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HR Services – Drive Growth With Comprehensive HR Solutions
Build productive teams and a high-performance culture with Toptal’s HR Services. We create comprehensive HR strategies that enhance team productivity, optimize organizational performance, and drive measurable business growth.
Get a Free Consultation NowClients Served
35,000+
Total Vetted Professionals
30,000+
Toptal Total Projects Delivered
85,000+
Years in Business
15+
TRUSTED BY LEADING BRANDS AND STARTUPS
Our Services
Toptal HR Services
Our HR Services provide comprehensive solutions that support compliance, enhance employee experiences, and streamline operations. From strategic planning to day-to-day management, we help you build scalable and effective HR practices that drive long-term growth.
Strategic HR Planning
Align people strategy with business goals through actionable roadmaps that drive sustained growth and measurable outcomes.
Employee Onboarding
Build onboarding programs that accelerate time-to-productivity, support compliance, and emphasize culture from day one.
Payroll Management
Run accurate, on-time payroll with tax compliance, simplified processing, and lower administrative burden.
Benefits Administration
Manage benefit offerings efficiently to improve employee satisfaction and control costs.
Performance Management
Implement feedback systems that deliver actionable performance insights and promote employee growth and accountability.
Recruitment Strategy
Refine hiring practices with tailored recruitment strategies that attract top talent, reduce time-to-hire, and align with your business objectives.
Employee Handbook Development
Build clear employee handbooks that outline policies, reinforce culture, and strengthen compliance practices.
Employee Classifications
Define roles and levels to minimize risk, maintain compliance, and ensure payroll accuracy.
Retirement Plan Guidance
Design and manage retirement benefits that balance cost predictability with strong employee value.
Employee Assistance Programs
Offer EAP services that support employee mental health, work-life balance, and ongoing well-being.
Time Tracking Solutions
Simplify time tracking with systems that improve payroll accuracy and surface actionable workforce insights.
Background Check Services
Protect your business and culture with compliant, reliable background checks that enable confident hiring decisions.
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How We Deliver HR Services
Our HR experts, with experience at leading companies, develop and deploy tailored solutions to meet your business needs and unique industry demands for sustainable results and long-term success.
1
Discover
A leader from our team works with you to understand your business challenges, pain points, and strategic goals to uncover new opportunities and identify the options to reach your objectives.
2
Define
Toptal leaders collaborate with your team to define your specific goals and service needs, evaluating multiple approaches and aligning requirements with your strategic objectives to define the best solution.
3
Develop
Once your service is defined and you have your talent or team on board, they will create your unique project timeline, process, and initial proposals, whether you’re looking for comprehensive HR services or want to expand the capabilities of your existing HR team.
4
Deploy
Toptal will get to work, tracking quality assurance, handling project management, and maintaining the delivery schedule.
Matthew McNaghten 
Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead
Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice LeadAs Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.
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HR Solutions That Deliver Value
Toptal delivers leading HR services through its diverse talent network and flexible delivery models. We implement the right skills at each project phase, blending expertise from various roles for seamless execution.
- End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
- On-demand Talent and Teams
End-to-End Delivery by Toptal
Comprehensive project delivery, tailored to your specific requirements.
Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead
Delivery Manager
Chief Human Resources Officer
Recruitment Manager
HR Business Partner
HR Specialist
Learning and Development Manager
Change Management Expert
Matthew McNaghten
Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead
As Toptal’s Business Strategy and Finance Consulting Practice Lead, Matt focuses on helping clients address critical issues and drive value across their enterprises. He brings 35 years of senior-level consulting experience, having held leadership roles at Cognizant, Accenture, IBM, and Deloitte.
Previously at
Experience
35+ Years
Rachael Karaffa
Delivery Manager
Rachael serves as a Delivery Manager at Toptal with a focus on leading diverse global teams in developing innovative solutions for our clients. She works across multiple disciplines, including technology, marketing, and management consulting. Rachael specializes in managing people and client relationships, process optimization, and driving teams toward optimal business outcomes.
