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Employer of Record (EOR) Services

Hire Talent in India Without Setting Up a Local Entity

A compliant employment solution for global businesses hiring finance professionals in markets where they don't yet have a legal entity.

Employment record for India. Your company directs the day-to-day work of an FP&A Manager in Bengaluru, while HireGenie acts as the legal employer of record handling contract, payroll, benefits and statutory compliance. No local entity is required. PF, ESI, PT, Gratuity and Form 16 are filed. Onboarded in fifteen days.

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Why EOR

Market Entry Shouldn't Wait on Entity Setup

Establishing a legal entity in a new market can take months and a meaningful upfront investment, often before a business knows whether the market is worth the commitment.

Employer of Record lets you legally employ talent in a new country immediately. We act as the legal employer, managing contracts, statutory compliance and payroll, while you direct the employee's day-to-day work. You move at the speed of a hiring decision rather than the speed of a company registration.

Worth saying plainly: EOR is an employment and compliance service, not a recruitment service. It solves how you legally employ someone, not who you hire. We offer both, and quote them separately.

EOR + Recruitment: A Combined Path to Hiring in India

Many businesses come to us already knowing they want to hire finance talent in India, but without a local entity and without the internal capacity to run a search themselves. For this situation, HireGenie offers a combined path:

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We help you find the right finance professional first

Using our specialist finance recruitment capability to identify, evaluate and present qualified candidates, exactly as we would for a direct hire.

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We then employ that professional on your behalf through our EOR structure

So you can onboard them quickly and compliantly without waiting on entity establishment.

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You retain full operational control

Directing the employee's day-to-day work, performance and responsibilities, while HireGenie manages the legal employment relationship.

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The two services work together but remain distinct

Recruitment finds the right person; EOR is how you legally employ them in India once they're found.

This combined approach is particularly useful for businesses making their first finance hire in India, where neither a standalone search nor a standalone EOR engagement fully solves the problem on its own.

When Employer of Record Is the Right Call

EOR is the right tool for a specific set of situations:

You want to test a new market before committing to it

EOR lets you hire and operate in a country before deciding whether to invest in a permanent legal presence.

You need to hire quickly and an entity isn't yet in place

Entity registration can take months; EOR can have someone legally employed in weeks.

You're hiring a small number of people in a market

Establishing a full entity rarely makes sense for one or two hires, where EOR is significantly more cost-efficient.

You want to reduce ongoing compliance burden

EOR shifts statutory employment risk and administration to the provider rather than your internal team.

If you already have a local entity and simply need salary processing and statutory filing handled, see Payroll Services instead — the distinction matters and is explained in detail below.

Why Businesses Choose HireGenie for EOR

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Finance-specific employment expertise

We understand the seniority, compensation structures and role nuances specific to finance hiring, not just generic employment administration.

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Combined recruitment & employment capability

We can both find your finance hire and legally employ them, removing the need to coordinate two separate vendors.

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India compliance, managed directly

We manage the employment law differences across India directly, rather than treating compliance as generic.

What we handle

Every EOR engagement covers the full employment lifecycle.

Employment compliancePayroll accuracyContract structuringBenefits administrationTax & statutory filingRisk managementClient & employee support

How it works

Our Employer of Record Process

Step 01

Discovery & Consultation

We understand your hiring location, role requirements and whether you need recruitment support, EOR employment, or both.

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Step 02

Candidate Identification (Where Required)

If you don't yet have a candidate identified, we run a structured search using our finance recruitment capability.

Step 03

Employment Structuring

We structure a compliant employment contract aligned to local law and your specific requirements.

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Step 04

Onboarding & Payroll Setup

We manage onboarding, payroll configuration and statutory registration for the employee.

Step 05

Ongoing Employment & Compliance Management

We manage payroll processing, statutory filings, benefits administration and regulatory compliance throughout the engagement.

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Step 06

Ongoing Support & Transition Planning

We provide ongoing support to both parties and plan ahead for any future transition to your own entity.

