SD Worx expands HCM suite with continuous payroll technology in Germany
Innovative HCM solution now features continuous payroll simulation, calculation & reporting. New payroll technology eliminates batch payroll and delivers real-time results instead. Cloud-based payroll technology successfully passes ITSG audit.
February 10, 2025
SD Worx, the leading European HR and payroll solutions provider, extends SD Worx Buddy with brand new payroll technology in the German market. SD Worx Buddy is a cloud-based HR solution developed to help small and medium-sized companies, combining HR, payroll, and time management in a user-friendly and fully integrated application. The new payroll engine passed the audit by the ITSG (Informationstechnische Servicestelle der gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung), that recognised SD Worx’ high standards in compliance, payroll technology and HR software. The new payroll technology will be made available to employers all over Germany.
SD Worx Buddy features three components: SD Worx Buddy Core HR for employee administration, SD Worx Time for workforce management, and SD Worx Payroll for cloud-based, continuous payroll management. The SaaS solution enables companies to fully digitise and optimise HR, time and payroll processes, and can be supported by SD Worx experts to help customers with complex, specialist tasks.
The integrated solution is built for SMEs that have previously found it difficult to cope with the growing complexity of employment legislation and compliance. In addition to using SD Worx Buddy, customers also get access to additional tax, legal and compliance experts from SD Worx, as well as to SD Worx Academy, a compliance education platform.
SD Worx Buddy’s key benefits are:
- Real-time simulation, forecasting and continuous payroll calculation: SD Worx Buddy offers continuous payroll calculation, real-time forecasting, simulation, and reporting. All calculations are updated instantly with every input change. These features help customers plan their workforce and wage costs strategically, and evaluate reward decisions based on their financial impact and business context.
- Smart automation with full control: SD Worx Buddy fully automates the reward process, from data collection to payroll, handling everything independently. Real-time calculations are accurate, with data automatically entered and reported instantly. Employees can access and control their data and processes anytime, anywhere, including past documents.
- Payroll processing reinvented: the new technology enables higher payroll quality thanks to complete transparency throughout the payroll process. The solution supports employers in autonomously handling all decision related to payroll. Employers get all the necessary insights throughout the declaration flow and across the checkout process, such as an overview of changes in the payroll period, differences with previous payroll periods and quick insights via graphs, providing employers with full visibility on the cost of employment.
- End-to-End-Design: SD Worx Buddy is the first fully integrated HCM suite that combines software, services and expertise for SMEs and covers all HR processes end-to-end. SD Worx Buddy was developed specifically for companies with limited HR resources and is intuitive to use - but scales independently and easily as a company grows.
“Faced with a high degree of legal complexity, stringent compliance requirements and a strong appetite for digital solutions, our German customers are continuously looking to make the most of modern, innovative technology. Gone are the days of batch payroll processing, long wait times and limited transparency: the future of payroll is real-time, continuous and cloud-based.”