Rippling Consulting
Rippling Support for Small and Mid-Sized Businesses
Implementing and optimizing Rippling doesn’t have to be complicated. As a Rippling Preferred Partner led by a former Head of HR, HolmGrown builds your system around how your business actually runs, so both your configuration and the HR policies behind it hold up as you grow.
How we help
Start-to-finish help for your Rippling project.
Why Rippling?
Choosing Rippling is a smart move for your business. The platform offers HR, IT, and payroll support with configuration options you can tailor to your exact needs. Implementation can be overwhelming. Onboarding workflows, device and app management, payroll setup, compliance settings, and permissions all have to work together, and small missteps can create big headaches later. Whether you want to avoid mistakes or get more out of your subscription, we can help.
At HolmGrown Solutions, we specialize in helping businesses implement and manage Rippling the right way. We’ll save you time, help you avoid errors, and make sure your account is built to support your business as it scales.
Here's how we help most often:
1. Rippling Implementation
Starting from scratch? We’ll build your Rippling account around how your business actually operates, not a one-size-fits-all template. This includes:
- Company and employee data setup
- Payroll configuration and pay schedules
- Benefits, deductions, and dependent setup
- Time-off policies and time-tracking rules
- Recruitment, requisition, and candidate experience
- Performance management and compensation strategies
- Employee classifications and compliance settings
- Document management
- Multi-state setup, including registrations and state-specific requirements
- Workflows and custom apps
2. Rippling Enhancements & Optimization
Already using Rippling but not sure you’re getting full value from it? Many businesses configure the basics and stop there, leaving entire modules and workflows unused. As Rippling experts with extensive HR expertise, we help you unlock what’s already available in your account, including:
- Building custom apps tailored to your workflows
- Setting up approval processes and workflows so the right people are looped in automatically
- Evaluating additional Rippling modules to see what fits as your business grows
- Supporting acquisitions and mergers within the platform
3. Ongoing Rippling Support
Already using Rippling but need a hand keeping it running smoothly? We offer ongoing support for:
- Troubleshooting configuration issues
- Adding new employees, states, or benefit plans correctly
- Adjusting workflows as your team grows or changes
- Making sure your policies stay compliant as regulations shift
- Fractional HR and payroll support
Case Studies
Take a look at real examples of work we’ve done to get an idea of recent projects, time commitment, and turnaround time.
Full Implementation — 120 Employees, Multi-State
110 hours | 10 weeks to go live | 4 weeks of post-launch support
Acted as project manager, HR expert, and configuration specialist for a full Rippling rollout across a multi-state workforce. Modules implemented included recruiting, learning, performance management, payroll, benefits, time tracking, and time off, with integrations to Slack, Google, and 401(k) provider.
After go-live, we provided three full payroll cycles of hands-on support to make sure the system ran smoothly in production. The client has since kept us on retainer to ensure availability for: open enrollment, annual performance management and compensation cycles, end-of-year tax filings (1099s, W-2s, etc.), payroll backup coverage if their primary processor is unavailable
The result: a complete multi-module rollout, live in 10 weeks, and a client who kept us on retainer after launch.
Custom App Build — 95 Employees
25 hours | 4 weeks total time from engagement to handoff
Designed and built a custom app inside Rippling Pro to manage onboarding and offboarding across multiple departments. Because the client operates under SOC 2 compliance requirements, every handoff required a documented sign-off trail. We built and tested eight custom workflows to automatically trigger the correct tasks and approvals at each stage of onboarding and offboarding, moving the client from a manual checklist to an automated workflow.
The result: an audit-ready system that runs reports seamlessly and removes the risk of misplaced documents or missed sign-offs.
System Audit & Enhancements — 35 Employees & Contractors, 7 States
15 hours | 5 weeks total
Reviewed an existing Rippling setup for a company operating across seven states and identified compliance gaps and opportunities for improvement. Work included:
- Updated documents and policy configurations
- Implemented Time tracking and time-off rule adjustments
- State-required retirement plan setup
- FLSA classification reviewed
- Payroll processing corrections made
- Automated workflows published to keep the right people informed at each step
- Google integration setup
- Rippling device management launch in partnership with the client’s IT team
The result: compliance gaps closed across all seven states, with automated workflows that keep everyone informed.
New Entity Setup — 50 Employees Added
40 hours | 4 weeks from engagement to first payroll processing
Supported a growing company as they added a new legal entity to their existing Rippling platform following an acquisition. Work included:
- Set up the new entity’s legal and tax registrations within Rippling
- Configured entity-specific payroll schedules, benefits, time off, time tracking, and permissions
- Migrated documents to Rippling, including adding document templates and bulk upload of existing documents
- Mapped new employees into the correct entity, department, and reporting structure
- Trained employees and managers in the new system
- Tested payroll and benefits eligibility to confirm the new entity ran cleanly alongside the parent company’s existing setup
The result: a seamless expansion with no disruption to the parent company’s existing payroll, benefits, or reporting.
