How Huntress took complexity out of their temp payroll with Access Pay and Bill
With circa 500 temps on the payroll every week and clients across legal, not-for-profit, RPO, and general office support, Huntress operates in a world where payroll is anything but straightforward and for a setup that complex, only a purpose-built, temp-specific pay and bill solution will do.
Challenge
- Outgrown by legacy tech that couldn’t handle temp payroll complexity
- Pay discrepancies were risking errors and delays
- Pressure to run weekly payroll, fast and flawlessly
Approach
- Implemented Access Pay and Bill, purpose-built for temp recruitment
- Gained direct data access for custom reporting and accounting integration
- Evolved with modern payroll and billing demands
Results
- Compliance baked in with no manual backpedaling
- Payroll that’s accurate, auditable, and stress-free
- Finance team reclaimed hours and focused on growth
From legacy systems to future-fit payroll
Before Access Pay and Bill, Huntress relied on Tempaid, a system that, while reliable in its time, couldn’t keep pace with the agency’s changing needs.
When asked why they made the switch, Tony Lloyd, Finance Controller at Huntress said:
At the time, the major reason for switching was foreign currency capabilities.
As the market shifted post-IR35, the need for multi-currency support diminished, but Huntress didn’t look back.
We stayed with Access because of the core functionality, it does what temp agencies need. General payroll systems say they’ve got all the bells and whistles, but they don’t.
What they needed was accuracy, reliability, and a system that knows what temp recruiters are really up against.
How Access Pay and Bill has transformed the way Huntress works
The biggest changes for us have been having timesheets online, which cuts out so much manual work and being able to access the data directly. We’re no longer pulling reports and trying to reconcile everything manually. Now, we just pull the transactions we need, load them into Business Central, and report from there.
Access to real-time, trustworthy data has completely changed the game for Huntress’s finance team. No more reconciling across clunky systems or triple-checking spreadsheets, they’ve stepped out of the admin loop and into a more strategic role.
With manual processes out of the way, errors have plummeted and confidence has soared. Now, payroll doesn’t just get done, it powers better decisions, faster.
Confidence in compliance and less manual processing
For agencies like Huntress, the demands of temp payroll are relentless. Every week means hundreds of time-sensitive, regulation-heavy processes. That’s not something you can afford to get wrong.
In that regard, Access keeps you compliant with the legislation, especially with the new legislation changes, and it means that you can do that without any extra overheads from having to manually process it.
Before Access Pay and Bill, holiday pay calculations were a major sticking point.
You had to have a separate system to calculate it. You’d have to go in and change their pay every week. That’s time. That’s risk.
Why Huntress has stuck with Access for almost two decades
For Tony, the best tech is invisible. It works in the background, keeps your business moving, and earns its keep.
Access Pay and Bill is just there to do the job. It works, it’s boring in the best way, because it’s right.
In temp recruitment, where margins are tight, compliance is critical, and time is always ticking, that’s exactly what you need.