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Managed Payroll Services · UKG Ready Preferred Partner

Approve the time. Axiom takes it from there.

Once your managers approve their timesheets, Axiom handles payroll processing—from employee updates and secure direct-deposit changes to benefit deductions, taxes, garnishments, reporting, and employee questions.

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$30–50 PEPM · 24-person Indianapolis team · Serving employers since 2011

Axiom managed payroll team coordinating payroll work
Your managers approve time. Axiom prepares the payroll. Your company authorizes the completed run.

UKG Ready + Axiom Managed Payroll

The platform is proven.
Axiom takes ownership of payroll.

Get award-recognized UKG Ready technology with a named payroll team that carries the recurring work after your managers approve time.

The Axiom difference

Approve time. Axiom handles the rest.

Your managers approve time and exceptions. Then Axiom’s named payroll team takes over the recurring payroll workflow inside UKG Ready.

We do the work—not just answer software questions. Axiom combines the platform with hands-on payroll administration, giving your internal team fewer payroll tasks to chase every pay period.
  1. 1 Your team approves time

    Managers review hours, exceptions, and final inputs.

  2. 2 Axiom runs the payroll workflow

    Your named team handles the recurring processing and administrative details.

  3. 3 Employees are paid through UKG Ready

    You retain visibility and control without carrying every operational step.

Employee payroll updates Direct deposits and deductions Payroll processing and reconciliation Tax and compliance administration
See What Axiom Handles Clear scope. Named team.
One accountable partner.

Quick answer

What does Axiom Managed Payroll include?

Axiom's Managed Payroll service is a hands-on payroll operating service for employers using UKG Ready. After time is approved, Axiom imports hours, applies payroll-related employee changes, maintains deductions, processes and reconciles the run, manages payroll taxes and garnishments, prepares reports, and supports employee paycheck questions. The client reviews the completed payroll and retains final authorization.

What changes

The payroll responsibility moves. The control does not.

Managed Payroll gives your organization a dependable operating process without taking final authorization away from your team.

When payroll lives with one internal person

  • Vacation and turnover put payday at risk
  • Employee updates wait in inboxes and spreadsheets
  • Exceptions become deadline emergencies
  • Payroll questions interrupt HR and finance all week

When Axiom operates Managed Payroll

  • A team follows a documented payroll process
  • Approved updates flow into the payroll run
  • Exceptions are worked before authorization
  • Employees have a place to take paycheck questions

The payroll handoff

What happens after your managers approve time?

Axiom takes responsibility for turning approved workforce information into an authorization-ready payroll.

Payroll specialist reviewing a completed payroll with a client
Approved time and changes arriveManagers finalize time, PTO, earnings, and the employee changes required for the run.
Axiom applies payroll updatesOur team handles pay changes, tax setup, secure direct-deposit updates, benefit deductions, garnishments, and other approved payroll items.
Axiom processes and reconcilesWe import hours, calculate payroll, review deductions, work through exceptions, and prepare payroll reports.
Your company authorizes payrollYour designated approver receives the completed run for final review and authorization.
Axiom supports the closeWe handle filings, reports, employee paycheck questions, and routine follow-through after release.

Clear accountability

Who does what every payroll cycle?

Managed should describe the work being performed—not merely the software being provided.

Payroll responsibilityYour teamAxiom Managed Payroll
Approve time and payroll inputsOwns approvalMonitors the handoff
Import approved hours and earnings—Axiom handles it
Employee, pay, and direct-deposit updatesProvides or approves changesAxiom maintains payroll updates
Benefit deductions and garnishmentsConfirms source informationAxiom applies and maintains them
Calculate and reconcile payroll—Axiom handles it
Final payroll authorizationRetains controlDelivers the completed run
Taxes, filings, reports, and paycheck questionsEscalates business decisionsAxiom handles routine administration

Inside the service

The payroll work that no longer sits on your desk.

Payroll processing

Approved time imports, earnings, deductions, gross-to-net calculation, reconciliation, and completed payroll reports.

Employee payroll updates

Pay changes, secure direct-deposit updates, tax setup, benefit deductions, new jurisdictions, and other approved payroll changes.

Taxes and garnishments

Payroll tax filings, jurisdiction setup, garnishment administration, year-end processing, W-2s, and amendments.

Exceptions and corrections

Missed punches, retro pay, off-cycle needs, deduction discrepancies, and payroll issues worked through before release.

Employee questions

Your employees can get help with paycheck questions from the team supporting the payroll process.

Reporting and closeout

Payroll reports, reconciliation support, filing follow-through, and a cleaner record of each completed cycle.

Why service matters

The software runs calculations. The team owns the messy middle.

Missed punches, retro pay, a new bank account, an unexpected garnishment, a benefit deduction that changed, or an employee who needs an answer before lunch—Managed Payroll is designed for the work around the calculation.

“Every need I have had, they have met. Every question I had, they have answered in a timely and good-natured way. I have never felt like an inconvenience or bother.”Loretta B. · Axiom client

Where managed payroll earns its keep

Built for workforces where payroll is rarely simple.

Healthcare and senior living

When shifts, differentials, overtime, missed punches, PTO, and benefit deductions meet a 24/7 workforce, somebody needs to own the details after time approval.

Manufacturing

Multiple shifts, plants, premiums, changing schedules, and employee updates require a payroll process that does not begin on payroll morning.

Construction and skilled trades

Field time, crews, changing rates, job assignments, garnishments, and corrections need a dependable handoff from supervisors to payroll.

Managed Payroll pricing

One service level for organizations ready to hand off processing.

Pricing depends on headcount, pay groups, integrations, jurisdictions, and payroll complexity.

$30–50 PEPM

Turnkey Payroll Processing

  • Everything needed to operate payroll on UKG Ready
  • Axiom imports, processes, and reconciles payroll
  • Payroll-related employee and deduction updates
  • Employee paycheck questions answered by Axiom
  • Your company retains final authorization
Build my Managed Payroll plan

Need less?

Payroll technology · $5–10 PEPM

Your team runs payroll. Axiom provides UKG Ready, tax filings, garnishment setup, and platform support.

Explore payroll services →

Need more?

Full HRO · $50–75 PEPM

Axiom adds benefits administration, HR operations, onboarding, compliance support, and employee lifecycle administration.

Explore HR outsourcing →

The Axiom difference

Clients. A real operating team. One connected platform.

Clientsacross Axiom services
24people on the Axiom team
2011founded in Indianapolis
UKG ReadyPreferred Partner

Common questions

Managed Payroll questions, answered plainly.

Do we still approve payroll?

Yes. Your managers approve time, Axiom prepares the payroll, and your designated approver reviews and authorizes the completed run before release.

What employee updates can Axiom handle?

Axiom can maintain approved payroll-related changes including pay information, tax setup, secure direct-deposit changes, benefit deductions, and other employee updates that affect payroll.

Can Axiom support multi-state payroll?

Yes. New tax-jurisdiction setup and payroll tax filings are included, with scope confirmed during implementation.

What happens when payroll has an exception?

The same team preparing the run works through missed punches, retro pay, deduction issues, corrections, and other exceptions with the appropriate client contact.

How much does Managed Payroll cost?

Axiom Managed Payroll generally costs $30–50 per employee per month. Final pricing reflects headcount, pay groups, integrations, jurisdictions, and payroll complexity.

A more dependable payroll week

Approve the time. Let Axiom handle what comes next.

Show us what happens between approved time and payday. We will map the work, identify the handoff, and give you a real Managed Payroll plan.

Take payroll off my team's plate