Contingent Workforce Intelligence

SDP protects your investment in contingent workforce through total visibility, cost reduction, and compliance assurance — across every jurisdiction you operate in.

SDP started with a

belief

that freedom matters to both contractors and the enterprises that hire them. For enterprises, it’s the freedom to scale contingent workforce capacity on demand — without the cost overhead, compliance risk, or administrative complexity that typically comes with it.

Today, enterprises across five continents rely on SDP to turn contingent workforce management from a necessary cost into a strategic advantage — with the freedom to scale globally, and the clarity to optimise spend, mitigate risk, and drive real business outcomes.

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Solutions & Services

End-to-end management of your contingent workforce, from onboarding and compliance to payroll and offboarding. We simplify contractor engagement while reducing risk and administrative burden.

Hire talent quickly in Australia or globally without establishing a local legal entity. We employ workers on your behalf while ensuring full compliance with local employment laws.

Centralise and optimise your contingent workforce through a single managed service. Gain greater visibility, supplier performance, cost control, and workforce governance.

Strategic workforce advice to help optimise hiring, workforce planning, compliance, and operational performance. Our experts deliver practical solutions tailored to your business goals.

Deliver tax-effective salary packaging solutions that enhance employee benefits and maximise take-home pay. We manage the administration, compliance, and reporting for you.

Navigate complex visa and immigration requirements with confidence. Our specialists support employers and skilled professionals throughout the sponsorship and visa process.

Accurate, compliant payroll services for contractors, employees, and contingent workforces. We manage payroll processing, tax obligations, superannuation, and reporting.

END TO END SERVICES

Solutions, not just advice.

Contingent workforce intelligence isn’t a report — it’s a by-product of doing the work. SDP delivers a complete suite of products and services covering every stage of the contracting lifecycle, and because we run the engagement end to end, every stage feed’s one clear picture of your contingent workforce.

We give HR and Talent Acquisition teams confidence in compliance, procurement teams clear visibility and control, and CFOs the financial certainty and clarity they need.

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OUR FRAMEWORK

Clarity and control, across four pillars.

Contingent workforce intelligence means giving HR, TA, procurement, and finance the same clear picture of your workforce — measured against four pillar metrics.

01

Consolidation

Unify every supplier and vendor into one source of truth.

02

Compliance

Build audit-ready frameworks that withstand scrutiny.

03

Control

Ensure complete visibility over talent, spend, and risk.

04

Cost‑Reduction

Implement lean processes that reduce cost‑to‑serve.

trust

leading enterprises in Australia trust us to manage their contingent workforce.

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TWO DECADES OF PROOF

Why enterprises choose SDP

Since 2004, we’ve built the infrastructure and track record enterprises rely on to manage contingent workforce with confidence and clarity.

$3 BILLION

of payroll processed

20+ Years

managing contingent workforce

20,000

Contractors served since 2004

2,000+

Contractors served daily

600+

agencies outsourced their payroll services to us

300+

employers trust us with contingent workforce solutions

78

Above average NPR score with enterprises

5 Continents

Service footprints across five continents

Enterprise results – case studies

Results.

Enterprise contingent workforce transformation. Real organisations, real commercial outcomes

20%

Reduction in contractor engagement cost

Laing O’Rourke is a global engineering and construction company with a workforce of 6,000+. Its talent strategy centres on attracting, developing, and retaining top talent — with a particular emphasis on diversity and inclusion.

In just six months, SDP’s consulting team ran a full transformation: a needs assessment, prototyping of talent market solutions, strategic briefs, and the build-out of a Global Capability Centre in India.

The result: a 20% reduction in contractor costs, faster hiring turnaround, and immediate access to a vetted global talent pool — all delivered inside the project timeline.

A global engineering firm, a six-month transformation.

VOICE OF ENTERPRISE

We ask. We listen. We act.

Enterprise clients don’t just approve of SDP — they advocate for us. They’ve seen fragmented, high-risk workforce ecosystems become consolidated, compliant operations. They know SDP doesn’t just advise. We implement, and we keep our promises.

ENTERPRISE SATISFACTION

+78 NPS

Net Promoter Score measures how likely clients are to recommend us — scored from −100 to +100. Anything above +50 is considered excellent; above +70 is world class. In 2024 we scored +23. We listened to what our enterprise clients told us, acted on it, and in 2025 they scored us +78.

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HOW WE WORK

One partner, four stages of delivery.

Each stage works on its own, so you can use only what fits your current goals.

01 Discover & Consult

Assess Feasibility

Research, advisory, and feasibility work to design and launch global capability centres with confidence.

02 Source

Find the talent

Access a global talent pool through our in-house specialists and trusted alliance partners.

03 Engage

Remove the risk

We handle legal, compliance, and insurance requirements so you can focus on talent, not paperwork.

04 Pay & Manage

Keep it compliant

Accurate, timely, compliant payments across regions, supporting the full contractor lifecycle.

PROVEN EXPERTISE

Get it wrong, and you’re exposed.

Enterprise contingent workforce management now spans compliance, risk, cost control, and talent strategy across multiple jurisdictions. Get it wrong, and you’re exposed to misclassification penalties, audit failures, and reputational damage. It demands a partner with a proven history of solving these problems.

Luke Carolan
Enterprise Partnership Manager

Luke brings over 20 years of experience turning fragmented, high-risk workforce setups into unified, compliant operations — and built SDP’s Four Pillars framework.

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NEXT STEPS

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