Post-Acquisition Instance Migration — 40 Employees Migrated
20 hours | 3 weeks from engagement to first payroll processing
Managed the migration of an acquired company from its standalone Rippling instance into the parent company’s Rippling platform as part of a post-acquisition integration. This work required careful sequencing to avoid any gaps in pay or benefits for affected employees. Work included:
- Auditing the acquired company’s existing Rippling setup, including payroll history, benefits elections, time-off balances, and employee data
- Mapping and translating policies, pay groups, and benefit plans to align with the parent company’s structure
- Coordinating a cutover timeline to prevent duplicate or missed payroll runs
- Migrating employee records, historical data, and documents
- Drafting communication to affected employees to minimize confusion during the transition
- Post-migration audit to confirm payroll, benefits, tax, and compliance settings matched across both companies
The result: a smooth transition for 40 employees with no missed or duplicate payrolls and no gaps in benefits coverage during the acquisition.
Transparent, Straightforward Pricing
No bulky packages, no bundled fees, no surprises.
Our hourly rate is $200/hour.
We work on an hourly basis, so you’re never paying for something you aren’t using. You only pay for the time it actually takes to get your Rippling account set up or configured to your needs.
Once your implementation is live or your project wraps up, retainer options are available if you’d like to secure our services for ongoing support, changes, or questions as your business grows.
What this means for you:
- You pay for real work, not a flat “package price” that may or may not match the actual effort involved or lead to “out-of-scope” conversations.
- Small setups are quicker; complex, multi-state setups take longer. We’re priced fairly, based on what your business actually needs.
- No pressure to commit to a retainer up front. It’s there if and when you want it.
Why opt for the retainer?
The retainer ensures I am available when you need me; whether it’s a quick question, a system tweak, a new workflow, or swapping out benefits during open enrollment. Retainer clients always get priority, and I build my calendar around their open enrollment, performance management cycles, and other key system changes.
Retainers can be customized to your business. Our three most common options include:
Basic – $200/month
Best for clients with an internal HR team. The Basic package includes 1 hour per month of consulting, including emails, calls, or hands-on system support. Additional hours are billed at our hourly rate. Priority scheduling for key system changes like open enrollment, performance management, and compensation adjustments is included in the Basic package.
Standard – $1,000/month
Best for clients with internal payroll support. The Standard package includes 5 hours per month of consulting, including emails, calls, or hands-on system support. Additional hours are billed at our hourly rate. Priority scheduling for key system changes like open enrollment, performance management, and compensation adjustments is included in the Standard package.
Premium – starting at $2,000/month
Best for companies without an HR or payroll department, or fast-growing teams needing immediate platform support. Includes 10 hours per month of HR and payroll support. Additional hours are billed at our hourly rate. Priority scheduling for key system changes like open enrollment, performance management, and compensation adjustments is included in the Premium package.
How it works
- Book a free consultation. Tell us a bit about your business and where you are with Rippling, whether you’re starting fresh, mid-setup, or already live.
- Get a tailored plan. We’ll create a plan that is tailored to your priorities and company needs.
- We build or refine your Rippling account. You’ll get hands-on setup, configuration, and HR guidance every step of the way.
- Enjoy a system built to grow with you. Once you’re set up, we’re still here for questions, changes, and ongoing support.
Why Work with HolmGrown Solutions
Rippling Preferred Partner | Certified in App Studio, Payroll Admin, Benefits Admin, and Identity and Access Management
We're a Rippling Preferred Partner
Invited into the program in 2026 by Rippling in recognition of our exceptional work and client feedback. As a preferred partner, we also pass real advantages on to you: the best available pricing, a dedicated account manager, and faster support when something needs attention.
We're Rippling Certified.
Our certifications in App Studio, Payroll Admin, Benefits Admin, and Identity and Access Management mean we know the platform at a level most consultants don’t—verified by Rippling itself, not just self-taught.
We tailor your account to your business.
No two companies operate the same way, so we configure Rippling to match your pay schedules, time-off policies, benefits, employee classifications, and so much more.
We understand compliance.
From multi-state payroll to leave policies, we make sure your setup meets state and federal requirements.
You get a real HR partner, not just a systems tech.
Allison brings 15+ years of corporate HR experience, including leading a 20+ person team as Head of Human Resources. Every setting we configure is backed by the HR judgment behind it, from pay policies to leave and classifications.
Real world experience setting up HR systems for companies like yours.
Having worked with dozens of companies, we can answer the age-old question, “what are other companies doing?” and help guide you on how to make strategic decisions that will grow with your company.
Meet Allison Holmgren.
Allison founded HolmGrown Solutions in 2021 after more than a decade in corporate HR, including leading a team of 20+ HR professionals as Head of Human Resources for a large Chicago-based corporation. Today she’s a Rippling Preferred Partner, helping growing businesses get their systems and their HR right at the same time.