Finance Roles We Support Through EOR

Employer of Record vs Payroll Services

These two services are often confused, but they solve different problems. In short: EOR is the right solution when you don't have a legal entity and need someone employed compliantly from day one. Payroll Services is the right solution when you already have an entity and simply need salary processing and statutory compliance managed on your behalf.

Employer of Record (EOR)

You don't need a local legal entity

HireGenie is the legal employer of record

Covers full employment compliance, contracts and statutory obligations

Suited to market entry and testing new geographies

Broader scope: employment risk sits with the EOR provider

Payroll Services

Assumes you already have a local legal entity

You remain the legal employer; HireGenie processes payroll on your behalf

Covers salary processing, statutory deductions and payroll filings

Suited to businesses with an established local presence

Narrower scope: employment risk remains with your entity

Industries We Serve

Employer of Record services are particularly common across:

Startups entering India or the Middle East for the first time

Where speed to market matters more than long-term entity infrastructure at the early stage.

Global businesses testing new geographies before committing

Where EOR provides a low-risk way to validate market demand before investing in entity setup.

GCCs in their earliest stage of establishment

Where the first few finance hires often happen through EOR while entity formation is still in progress.

Technology & SaaS companies hiring small, distributed teams

Where one or two finance hires in a new market rarely justify the cost of entity establishment.

Private Equity & Venture Capital firms supporting portfolio company expansion

Where portfolio companies need fast, compliant market entry without diverting resources into legal setup.

Family offices and global businesses making their first India hire

Where EOR combined with recruitment support removes the two biggest barriers to a first hire at once.

Employer of Record (EOR) vs Establishing a Local Entity

Employer of Record (EOR)

Faster market entry

No local entity required

Reduced compliance burden

Lower operational complexity

Suitable for testing new markets

Establishing a Local Entity

Longer setup timelines

Requires legal entity establishment

Full compliance responsibility

Higher administrative burden

Suitable for long-term local operations

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

The questions clients ask most before starting a finance search. If yours isn’t here, we’re one call away.

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An Employer of Record is a third-party organization that legally employs workers on behalf of another business while managing payroll, compliance and employment obligations, allowing the hiring business to operate without establishing its own local legal entity.

EOR is charged as a fixed monthly fee per employee, quoted upfront and independent of salary, so your cost does not rise when you give someone a raise. The fee covers the employment contract, payroll processing, statutory contributions and filings, and ongoing compliance management. If you also want us to find the candidate, recruitment is a separate one-time fee. See Our Promise for the terms we commit to.

EOR is usually cheaper below roughly 10-15 employees in a market. Entity establishment carries registration costs, ongoing statutory filings, local director and accounting requirements, and takes months before the first hire can start. Above that headcount the fixed cost of an entity is typically spread widely enough to become the cheaper option. EOR also lets you exit a market without winding up a company.

EOR means HireGenie is the legal employer, used when you don't have a local entity. Payroll Services means you remain the legal employer and we simply process payroll and statutory filings on your behalf, used when you already have a local entity. See the comparison above for full detail.

Yes. We build transition planning into our EOR engagements from the outset, so employees can be moved to your own entity smoothly if and when you establish one.

We currently support EOR-based employment only in India, with employment structures compliant with labour law requirements.

Most EOR-based employment can be set up within 1-3 weeks once a candidate has been identified, significantly faster than the months typically required to establish a legal entity.

Global EOR platforms typically price India employment between USD 299 and USD 899 per employee per month. HireGenie's India EOR fee sits below that range, because we operate our own India entity rather than routing through an in-country partner, which removes a layer of margin. We also handle the recruitment, so businesses hiring their first India employee do not need two vendors.

Yes. This is one of our most common engagements — we run the recruitment search to identify the right finance professional, then employ them on your behalf through our EOR structure so you can onboard quickly and compliantly.

No. EOR is an employment and compliance service — it determines how someone is legally employed, not who is hired. We offer recruitment as a separate, complementary service that can be combined with EOR when needed.

We support EOR-based employment across the full finance function, including finance leadership, accounting, controllership, FP&A, tax, treasury, internal audit and shared services roles.

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