What if your HR didn’t just manage compliance – it drove growth? What if your best people never wanted to leave? What if succession planning wasn’t a looming crisis but a managed transition? That’s what strategic HR looks like. And it’s what we help you build. Your HR practices directly impact productivity, operational effectiveness, and your bottom line. Whether you need support with foundational HR operations, strategic workforce planning, or both, HBK provides expert guidance tailored to where you are and where you’re headed.
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Contact Bob Floreak to discuss how HBK’s HR Business Advisory Services can support your organization’s goals.
The CPA Firm Advantage: Where Financial Expertise Meets HR Strategy
As your CPA firm, we bring capabilities most HR consultancies can’t match. We already understand your business, your financials, and your strategic goals. We have deep insight into how you can quantify HR decisions in P&L terms. We integrate HR planning with tax strategy, business valuation, and financial forecasting, free from the learning curve other providers might need to rely upon. This means faster implementation, better-informed recommendations, and HR solutions that align seamlessly with your financial and operational planning goals.
Two Levels of Support: Designed to Grow with You
Not all businesses face the same HR challenges or operate at the same level of organizational maturity. Our approach focuses on your administrative requirements, your strategic objectives, or both—developing solutions designed specifically to meet your organization’s requirements.
Tier 1: Secure Performance
Perfect for businesses that need reliable HR fundamentals without the overhead of a full department.
Tier 2: Strategic Growth
Designed for businesses ready to use HR as a competitive advantage and strategic growth driver.
| Features | Tier 1: Secure Performance | Tier 2: Strategic Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Basic HR compliance | ✓ | ✓ |
| HR procedures and practices development | ✓ | ✓ |
| Benefits plan design and annual enrollment support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Payroll and HR technology planning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Record keeping and file management | ✓ | ✓ |
| Background and drug screenings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Onboarding and offboarding processes | ✓ | ✓ |
| Employee relations support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Performance improvement plan development | ✓ | ✓ |
| Employee appraisal and performance review systems | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compensation review and planning | ✓ | ✓ |
| Job description design and creation | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ad hoc support as needs arise | ✓ | ✓ |
| Compensation studies and pay-for-performance/incentive plan development | ✓ | |
| Employee surveys, 360-degree program implementation, and stay interviews | ✓ | |
| HR department planning and development | ✓ | |
| Competency and skills assessment including DiSC™ and other behavioral tools | ✓ | |
| Workflow analysis and organizational/department functional design | ✓ | |
| High-potential employee development programs | ✓ | |
| Staffing and recruitment plan development | ✓ | |
| HR metrics tracking and outcomes evaluation | ✓ | |
| HR strategic planning linked to business objectives | ✓ | |
| M&A activity support | ✓ | |
| Exit planning | ✓ | |
| Succession planning | ✓ |
The HBK Difference: We start with assessment, not assumptions.
We already know your business.
Unlike external HR consultants who need months to understand your context, we leverage our existing knowledge of your financials, strategic objectives, and organizational culture. This means faster implementation, better-informed recommendations, and HR solutions that align seamlessly with your business planning.
We show you what’s possible.
Great HR isn’t just about avoiding problems. It’s about creating competitive advantage – retaining your best people, building leadership bench strength, making workforce decisions backed by data, and turning HR from a cost center into a growth engine.
That’s what we help you build.
Beyond the Basics
In addition to our core advisory services, we offer customized recruitment support, training programs, and leadership development solutions that strengthen your company’s productivity, culture, and results.