Payroll, Simplified for Growing Businesses
Enterprise-level payroll support for companies under 1,000 employees without enterprise costs or complexity.
PROBLEM → SOLUTION
Payroll errors, compliance risk, and outdated systems slow growing companies down.
We help you run payroll cleanly, accurately, and efficiently without adding headcount.
What We Handle
Managed payroll on your current system or isolved
Payroll exceptions, final pay & instant pay via PayQuest™
Payroll help desk & year-end support
Compliance guidance
Optional benefits solutions for small businesses
This Is For
You If…
You have under 1,000 employees
Payroll feels heavier than it should
Errors or compliance risk keep you on edge
You want expert support without enterprise pricing
Let’s Fix Payroll, Fast!
Book Your Free
Payroll Strategy Call
We’ll review your current setup and
recommend next steps.
Payroll Universe is led by founders with 40+ years of combined payroll and HRIS leadership, built on deep, hands-on experience running complex payroll operations, executing enterprise system integrations, and delivering compliance-first outcomes at scale. Walter W. Duncan III is a director-level payroll leader and SME with 20+ years spanning payroll operations, HR management, and enterprise integrations—recognized for building payroll functions from the ground up, leading multi-state and global payroll operations, and driving M&A onboarding, standardization, and process improvement across large, distributed organizations.
Brian Escobar is a results-driven payroll and HRIS leader and SME with a proven record of enterprise-wide integrations, high-volume payroll processing, and measurable financial impact, including over $6M in cost savings and major transformations across payroll, time, and HR systems. His background includes leading implementations stabilizing and modernizing payroll operations, supporting U.S. and Canada payroll, and serving as a corporate trainer—building teams and educating stakeholders to ensure sustainable adoption and accuracy.
Together, Payroll Universe brings:
Scale-tested payroll leadership: experience supporting environments from 1,000+ to 10,000+ employee workforces across multi-location, multi-state operations.
Systems + integrations expertise: extensive work across platforms like ADP, UKG, Paylocity, DayForce, Workday, Kronos and broader HRIS/time ecosystems—focused on data integrity and operational efficiency.
M&A and rapid onboarding capability: proven delivery integrating new entities/locations and hundreds to thousands of employees, with structured change management and training.
Compliance and audit readiness mindset: strong grounding in payroll tax processing, reconciliation, controls, and risk management to reduce errors and protect the business.
Education-forward operations: a track record of training teams and business partners, improving processes, and building repeatable payroll excellence—not just “running payroll,” but strengthening the whole operation., and to the point.