Previously Managed Client
Experience
9+ Years
Michelle Strasburger
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
20+ Years
of Experience
Chief Human Resources Officer
Michelle is an HR consultant and fractional CHRO who has worked as a strategic business partner in organizations ranging from startups to Fortune 500s. As an executive leader, she has a business-first mindset and focuses on people strategies, change management, wellness, workforce planning, recruitment, DEI, and culture. Michelle holds the SHRM-SCP, GPHR, and SPHR certifications and is one of Mogul's top 100 CHROs in 2023, bringing unique thought leadership to companies.
Previously at
Marita Castro
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
13+ Years
of Experience
Recruitment Manager
Marita is a senior executive with more than 13 years of experience in human resources and operations. She has led change management projects impacting businesses in the financial, retail, manufacturing, and automotive sectors, and performed recruitment, selection, salary analysis, career path development, and work environment examination. Marita holds a bachelor’s degree in services administration, an international MBA, and has done postgraduate studies in human management.
Previously at
Rick Ferrone
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
30+ Years
of Experience
HR Business Partner
Rick is a business strategy, financial planning, and operations expert with more than 30 years of experience as a chief operating and strategy officer and a Big 5 management consultant. He has led three company turnarounds, including one for a $500 million multinational firm, growing revenue by 28% and increasing profitability by 21% within two years. Leveraging his experience with companies of all sizes and across industries, Rick is willing to start delivering value and results in new projects.
Previously at
Rich Adams
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
26+ Years
of Experience
HR Specialist
Rich is an award-winning leader specializing in answering his clients’ business growth, operations, and change management questions with innovative techniques. He has more than 26 years of experience in business development, operations, management, and market strategy, working with private equity and Fortune 100 companies like Kroger, Cigna, and Blue Cross Blue Shield. Lately, Rich has founded DART, an organization focusing on innovative digital health solutions.
Previously at
Francine Baroni Fernandes
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
7+ Years
of Experience
Learning and Development Manager
Francine is a passionate professional with more than seven years of experience as a change management consultant. Her work has supported huge multinational companies to achieve new or improved business results through technology and organizational development. Francine focuses on assisting clients with their transformation and change management projects and programs.
Previously at
Alan David Walker
Verified Expert in Project Management
34+ Years
of Experience
Change Management Expert
Alan is an international insurance digital transformation strategist and implementer, currently based in the US. He has helped some of the world’s largest insurers figure out how to respond to new technologies and changing customer demands, to the benefit of both their customers and themselves. Alan has delivered in multiple roles as a program director, change director, program manager, project manager, and Scrum master.
Previously at
On-demand Talent and Teams
20,000+ vetted professionals, ready to deploy individually or in teams.
HR Director
Change Management Expert
Employee Relations Manager
HR Specialist
Recruitment Manager
HR Manager
Learning and Development Manager
Employee Relations Manager
Payroll Transformation Expert
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
25+ Years
of Experience
HR Director
Emily is a senior diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and HR executive who has spent 25+ years at a Big 4 professional services firm, focused on creating a more inclusive, flexible work environment. Her expertise includes DEI, organizational development and change, team/leadership development, facilitation, and employee engagement. Emily freelances to drive DEI progress across industries, bringing her energy for designing and implementing impactful strategies and programs to different teams.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
20+ Years
of Experience
Change Management Expert
Serhiy is a management consultant with more than 20 years of experience managing large organizations and working with international companies such as P&G, Deloitte, Lafarge, Alexander Proudfoot, and USAID. Specializing in world-class management practices, Lean Six Sigma systems implementation, complex operations optimization, performance and profit enhancement, cost reduction, troubleshooting, crisis and change management, Serhiy is willing to share his experience to help businesses grow.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
33+ Years of
of Experience
Employee Relations Manager
Julio has diversified experience as a finance VP for multinationals based in the US and Latin America in the financing, pharmaceutical, luxury goods, and personal care sectors and distribution channels, such as retail, wholesale, and travel retail. Julio's expertise includes financial planning and modeling, investment banking, commercial real estate, fundraising, business plan development, logistics, company valuation, and strategic and visionary leadership based on innovation and creativity.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
20+ Years
of Experience
HR Specialist
