Managed Payroll Services

Payroll That Just Works. Every Time.

We run payroll on your behalf — accurately, compliantly, and on time — so your HR team can stop being a payroll department and start being an HR department.

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What You Get

End-to-end payroll processing — every pay cycle
Federal, state & local tax filing and remittance
Multi-state payroll expertise across the Midwest
Year-end W-2 and 1099 preparation
Direct access to Elan — not a call center queue
Works with your existing HRIS or we help you choose one

10+

years running payroll for
mid-market companies

Serving companies with 100–1,000 employees across the Midwest

The Problem

Payroll Is Breaking Your HR Team

At 100–1,000 employees, payroll stops being a simple task and starts becoming a full-time job. Most companies at this stage are either drowning in manual processes, stretched across too many systems, or one resignation away from a payroll crisis.

Single Point of Failure One person knows payroll. When they leave — which they will — everything stops. We've seen it happen too many times.

Compliance Risk Is Growing Multi-state employees, remote workers, changing local tax laws — the complexity scales faster than your team can keep up.

Your HRIS Isn't Doing the Work You bought expensive software but it wasn't configured correctly. The data is wrong, the reports don't run, and payroll is still manual.

HR Can't Do HR Work When payroll takes two weeks of every month to run, your people team has no capacity left for talent, culture, or strategy.

Service Details

Everything Included in Managed Payroll

No hidden fees, no surprise line items. Here's exactly what we handle on your behalf.

Payroll Processing

Full-cycle payroll processing for every pay period — weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, or monthly. We handle hours, salaries, bonuses, commissions, and off-cycle runs.

Tax Filing & Remittance

Federal, state, and local payroll tax deposits and filings. We monitor your multi-state obligations and handle new state registrations as your team grows.

Deductions & Garnishments

Benefits deductions, 401(k) contributions, FSA/HSA, child support, levy orders, and all other garnishments — accurately calculated and remitted on time.

Compliance Monitoring

We stay current on federal and state labor law changes, minimum wage updates, and local ordinances so you aren't caught off guard by a regulatory shift.

Reporting & Analytics

Standard and custom payroll reports for finance, HR, and operations. Labor cost by department, headcount trends, overtime analysis — built around what you actually need.

Year-End & Audit Support

W-2s, 1099s, ACA reporting, and workers' compensation audits. We prep everything and are available to support your external auditors and finance team.

"When our payroll manager resigned with no notice, we didn't know what to do. EJY stepped in immediately and didn't miss a beat."

HR Director Chicago-area manufacturing company

The EJY Difference

A Real Partner, Not a Vendor

You work with Elan directly

Not a ticketing system, not a rotating junior associate. When you have a question or a problem, Elan picks up. That's the boutique advantage.

We understand your system

Whether you're on UKG, Paylocity, ADP, Rippling, or Paycom — we know how to make your HRIS and payroll work together. No learning curve at your expense.

Mid-market is our wheelhouse

Large payroll bureaus treat 200-employee companies like small fish. Enterprise consultants overbuild. We're designed for exactly where you are.

Midwest presence, national reach

Based in Highland Park, IL — so we understand the specific compliance landscape of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and beyond.

The Foundation Matters

Good Payroll Starts With a Good Implementation

Managed payroll only works as well as the system underneath it. If your HRIS was implemented poorly — wrong configurations, dirty data, misaligned workflows — payroll will never be clean. This is where EJY Consulting is different from every other managed payroll provider: we fix the foundation first.

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70%

of HRIS implementations are considered failures by HR leaders
— SHRM

EJY Consulting's implementation failure rate — because we don't leave until it works

"The biggest reason managed payroll fails is that the underlying system was never set up correctly. We solve that before we ever run your first payroll cycle."

— Elan Yoskowitz, Founder, EJY Consulting

How We Get Started

From First Call to First Payroll Run

Discovery & Assessment

We start with a free 30-minute call to understand your current payroll setup, headcount, states, and pain points. No pitch — just an honest assessment of whether and how we can help.

Free — No Commitment

System & Data Audit

Before we run a single payroll, we review your HRIS configuration, employee data, tax registrations, and current workflow. If anything is broken, we fix it first. This is what separates us from firms that just "take over the keys."

Typically 1–2 Weeks

Parallel Processing Period

We run at least one full payroll cycle in parallel with your existing process. We compare results, identify discrepancies, and don't go live until both runs match to the penny.

1–2 Pay Cycles

Go-Live & Transition

We take over payroll ownership fully. Your team gets a clear SOP, a calendar of deadlines, and direct access to Elan for any questions. No handoff to a call center.

Week 4–6

Ongoing Partnership

Quarterly check-ins, proactive compliance updates, year-end prep, and open access throughout the year. We're not a vendor you call when something breaks — we're a partner who makes sure it doesn't.

Ongoing

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

We work within your existing HRIS and payroll platform — whether that's UKG, Paylocity, ADP, Paycom, Rippling, or something else. If your current system is the right one, we'll run it better. If it's not serving you well, we can advise on alternatives as a separate engagement. We never push a platform switch to benefit ourselves.

Yes — and this is one of our core strengths. Multi-state payroll is where most companies get into compliance trouble. We handle tax registrations, withholding calculations, and filing obligations across all states. We're particularly experienced with Midwest states (IL, WI, IN, MI, MN, OH) and can handle remote employees anywhere in the US.

ADP and Paychex are software platforms. You still have to own the process, manage the inputs, and know what to do when something breaks. We take full process ownership — we're responsible for accuracy, compliance, and outcomes, not just providing the tool. You get a human expert who knows your business, not a call center that treats you like a ticket number.

Our sweet spot is mid-market companies with 100–1,000 employees. Below that threshold, the complexity doesn't usually justify managed services. Above it, most companies need a larger internal team. Within that range, we're purpose-built to give you enterprise-quality payroll without the enterprise overhead.

This is actually our most common scenario. Most companies come to us after a rocky HRIS implementation that left data problems and workflow gaps behind. Before we take on managed payroll, we conduct an audit and remediate whatever's broken. We won't run payroll on a broken foundation — and we have the implementation expertise to fix it ourselves rather than handing you off to someone else.

You call or text Elan directly. Off-cycle runs for terminations, corrections, or bonuses are handled promptly — typically same day for urgent situations. We don't hide behind SLAs or ticketing queues. That's the fundamental difference in working with a boutique partner versus a large payroll bureau.