Managing your teams has become a lot harder since the rise of remote work and many accountants have been particularly worried about their payroll departments.
Because of the nature of the work they do, it’s important that this segment of the business doesn’t fall into chaos.
Therefore, effective collaboration is vitally important for payroll teams, especially in a remote setting.
Without solid collaboration, accurate and timely salary payments, compliance with tax regulations, and swift resolution of employee queries isn’t really possible.
In more serious cases, without collaboration you end up with errors, compliance issues, and decreased client satisfaction.
The scale of the issue
In a 2025 study, it was revealed that more people now prefer fully remote work to fully in-office work (19 and 18 per cent respectively).
The same study found that “53 per cent of workers would choose to work remotely with no chance of promotion rather than be in the office and eligible for advancement.”
(Take note if you’re planning on recruiting – remote work could be a key selling point!)
A separate ICEAW article reporting on a study by Hays (2024), found that, within your profession, 53 per cent of accountancy and finance professionals currently work in a hybrid form.
The same research points out that “52 per cent of finance professionals would not consider applying for a job in the future that didn’t offer hybrid working”.
Again, from a recruitment standpoint, this should demonstrate the significant need for your firm to offer your staff the opportunity to work remotely.
So, if you are going to allow people to work from home, you might as well do it right!
How to enhance collaboration among remote payroll teams
Collaboration between remote workers is all about two things:
- The ability to communicate.
- The ability for two individuals to work on the same thing simultaneously.
To manage this, you’ll probably need some form of technology – more specifically, a platform.
That’s because cloud-based digital platforms give you the following:
- Real time document sharing
- Open and simple communication channels
- An overview of the team’s workflow
- Product consistency (i.e. everything your team produces looks the same)
- Checklists and task management tools
One of the most important parts to get right is the way you coordinate requesting, gathering, sending and tracking client information and documents. This is where Glasscubes can help.
To explore what Glasscubes can do for payroll, please click here.