Andon is a media executive with over 20 years of experience driving strategic and operational excellence across digital media and broadcasting. As fractional COO at Toptal, he provides strategic business guidance to executive clients. Previously, he led Storyful's growth from 50 to 170 employees across five global locations while increasing revenue by 50%. At CNN Digital, he grew video traffic by 90% and exceeded revenue targets by 20%. Andon holds an MBA from Yale University.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
28+ Years
of Experience
Recruitment Manager
Neel is a finance leader and change agent with more than 28 years of experience and a track record of impact in Fortune 50 companies. He has driven transformations to the tune of $250 million, EBITDA uplift of $100 million+, and sustainable change by managing mandates in multinationals, SMEs, and startups. Neel is adept at navigating across countries, regions, and cultures, and he brings an entrepreneurial and creative mindset, drive, and passion to design and execute win-win solutions for his clients.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
18+ Years
of Experience
HR Manager
John is a highly commercial, entrepreneurial leader who speaks six languages. His proudest achievement was founding his own travel technology startup, CultureMee, which won global awards in business and leisure travel. He is also proud to have led a Europe-wide, cross-functional supply chain project, which drove a €40 million reduction in working capital in CRH Plc, one of the largest construction companies in the world.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
28+ Years
of Experience
Learning and Development Manager
Desmond is a change and transformation leader experienced across a range of industries. For more than 28 years, he's architected and guided change initiatives for corporations, governments, higher education, and nonprofits. This work involves processes and technologies, but at the core, people are those who determine project success or failure. Desmond brings field-proven methods and tools to help senior leadership, program directors, and project teams achieve success.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
15+ Years
of Experience
Employee Relations Manager
Jessie is an experienced growth strategist in international education and purpose-led startups who excels in APAC market development and operational management. She has the ability to connect Western best practices with Eastern cultural norms, fostering innovation and a growth mindset. Jessie is driven by continuous learning and the idea of co-creating a just world through commerce.
Previously at
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
17+ Years
of Experience
Payroll Transformation Expert
Germee is an established finance leader who has assisted startups and mid-sized clients in the UK, US, and Asia in securing over $128 million in funding. As an investment banker at ING Bank, she guided clients through the buying and selling of companies, including advising the world's second-largest geothermal firm, backed by her valuation models. Germee has added value for clients in construction, retail, and manufacturing with her data-driven financial strategies.
Previously at
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UNRIVALED EXPERTISE
Our Talent Has Worked With Top Companies
Having previously worked with these leading global companies, our talent brings valuable insights and expertise to deliver world-class outcomes.
WHY ORGANIZATIONS CHOOSE US
Toptal in Action
Discover the cutting-edge benefits our clients enjoy from the global Toptal network.
Toptal helps Fortune 500 manufacturer improve new hire experience and employee retention.
Challenge: Despite a standardized onboarding process, the client recognized that procedural and experiential differences across plants were impacting new hire retention. The client sought Toptal’s help with a cross-functional change management strategy that would align teams and create a richer, more consistent new hire experience.
Solution: Toptal provided strategic guidance to help leaders break out of organizational silos, manage competing priorities, and improve internal communication. They also worked with the client to establish a repeatable process, ensuring continued alignment across executive sponsors and departments. In addition, Toptal facilitated leadership coaching and regular check-ins to track progress, plan effectively, and support the team in driving change and meeting key goals.
Outcome: By aligning onboarding efforts with employee needs and expectations, the organization built trust from day one. Turnover dropped significantly with better support and integration of new hires, leading to stronger team cohesion and long-term retention. With improved communication and collaboration, teams developed better cross-functional engagement that then accelerated decision-making. Toptal’s contributions fostered a consistent, resilient culture that transcended silos, encouraged innovation, and enabled both immediate and sustained success.
Toptal Ranked #1 Most Reliable Professional Services Company in America
Newsweek and Statista’s rankings were based on an independent survey of more than 2,400 decision-makers at Fortune 500s.
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Highest ranked across all industries
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Methodology for the Rankings
How likely the respondent is to recommend the selected company to others.
Measures the convenience of interaction with the company and efficiency of processes.
Measures the company’s cost-effectiveness and quality relative to price.
Measures whether the company consistently meets or exceeds expectations in quality and timeliness of deliverables.
Measures the company’s ability to consistently fulfill commitments and maintain customer trust.
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