Business View Magazine | March 2021

105 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE MARCH 2021 PAYROLL VAULT at home. “There’s been a tremendous amount of education and support that these business owners need,” says Manning. “So we’ve been focused on creating content (through our blog) and then creating systems that help small business owners manage all these resources that are available to them.” For human resources tools, Payroll Vault relies on the expertise of Mammoth HR, an organization that provides human resources consulting. “They are helping support the education quite a bit,” Manning says. “They have been critical this last year in educating business owners on how to manage their workforce. A good example would be: A year ago, you couldn’t take an employee’s temperature when they walked into the office. Now it could be a requirement. So, there’s a lot of human resources aspects of business today that almost didn’t even exist a year ago, and I think having a good human resource tool is really, really important right now to help you guide through the daily changes.” Not only is a payroll service that offers workforce management key for helping businesses run more effectively, it also saves them money in the long run. As Manning notes, “There is data out there that says companies that use a payroll service actually save 18 percent in payroll processing costs over companies that do payroll themselves.” Payroll Vault currently has 61 franchise locations across the country and processes payroll in all 50 states. They are continuously growing with franchise opportunities readily available. “We seem to be an attractive business model to business owners that are looking for diversification in their business portfolio,” Manning explains. “They might be in a space where they are working with small businesses and they know the struggle they’re having with payroll, so they are adding to their business portfolio. We also have found a terrific fit for our franchise opportunity with business owners that CEO, Sean Manning