Ascen

Ascen revolutionizes staffing with an Employer of Record (EOR) solution specifically built for the staffing industry, empowering you to scale effortlessly. Acting as the legal employer, Ascen expertly manages onboarding, payroll, benefits, and workers' compensation across all U.S. states, Canada, and selected global markets. With specialized coverage for professional, healthcare, and light industrial sectors, its white-label, all-in-one platform even includes embedded payroll funding, eliminating cash flow issues without personal guarantees or complicated factoring processes.

Beyond payroll, Ascen also serves as a trusted Agent of Record (AOR) for independent contractors, ensuring accurate worker classification, streamlined global payments, compliance documentation, and indemnification. Its sophisticated yet intuitive software integrates onboarding, automated timesheet and expense management, invoicing, reporting, and credentialing—all under your branding.

Designed with tech-forward staffing companies in mind, Ascen offers robust API connections for seamless integration into your existing ATS and accounting software (Quickbooks, Xero, Netsuite), automating critical operations to eliminate errors and manual tasks. With Ascen, staffing agencies can focus on growth and client relationships, knowing their backend operations are reliably automated, compliant, and scalable.

https://www.ascen.com/

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EOR Built for Staffing

Ascen steps in as the legal employer of record (EOR) of your candidates. We handle compliant onboarding, payroll, benefits, and workers' compensation insurance, in an affordable, pay-as-you-go solution, to allow you to grow effortlessly. Ascen works in all US States, Canada, and selected countries globally.

• EOR built for staffing organizations
• White-label all-in-one platform, with embedded financing available
• Works in all US States, Canada, and selected countries globally
• Coverage for Professional, Healthcare, and Light Industrial workers' compensation codes
• API Connection for Staffing and Gig platforms

Agent of Record/IC Compliance

Ascen partners with Staffing Agencies to act as their trusted Agent of Record (AOR) for the independent contractors (ICs) they place. Using advanced workers classification techniques, Ascen ensures Independent Contractors are correctly classified. As an AOR, Ascen oversees:

• Timesheet management
• Global IC payments in USD and local currencies
• Contractor onboarding (W-9, W-8BEN) and document management
• IC compliance and indemnification
• End client invoicing and collection

White Label Payroll and Billing Built for Staffing

Whether you are using Ascen's EOR or running payroll under your own tax entity, all of Ascen's customers benefit from our pay and bill platform purpose-built for staffing. Our software is comprehensive for managing your temporary staffing business and includes:

• Onboarding
• Timesheets Management and Approvals
• Payroll
• Invoicing
• Reporting
• Learning Management
• Credentialing
• Document Signing and Management

Other payroll and EOR providers are built for end clients hiring permanent workers. Ascen's software is built for staffing organizations onboarding, managing, and billing for contingent workers at scale. Whether you are a new recruitment startup or established platform, Ascen will allow you to automate your critical pay and bill functions, in a fully white-label environment which empowers staffing partners to keep their brand front and center.

Payroll Funding

Staffing requires high capital amounts to support payroll prior to clients paying invoices. With Ascen's integrated payroll funding solution, ensure timely contractor payments and avoid cash flow problems.

While customers are not required to use our embedded payroll funding option, some benefits include:

• Minimize Manual Effort of Uploading Invoices to Factoring
• No Personal Guarantees or Liens
• Cheaper, flat pricing versus factoring
• Built-in AR and collections management
• Credit and work-out management
• Multi-currency support

Timesheets and Expenses

Managing client timesheet and expense approvals is one of the most difficult aspects of running a successful staffing organization. Ascen's white-label timesheets and expenses module is built specifically for high-growth staffing organizations with modern approval flows built right in. Ascen's timesheet and expense management includes:

• White Label Timesheet and Expense Candidate Portal
• One-click and no-click approvals for clients (no-login required)
• Automated entry and approval reminders for clients and candidates
• White Label client timesheet dashboard with complex permissions
• Automatically sync time and expenses to payroll with overtime rules and complex billing rules

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REST API

Running a staffing organization at scale requires automation and Ascen was purpose-built for tech-forward staffing companies in an API-first design.

Create custom integrations with Ascen using our REST API with full coverage of endpoints that exist within our web user interface. Examples of integration possibilities using Ascen's API include:

• Embed onboarding components into your custom application
• Pull paychecks and other data into your application
• Submit and manage assignments with the API
• Create and update timesheets and expenses through the API

ATS and Accounting Integrations

Connect your ATS and Accounting Systems with Ascen by using our pre-built integrations to various staffing-focused ATS providers and popular accounting software such as Quickbooks, Xero, and Netsuite. With Ascen's integrations you can create an all-on-one solution for your business and avoid manual bookkeeping and administration errors.

https://www.ascen.com/