Projects

Projects for your German subsidiary

Some topics need a clear start and a clear finish. We plan and deliver HR projects tailored to your subsidiary and your group’s requirements, as a standalone project or alongside a package.

We work in a structured way, with many years of project management experience based on PRINCE2.

Compliant and well prepared

German HR Compliance Check

Where does your German subsidiary stand? We review HR processes and documentation and deliver a traffic-light overview with prioritised actions.

More about the Compliance Check
What’s included
  • Review of contracts, personnel files and processes
  • Traffic-light overview at a glance
  • Prioritised list of actions
  • Implementation offer for every topic

Pay transparency

Getting ready for the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which Germany is expected to transpose into national law in early 2027.

What’s included
  • Overview of roles, pay components and comparison groups
  • Clear documentation of salaries
  • A process for pay information requests and salary ranges in recruiting
  • Recommendations aligned with your group’s policies

Electronic payroll records and digital personnel files

From 1 January 2027, payroll records relevant to social security audits must be kept electronically. We digitise your records and set up audit-proof storage.

What’s included
  • Digitising existing records
  • Checking completeness and closing gaps
  • A consistent, traceable filing structure
  • Moving everything into a suitable, GDPR-compliant system
  • Audit-proof storage in line with German bookkeeping standards (GoBD)

Working time recording

Reliable time recording that fits your subsidiary, set up including overtime, breaks and absences.

What’s included
  • Assessment of your current solution
  • Suitable, cost-effective systems
  • Setup and training
  • Traceable recording of overtime, breaks and absences

Group policies for Germany

Your group’s handbooks and policies, adapted to German requirements and as close to your group rules as the law allows.

What’s included
  • Comparing group policies with German requirements
  • Adapting the employee handbook and policies
  • Alignment with your legal counsel and works council
  • Bilingual versions in German and English
  • Communication to your employees

Digital and efficient

HR software implementation

From selection to go-live: HR management, recruiting, time recording, expenses, travel booking or an employee portal.

What’s included
  • Requirements analysis, including your group’s systems
  • Selecting suitable software
  • Setting up roles, working models and approval workflows
  • Interfaces to payroll and finance
  • Testing, training and training materials

Digital HR process optimisation

Clear, digital HR workflows instead of spreadsheets and manual reminders, using the tools you already have. The time saved goes into personal support for your employees.

What’s included
  • Analysis of existing processes
  • Designing improved workflows
  • Process landscape and work instructions
  • Automation and suitable digital tools

Recruiting and employer branding

Recruiting processes that fit your German subsidiary, with the right software and a convincing careers page.

What’s included
  • Building recruiting processes
  • Selecting suitable software
  • Setting up the tool and careers page
  • Testing, training and training materials

People and leadership

Leadership and development

Workshop series “5 pillars of good leadership”. Strong employee retention starts with good managers.

What’s included
  • Five individual sessions of two hours each, with plenty of exercises
  • Practical guidance for everyday work
  • Developed by a business psychologist

Interim HR and payroll

Your HR or payroll role is vacant, or a project needs experience for a limited time? We step in on an interim basis, with more than 30 years of practice.

View our founder’s interim profile
What’s included
  • Cover during a vacancy or parental leave
  • Taking over ongoing HR and payroll tasks
  • Stabilising and a structured handover to the successor

How it works

How a project runs

  1. 1

    Scoping

    We clarify goals, scope and conditions, directly with your headquarters if you wish.

  2. 2

    Plan

    You receive a clear project plan with milestones and transparent effort.

  3. 3

    Delivery

    We deliver and keep you regularly informed, in English and German.

  4. 4

    Handover

    Documentation, training and a clean handover, so everything works in daily practice.

Which project is next for you?

Tell us about your plans. A short call shows how we can deliver them together.