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You need an HR leader. You don’t need a $270,000 hire.

ATS Strategic Business Consulting provides fractional HR leadership to growing companies, delivering the same level of expertise as a full-time HR Director but at a significantly lower cost and without the associated overhead. Our offerings include HR compliance consulting and customized HR consulting for growing companies, making us the perfect choice as your outsourced HR director to meet all your business needs.

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You're outgrowing your workarounds

A full-time hire doesn't pencil out

You're outgrowing your workarounds

Your office manager is currently handling onboarding, while your controller takes care of payroll. Your founder oversees termination decisions. This arrangement worked well when you had 20 employees, but with 60, it’s becoming a liability. You might want to consider the benefits of engaging a fractional HR consultant or seeking fractional HR leadership to streamline these processes. Utilizing HR compliance consulting or hiring an outsourced HR director can help effectively manage these complexities, especially for growing companies.

Compliance caught up with you

A full-time hire doesn't pencil out

You're outgrowing your workarounds

Having crossed the threshold of 50 employees and even expanded into a second state, you're now facing new challenges. A complaint has been filed, and with the rules shifting unexpectedly, it may be time to consider engaging a fractional HR consultant or an outsourced HR director. Without proper HR compliance consulting, these changes can feel overwhelming, especially for growing companies. With the right fractional HR leadership, you can navigate these complexities more effectively.

A full-time hire doesn't pencil out

A full-time hire doesn't pencil out

A full-time hire doesn't pencil out

You may need executive-level HR judgment for about fifteen hours a month. Instead of hiring a full-time outsourced HR director, which could require around a hundred and sixty hours of work, consider partnering with a fractional HR consultant. This approach provides fractional HR leadership tailored to your specific needs, along with essential HR compliance consulting, making it an ideal solution for growing companies seeking effective HR consulting options.

Fractional HR leadership, built for the stage you’re in.

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HR Audit & Roadmap

Begin your journey with a thorough assessment provided by our fractional HR consultant, which evaluates your HR function, identifies compliance exposure, and delivers a prioritized twelve-month action plan to address it. This HR compliance consulting service, tailored specifically for growing companies, is available at a fixed fee and usually takes two to three weeks. With our fractional HR leadership, you’ll have access to essential support, including the opportunity to engage an outsourced HR director if needed.

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Fractional HR Leadership

Our ongoing fractional HR leadership service, offered on a monthly retainer, provides expert HR compliance consulting, robust employee relations support, comprehensive recruiting oversight, effective benefits administration, performance management, and tailored manager development specifically designed for growing companies. As your trusted outsourced HR director, we ensure that our HR consulting meets your evolving business needs with precision and care.

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Projects & Builds

As a fractional HR consultant, I specialize in HR compliance consulting, payroll and HRIS implementation, multi-state expansion, handbook development, compensation structures, and performance systems. With a focus on fractional HR leadership, I offer fixed scope and fixed fees while providing outsourced HR director services. My aim is to support growing companies with their HR consulting needs effectively.

What a fractional engagement covers

Compliance & Risk

Employee Relations

Employee Relations

Our services include multi-state employment compliance and HR compliance consulting, along with comprehensive HR consulting for growing companies. We also provide expert guidance on handbook development, conduct thorough wage and hour reviews, facilitate essential training, and establish documentation standards to ensure audit readiness. As a fractional HR consultant or outsourced HR director, we deliver fractional HR leadership tailored to your business needs and compliance requirements.

Employee Relations

Employee Relations

Employee Relations

Investigations, performance issues, terminations, accommodation and leave management, alongside manager coaching, are crucial functions overseen by a fractional HR consultant. For companies experiencing growth, engaging in HR compliance consulting is key to aligning these processes with best practices. Furthermore, implementing a fractional HR leadership model or working with an outsourced HR director can provide significant support in managing these HR concerns effectively.

Talent Acquisition

Employee Relations

Talent Acquisition

An effective hiring process design, a well-structured interview protocol, comprehensive training, strategic offer management, and robust onboarding programs are essential components of fractional HR consulting. A fractional HR consultant not only provides guidance in ATS selection but also streamlines the hiring process for growing companies. Moreover, fractional HR leadership enhances efforts in HR compliance consulting, making it especially beneficial for organizations seeking outsourced HR director solutions.

Total Rewards

Leadership Development

Talent Acquisition

Our approach includes developing a benefits strategy and managing broker relationships, optimizing open enrollment, and providing compensation benchmarking and banding through our fractional HR consultant services. Additionally, our fractional HR leadership ensures effective HR compliance consulting tailored specifically for growing companies, while we also function as an outsourced HR director to streamline these essential processes.

People Operations

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

As a fractional HR consultant, I specialize in payroll and HRIS selection, implementation, and oversight, along with policy design. My focus includes HR compliance consulting to ensure adherence to regulations. Additionally, I provide HR consulting for growing companies, directly reporting to leadership while fulfilling the role of an outsourced HR director.

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Leadership Development

Manager training and performance review systems are crucial elements of HR consulting for growing companies. Alongside career pathing and succession planning, partnering with a fractional HR consultant or engaging an outsourced HR director can significantly bolster your HR compliance consulting initiatives.

