HCM manages your workforce from hire to retire on one connected system — recruitment, payroll, attendance, performance and learning all share the same employee record, so an org change or a promotion doesn't need to be re-entered in five different places.
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Key Capabilities
Everything HCM covers out of the box.
Employee Management
The single employee record every other HCM capability builds on.
Recruitment
Requisitions, candidate pipelines and interview scheduling.
Onboarding
Structured onboarding tasks and document collection for new hires.
Attendance
Time capture, shift schedules and exception handling.
Leave
Leave policies, balances, requests and approvals.
Payroll
Country-specific payroll calculation, statutory compliance and payslips.
Performance
Goals, reviews and continuous feedback.
Learning
Training assignment, completion tracking and certifications.
Compensation
Salary structures, pay bands and compensation review cycles.
Benefits
Benefits enrollment and plan administration.
ESS
Employee self-service for requests, documents and personal data.
MSS
Manager self-service for approvals, team data and reporting.
Analytics
Workforce dashboards spanning headcount, attrition and cost.
AI HR
Attrition risk signals, resume screening assist and policy Q&A.
Explore HCM by Module
Every module below is a real, shipped part of one connected HCM — go deeper on any of them.
Attract and hire
Onboard
Work and pay
Grow and develop
Reward
Support and retain
Foundation across every stage
Recruitment
From requisition to offer, on one real pipeline.
Payroll
One real calculation engine, every country pack feeding it.
Performance Management
Goals, OKRs, and reviews that actually roll up.
Leave & Attendance
Real balances, real risk detection, zero spreadsheets.
Talent Management
Succession planning that actually requires two sign-offs.
Learning & Development
A course catalog, real enrollment, real certifications.
Compensation & Benefits
A real compensation cycle, real benefit enrollment.
Onboarding
Checklists that recalculate risk automatically.
Employee Experience
One self-service portal, real data from every module.
Analytics & AI Intelligence
Real, explainable scoring — never a black box.
Employee Assets
Every laptop, license, and loan — tracked to who has it.
HR Communications
One rule engine behind every announcement, email, and SMS.
Expenses & Travel
Policy checked at submission, not discovered at audit.
Health & Safety
A real risk score, not just an incident count.
Employee Relations
Grievances, conflicts, and disciplinary actions — one real record.
Workforce Planning
A suggested headcount, calculated — not guessed.
Country Packs
44 countries. One real, versioned statutory framework.
HCM Admin Console
Real audit logs. Real permission governance. Zero guesswork.
Helpdesk, Timesheets & Shift Scheduling
The operational essentials, done simply and for real.
IT & Software Industry Pack
Bench, billability, and project staffing — built in.
See HCM in Action
Product screenshots are being finalized as HCM nears general availability — the frames below stand in for them.
AI in HCM
Part of the Spark ERP AI Platform, applied to HCM.
Attrition Risk
Surfaces employees showing patterns correlated with regretted attrition, for managers to act on early.
Resume Screening Assist
Helps recruiters shortlist candidates against a requisition's criteria — a recommendation, not an automatic reject.
Policy Q&A
Answers employee questions about leave, benefits and HR policy from the tenant's own policy documents.
Workflows
Requests like leave or a compensation change move through the same configurable approval chain, with HR and payroll notified automatically once approved rather than by a separate email.
Example flow
- 1
Leave Requested
Employee submits via self-service.
- 2
Manager Approval
Routed to the reporting manager.
- 3
HR Review
Policy and balance checks applied where configured.
- 4
Payroll Sync
Approved leave reflects automatically in the next payroll run.
Integrations
HCM connects to the systems this domain typically runs alongside — see the fullIntegration Platform for the complete picture.
- Payroll & tax authorities
- Background-check providers
- Benefits carriers
- Biometric / time-clock devices
- Learning content libraries
- Job boards
Industry Applications
How HCM is typically configured for a sector.
Country Support
HCM runs on Spark ERP's Country Packs, so local tax, statutory and compliance rules apply automatically.
Security
HCM inherits Spark ERP's platform-wide identity, tenant isolation, encryption and audit — the same security model every application runs on, not something rebuilt per module.
Customer Stories
Customer stories are being collected and will appear here.
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Pricing
HCM is available standalone or as part of a bundled Spark ERP plan. See current plans and what's included.
Frequently Asked Questions
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