Administrative & Executive Support
Office management, scheduling, and executive assistant roles.
Professional Services
HR and payroll that scale as your firm grows.
Payroll, benefits, and HR for growing firms.
The reality
What hiring actually looks like in professional services.
Growing firms often add headcount faster than they add HR infrastructure — payroll and benefits that worked at 10 people start breaking at 40.
Professional services turnover is less about physical roles and more about role fit and career growth — a mis-hire in a client-facing role costs more than the search fee.
Multi-state hiring is common as firms bring on remote or distributed talent, which means payroll and compliance obligations multiply faster than most internal teams can track.
Roles we staff
The role families this industry runs on.
Accounting & Finance Staff
Bookkeeping, accounts payable/receivable, and finance support roles.
Client Services & Account Coordinators
Client-facing coordination and account management support.
HR & Recruiting Coordinators
Internal HR and recruiting support for growing teams.
Marketing & Business Development Support
Coordinator-level marketing and BD support roles.
How we staff
Our process.
01
Understand the firm's growth stage
Staffing and HR needs are scoped to your actual headcount trajectory, not a generic small-business package.
02
Role-fit screening
Candidates are screened for role fit and career trajectory, not just resume keywords.
03
Direct-hire and temp-to-hire placement
Permanent and interim placements sourced depending on what the role actually calls for.
04
Ongoing payroll and HR support
Payroll, benefits, and HR admin scale alongside the firm without re-negotiating the relationship each time headcount changes.
Certifications & requirements
The concrete requirements.
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Multi-state payroll | Registration, withholding, and reporting handled correctly as the firm hires across state lines. |
| Benefits compliance | ACA and plan-level requirements tracked as headcount grows. |
| Background screening | Background checks completed for client-facing and finance roles. |
| Classification review | Employee vs. contractor classification reviewed to reduce misclassification risk. |
| HR documentation | Employee files and required documentation maintained as the team scales. |
20+
States served
2 weeks
Typical time to fill a coordinator-level role
90%
Client-facing role screening pass rate
85%
90-day retention rate for placed staff
Where this connects
The Onyx services built for this industry.
Payroll Services
Full-service payroll processing — tax filing, direct deposit, W-2/1099s, and multi-state compliance, run by a dedicated team instead of a support queue.
HR Outsourcing & PEO
Benefits administration, workers' comp, and day-to-day HR admin, run as a true partnership rather than a self-service portal.