Payroll compliance requires balancing financial accuracy with rigorous data privacy. We provide integrated services that validate your internal controls and protect your clients’ employees.
The baseline for payroll trust. Because your services impact your clients' financial statements, a SOC 1® report is non-negotiable. We provide independent verification of your payroll calculations, tax withholdings, and funding processes, ensuring your "Internal Control over Financial Reporting" (ICFR) is robust and defensible.
While SOC 1® focuses on the numbers, SOC 2® focuses on the data. We verify your technical safeguards for protecting Sensitive Personal Information (SPI). A SOC 2® report proves to your clients that their employees' identities, not just their paychecks, are secure within your platform.
Your organization’s handling of Protected Health Information (PHI) is a high-visibility risk point. We perform the mandatory technical reviews and HIPAA Risk Analysis required to ensure your enrollment portals, claims engines, and customer service workflows meet the 2026 Security Rule updates.
Privacy Compliance demonstrates your data stewardship. With the expansion of state "Shield" acts and the OBBBA’s transparency mandates, your platform must prove it respects consumer and employee data rights. We provide technical verification for your Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs) and "Right to Delete" workflows. This ensures that your handling of sensitive personal information is not only secure but fully aligned with the latest legal requirements for data minimization and residency.
Payroll companies are often buried under security questionnaires from every new client’s procurement department. Our methodology solves this by creating a “Unified Control Framework” that satisfies multiple stakeholders at once.
We verify your technical controls, such as encryption at rest, automated tax-table updates, and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), one time. We then apply that evidence across your SOC 1®, SOC 2®, and privacy readiness reports. This approach reduces the administrative burden on your operations team and provides a single, high-quality documentation package for all your clients.
…Both operations and assessment teams executed the engagement flawlessly, on-time and on-budget. The Auditwerx team provided us with the necessary guidance, tools and knowledge...We would highly recommend Auditwerx services to organizations of all sizes and requirement complexities.
...Their team has brought a level of knowledge and professionalism that has been unmatched. Our company is required to undergo a number of assessments annually with various firms and Auditwerx has truly been a pleasure to work with...
...The assessment itself was thorough, but non-disruptive. The team was highly professional and very knowledgeable. We recommend Auditwerx...without reservation.
Your clients’ financial assessors need a SOC 1® to trust the accuracy of the numbers hitting their general ledger. However, their security teams need a SOC 2® to trust that you won’t be the source of a data breach. Providing both reports makes your firm the “easy choice” for enterprise-level contracts.
Most corporate clients require their payroll providers to supply a SOC 1® Type 2 report to satisfy their own internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR). Our reports provide the independent verification of your “Gross-to-Net” calculations and tax impounding processes, which your clients’ finance teams use to avoid manual verification of every payroll run.
Under modern privacy laws and HIPAA, payroll providers are often classified as service providers with significant data handling obligations. We verify your technical workflows for data minimization and secure disposal, providing you with a defensible record of stewardship that satisfies both regulatory mandates and client contracts.
A Bridge Letter (or Gap Letter) covers the period between the end of your last report and your client’s fiscal year-end. We help you maintain a continuous reporting cycle so your clients always have valid, professional assurance of your controls, which is essential for maintaining long-term enterprise partnerships.
Because SOC 1®, SOC 2®, and Privacy Compliance share many of the same technical requirements—such as access control, backup protocols, and encryption—we only ask for that evidence once. We then map that single piece of evidence to every relevant framework. This eliminates redundant interviews and allows your engineering and payroll operations teams to stay focused on their daily production.
Large-market and “Enterprise” clients often have the most rigorous due diligence requirements. Proactively providing a SOC 2® Type 2 report demonstrates that your organization has reached a high level of technical maturity. It proves that your security is not just a policy on paper, but a verified, daily practice.
Choosing Auditwerx for your compliance report gives you a distinct advantage. Secure the necessary assurance to retain and attract clients relying on your financial controls.
We understand the intersection of complex tax logic and modern cloud-native payroll architectures.
You work directly with the specialists performing your review, ensuring your specific "Gross-to-Net" engines and funding workflows are accurately documented.
Benefit from a specialized team backed by the strength of a Top 25 firm.
We deliver the professional, independent reports that satisfy the most rigorous corporate finance departments and third-party risk managers.
Don’t let industry updates or security gaps jeopardize your clients’ trust. Connect with our specialists today to build a roadmap for your organization’s operational excellence.
Assurance is not a product. It’s a practice. In a market full of automation and overnight experts, the distinction has never mattered more. Anyone can check a box. Not everyone can tell you what it means. When it has to be right- choose Auditwerx
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