Solutions/In-country employment/Finance and operations seats
Shared services
Finance and operations seats
Shared-service seats went on local payroll. When the entity was approved, employment moved across.
Project background
The client wanted a shared-service centre. Finance, payroll, and operations seats had to start before the entity was approved, to take regional books.
In-country employment ran the local contracts. Regional managers still allocated work. When the entity landed, the cohort converted — they were not re-interviewed one by one.
Profile
- Will take a local contract, working in the shared-service city.
- Finance and payroll seats who can work the local close and payday calendar.
- Conversion changes the employer name, not the job.
- A vendor invoice is not a permanent seat.
Search timeline
First gate
Onboarded in 2 weeks
Second gate
Converted when the entity landed
The first seats were contracted and onboarded inside two weeks. Monthly pay ran until the entity was approved, then conversion. Pay did not stop in between.
CVs presented
Presented
14
Landed
14
Fourteen people went on local payroll; all fourteen later moved to the client entity. These figures are joiners and conversions.
What we took from it
The centre ran before the entity. The books had no gap. Conversion was one local process.
Vendor invoices over permanent seats would have needed a re-classification later. Local contracts from day one meant only the employer name changed.
For the next brief: conversion trigger and headcount. Do not run a centre on project contracts.