We start with an audit, not a contract.

Week 1 — Discovery

Week 1 — Discovery

Week 1 — Discovery

Our services encompass leadership interviews, thorough documentation reviews, and comprehensive systems and payroll audits, all aimed at providing effective HR compliance consulting across every state you operate in. We also specialize in fractional HR leadership for growing companies, offering a fractional HR consultant who can serve as 

Our services encompass leadership interviews, thorough documentation reviews, and comprehensive systems and payroll audits, all aimed at providing effective HR compliance consulting across every state you operate in. We also specialize in fractional HR leadership for growing companies, offering a fractional HR consultant who can serve as your outsourced HR director to efficiently manage your HR needs.

Week 2 — Analysis

Week 1 — Discovery

Week 1 — Discovery

Conducting a gap analysis against legal requirements and best practices appropriate for different stages is essential in HR compliance consulting. A fractional HR consultant can effectively quantify and rank risk exposure by severity, ensuring that your business remains aligned with compliance standards. This approach is particularly adva

Conducting a gap analysis against legal requirements and best practices appropriate for different stages is essential in HR compliance consulting. A fractional HR consultant can effectively quantify and rank risk exposure by severity, ensuring that your business remains aligned with compliance standards. This approach is particularly advantageous for growing companies that need specialized HR consulting for growing companies or may benefit from an outsourced HR director who provides fractional HR leadership.

Week 3 — Roadmap

Week 1 — Discovery

Week 3 — Roadmap

A prioritized twelve-month HR plan, developed with the expertise of a fractional HR consultant, features sequencing, effort estimates, and cost considerations. This comprehensive strategy is perfect for leadership teams in need of fractional HR leadership and effective HR consulting for growing companies. Furthermore, it addresses key HR 

A prioritized twelve-month HR plan, developed with the expertise of a fractional HR consultant, features sequencing, effort estimates, and cost considerations. This comprehensive strategy is perfect for leadership teams in need of fractional HR leadership and effective HR consulting for growing companies. Furthermore, it addresses key HR compliance consulting needs, all while providing the advantages of an outsourced HR director.

Three ways to work together

Essentials — 10 hours/month

Essentials — 10 hours/month

Essentials — 10 hours/month

For companies with fewer than 50 employees that require HR compliance consulting, our outsourced HR director offers expert fractional HR leadership. We provide a fractional HR consultant who is available in the room when it matters, delivering tailored HR consulting for growing companies.

Growth — 20 hours/month

Essentials — 10 hours/month

Essentials — 10 hours/month

For companies actively scaling, engaging a fractional HR consultant can provide essential support. This involves a weekly cadence for performance management, oversight in recruiting, and the active development of the HR function. Leveraging HR compliance consulting and fractional HR leadership ensures that growing companies have the right framework to thrive, while also considering an outsourced HR director to bolster their HR capabilities.

Executive — 40 hours/month

Essentials — 10 hours/month

Executive — 40 hours/month

For companies experiencing rapid growth or transition, engaging a fractional HR consultant can provide essential fractional HR leadership, equipping them with a place at the leadership table, effective organizational design, compensation strategy, and a complete infrastructure build. This type of HR consulting for growing companies emphasizes HR compliance consulting, leveraging the expertise of an outsourced HR director.

Affordable HR Leadership Solutions for Your Growing Company

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About Us

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Built from zero. Scaled to 350

In previous companies and startups, a dedicated HR department is often a rarity. Typically, it’s just one person trying to establish and grow the business.  


Over the years, we have successfully built the entire HR function from the ground up. This includes critical areas such as recruiting and talent acquisition, onboarding, benefits, training, multi-state compliance, and a comprehensive payroll implementation on ADP Workforce Now, which we have managed and scaled alongside the business. Our experience spans small companies with about ten employees to larger firms employing over 350 individuals across multiple states, clearly demonstrating our ability to meet diverse HR needs.  


This unique experience drives my passion for HR consulting for growing companies. While most HR leaders inherit established departments with existing processes, my journey has been markedly different. I’ve often walked into companies where no HR structure existed and have been tasked as a fractional HR consultant with determining what to build, in what order, and with what resources.  


This is the reality for many growing businesses. They typically don't need someone just to maintain a machine; rather, they need fractional HR leadership from someone who understands how to build a cohesive HR function from the foundation up.  


Since then, I have provided HR consulting for growing companies, including developing the HR and recruiting function for an expanding e-commerce business in Orange County.  


My approach is straightforward and direct!  


If a fractional arrangement isn't suitable for your situation, I'll inform you during our first call. If you require a full-time hire, I will assist you in effectively defining the role. The priority is to address your HR challenges, whether through HR compliance consulting or as your outsourced HR director, instead of merely selling you a retainer.

Twenty minutes. No pitch deck.

Let me know what challenges you’re facing, and I’ll provide an honest assessment of whether you need a fractional HR consultant for immediate support, a full-time hire for your long-term needs, or perhaps nothing at all. As a growing company, if you're searching for HR compliance consulting or fractional HR leadership, I can help you navigate the best options, including whether an outsourced HR director suits your requirements. Feel free to reach out at aaron@atsbusinessconsulting.com.

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