HR and payroll built for billable, client-driven teams.
Accounting firms, law offices, agencies, and consultancies run on salaried professionals, hourly support staff, and people whose time is the product. Netchex handles complex pay, PTO, and compliance from one platform, so your back office runs as cleanly as your client work.
7,500+ organizations trust Netchex
The back-office challenges professional firms know too well.
Professional services firms look like simple payroll from the outside. They aren’t. Salaried staff, hourly admins, bonuses tied to performance, PTO that has to be exact, and a lean team running it all between client deadlines.
Mixed salary, hourly, and bonus pay
Partners, associates, and support staff each pay differently, and discretionary and non-discretionary bonuses carry their own rules. Getting it wrong erodes trust with the people you most need to keep.
PTO and accruals have to be exact
Knowledge workers track and value their time off closely. Manual accrual tracking leads to disputes that pull leadership into the weeds instead of client work.
Multiple offices and entities
Firms with more than one office or legal entity face scattered payroll, tax, and reporting. Reconciling it by hand drains the small team that handles everything.
Compliance sits on a lean team
Multi-state tax, ACA, and labor rules land on an office manager or controller wearing several hats. The exposure from a missed filing is real and avoidable.
Admin crowds out billable work
Every spreadsheet and manual process is time not spent on clients. For a firm that sells expertise by the hour, back-office drag is lost revenue.
There’s a better way to run it
Netchex connects pay, scheduling, hiring, and compliance into one employee system of record, so data flows without re-entry, reconciliation, or gaps. Here’s how.
How professional services is changing in 2026.
Talent competition keeps intensifying
Firms compete hard for skilled professionals. The ones that onboard fast, pay accurately, and offer modern tools keep the people their client work depends on.
Staff expect self-service tools
Professionals expect to manage pay, PTO, and HR from their phone, without emailing the office manager. Firms that can’t deliver that feel dated to the talent they’re recruiting.
Financial wellness aids retention
Financial flexibility matters even to salaried staff. Employers offering earned wage access and modern benefits see measurable retention gains.
Remote and multi-state work is the norm
Distributed teams mean payroll tax obligations across more states than ever. Manual multi-state compliance doesn’t scale with a growing, hybrid workforce.
Every tool your firm actually needs.
Netchex gives professional firms accurate salary and bonus pay, exact PTO tracking, and multi-state compliance, so your back office runs as cleanly as your client work.
Salary, Hourly & Bonus Pay
Salaried professionals, hourly support, and discretionary and non-discretionary bonuses configured once and calculated correctly every run.
Exact PTO & Accruals
Automated PTO accrual and tracking so balances are always right, and time-off disputes stop reaching leadership.
Multi-State Tax — Built In
Netchex calculates and files payroll taxes automatically across every state your team works in. No manual tracking, no exposure.
Multi-Entity — One Login
Manage multiple offices or legal entities from one login, with reporting that rolls up across the whole firm.
Recruiting & Onboarding
Fill roles faster with Text-to-Apply and AI screening, and onboard new hires digitally before day one, so they’re billable sooner.
AskHR — Instant Answers
Staff get instant HR answers pulled from your own policies and handbook, so the office manager fields fewer one-off questions.
Reporting & Analytics
Labor cost, utilization, headcount, and compliance reporting in one place, the data leadership needs to run the firm.
One Connected Platform
Hiring feeds onboarding, onboarding feeds payroll, time feeds reporting — all from one login, so the back office stays lean.
What professional firms achieve with Netchex.
Professional services firms using Netchex report measurable results across payroll accuracy, compliance, and retention.
Reduction in payroll errors with automated salary and bonus pay
From offer to onboarded, down from 3 weeks
Average time from application to offer accepted
States covered for multi-state payroll tax filing automatically
Saved per week on administrative tasks
Employee mobile app adoption across clients
Lower turnover for firms offering earned wage access
Manage every office and entity together
For a firm that sells expertise by the hour, time spent on back-office admin is lost revenue. The firms that automate pay, PTO, and compliance free their people to focus on the client work that actually drives the business.
Support that knows professional firms.
Netchex service professionals understand salary and bonus pay, PTO accuracy, and the multi-state compliance professional firms carry. When something’s wrong with a pay run, you reach someone who knows your setup, not a generic call center.
Ranked #1 for service on G2
Customer satisfaction score
Most calls answered under a minute
A dedicated team that knows your account
Trusted by HR leaders across every industry.
“Netchex is the easiest platform to manage multiple clients. It’s as simple as a drop-down menu, and everything stays organized.”
“The thing I like about Netchex is the system is super easy to use, yet it’s really, really powerful.”
“It’s a single database. Your payroll, your HR, your time and attendance, your benefits are all in the same platform.”
Resources for professional services HR.
Practical guides on payroll, compliance, and workforce strategy for client-driven firms.
Mastering Payroll in HR Management
An end-to-end guide to running accurate, compliant payroll, the foundation of employee trust and a lean, well-run back office.
Multi-Location Staffing With a Lean HR Team
Most multi-office organizations run on a thin back office. Here’s how to standardize staffing across locations without adding headcount.
Avoiding ACA Penalties With a Mixed Workforce
Mixed full-time and part-time workforces create ACA obligations that compound. Here’s how to track hours and avoid filing gaps.