in this sector. Their expert assistance in managing local payroll, ensuring tax compliance, and handling HR operations has made our processes more efficient and opened up new avenues for growth and international success.”
“Had we been required to manage and co-ordinate everything ourselves, our annual costs would have risen by well over $500,000. Remote removes that financial burden and also lifts the operational load from our team, letting us focus on expanding the business with confidence and efficiency.”
“Each month, twice a month and even hourly, we run payroll in a range of currencies worldwide, and our finance manager can see everything from a single platform. Remote lets you do that.”
“We collaborate with 460+ Contractors worldwide. I’d otherwise have to hire five or six full-time staff just to stay on top of compliance, administration and payroll. Remote has clearly saved us both time and money.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
