HR & Payroll for Accounting, Financial and Advisory Firms

You manage your clients' financial futures. Let us manage your firm's HR.

Helpside handles payroll, benefits, and HR compliance for RIAs, family offices, CPA firms, and tax practices with 2–80 employees — so your team's time goes to clients, not admin.

35+
Years Serving Small Business
20%
Avg. Savings on Medical Premiums
1
Named HR Partner. Real Person, Direct Line.
Why Accounting, Financial & Advisory Firms Choose Helpside

Running a firm is complex enough. HR shouldn't add to it.

Most RIAs, CPA practices, and family offices don't need a full-time HR department — they need an expert on call. Here's what we hear from managing partners and office administrators every week.

Your time is billable. Admin isn't.

Every hour spent on payroll corrections or benefits enrollment is an hour not spent with a client or on a return. HR work should never compete with revenue work.

Compliance doesn't pause for tax season

Multi-state employment law, new hire paperwork, and benefits regulations keep changing whether or not you have the bandwidth to track them — especially during your busiest months.

Your reputation runs on discretion

Client trust is your entire business model. We treat personnel records, compensation data, and HR matters with the same confidentiality standard you hold yourself to.

Businesses that partner with a PEO grow 2x as fast and are 50% less likely to go out of business than those that don't, according to industry research.*

What Helpside Handles

Everything your firm needs. Nothing you have to manage.

Payroll: partner draws to support staff

One payroll run, every period, regardless of how your compensation structure is set up.

  • Partner and principal draws alongside staff wages
  • Bonus and incentive-based compensation structures
  • Multi-state payroll for remote or distributed teams

Benefits: compete for talent without big-firm overhead

Access the same group benefits options larger firms offer, at small-firm headcount.

  • Medical, dental, vision through national carriers
  • 401(k) and retirement plan options
  • Annual benefits audit to confirm you're not overpaying

HR Compliance: multi-state, monitored

We track employment law changes and update your policies, so you don't have to add it to your own workload.

  • Handbook drafting and annual review
  • I-9, poster, and notice compliance
  • Leave and accommodation interaction support

HR Support: a real person, not a ticket queue

Every Helpside client has a named HR partner. You call them. They answer.

  • Dedicated HR rep who knows your firm
  • Termination, discipline, and employee relations guidance
  • Onboarding support for every new hire

Your clients already ask you about this. Get paid to answer.

Payroll, HR, and benefits questions come up in nearly every client relationship you have. When they do, send that business owner to Helpside — if they become a client, you earn $100 per employee, up to $10,000 per referral.

We're not going to compete with you for the relationship. Helpside handles payroll, benefits administration, and employment compliance — not financial or strategic advisory. You stay the trusted advisor. We're the execution partner working alongside you.

  1. Submit your referral's information — the more detail, the better our outreach.
  2. We reach out directly and confirm they're a good fit.
  3. Once they process two payrolls with us, you get paid via ACH.
Refer a Client →

See if Helpside is the right fit for your firm

A 15-minute discovery call covers your current payroll and benefits setup, where compliance gaps typically show up for firms your size, and what a PEO relationship would cost. No pitch, no pressure.

  • Payroll and benefits review
  • Compliance gap assessment
  • Clear cost breakdown
  • No obligation to proceed

Prefer to book a call directly?

Schedule a discovery call ↓
35+
Years in Business
1
Named HR Partner, Real Person
<5min
Avg. First Response Time
“
Affordable access to employee benefits and creating a competitive package has been a game changer for employee retention.
Gregory Robinson — Principal, Allstate Agency
Read the full case study →
Common Questions

Questions advisory firms ask us

Will Helpside compete with us for our client relationships?

No. Helpside handles payroll, benefits administration, and employment compliance — we don't provide financial, tax, or strategic advisory services. You remain the trusted advisor; we're the execution partner your clients' HR and payroll needs get routed to.

Does a small RIA, CPA firm, or family office need a PEO?

A PEO can benefit firms with as few as 2 to 10 employees. For firms without a dedicated HR function, Helpside handles payroll, compliance, benefits administration, and HR support so partners and staff can stay focused on client work.

How does the referral program work?

Submit a referral through our referral form. We reach out to the business directly. Once they become a Helpside client and process two payrolls, you're paid $100 per employee at that company, up to $10,000, via ACH.

What if my client already has a payroll provider?

Most of our referrals do. A PEO relationship typically replaces a standalone payroll service with a broader offering — payroll, benefits, compliance, and dedicated HR support — often at a comparable or lower total cost once benefits are factored in.

Can Helpside handle a firm with partner-level compensation structures?

Yes. We regularly manage payroll for firms with a mix of partner draws, salaried staff, bonus structures, and contractor relationships within a single pay run.

Ready to get HR off your plate?

Get a free consultation. No obligation, no hard pitch — just a clear picture of what Helpside would cost and what you'd save.