About RJ Reliance
Twenty years of HCM implementation. No agenda beyond your outcome.
We've run payroll in 70+ countries across all 50 states — complex, high-stakes, multi-union environments where the standard playbook doesn't apply.
Who we are
RJ Reliance is a management consulting firm focused exclusively on HCM and WFM — the systems that run payroll, track time, manage workforce operations, and connect HR data to the rest of the business. We've been doing this for twenty years, across every major platform in the market.
Our client engagements span system implementation, system optimization, strategy and advisory work, and long-term managed services. What connects them is a consistent operating principle: the client knows their business better than any software vendor does. Our job is to build technology that enables how they actually operate.
We are platform-agnostic. Our primary co-sell relationships are with UKG and ADP, and we deliver against Paylocity, but the advice we give is grounded in what's right for the engagement — not in vendor preference. Where clients come to us mid-struggle, that independence matters.
The complexity we handle — certified payroll, prevailing wage, multi-country, multi-union, multi-EIN, FLSA edge cases — is the work that generalist partners pass on. It's where we've built the deepest practice over two decades.
How we work
We configure against your reality
Every engagement starts with how your business actually operates — your union agreements, your approval workflows, your integration topology. We design to fit, not to demo.
We stay through the hard part
Post-go-live is where most implementations unravel. Our managed services practice exists because stabilization, optimization, and ongoing coverage are as important as the initial build.
We bring the complexity others avoid
Prevailing wage, certified payroll, multi-country payroll, FLSA blended-rate calculations — the edge cases that standard playbooks skip are the ones we've spent years getting right.
We don't have a platform agenda
Co-sell relationships with UKG and ADP mean we're in rooms where platform selection happens. Our value in those rooms is honest technical assessment, not vendor preference.
What we do
Six service lines spanning the full HCM and WFM lifecycle — from first deployment to long-term operational coverage.
System Implementation
Full-lifecycle HCM and WFM deployments — from design through go-live and stabilization.
System Optimization
Reclaiming ROI on platforms already in place. Configuration fixes, workflow rebuilds, reporting.
Strategy & Advisory
Vendor selection, platform roadmaps, and the analytical work that informs the right decision.
Managed Services
Ongoing operational coverage — fractional expertise, run-state support, and staff augmentation.
Integration
Bi-directional integrations across ERP, POS, construction, and industry-specific systems.
AI Solutions
Practical AI applied to HCM workflows — starting where the operational payback is clearest.
The people behind the work
RJ Reliance is founder-led and practitioner-staffed. Every engagement is supported by people who have run complex HCM implementations — not account managers who hand off to delivery teams.
Meet the teamRobert Fulkerson
Founder & CEO
Robert Fulkerson founded RJ Reliance in 2005 to bring enterprise-grade HCM and integration capability to organizations of every size. Before RJR, he led IT operations at Williams Lea, a $2B global outsourcing company. His personal depth sits at integration, strategy, and AI Solutions — leading RJR's AI practice directly, alongside the four pillars he's spent two decades delivering.
Ready to talk through your situation?
Tell us about your platform, your operational complexity, and what you're trying to get done. We'll respond within one business day.