# Partner Onboarding

> How platforms start working with ItalyInCountry: from first call to the first payroll run in Italy.


<section> <span class="eyebrow">Partner onboarding</span> <h1 id="from-first-call-to-first-payroll">From first call to first payroll</h1> <p class="lede">Most of the work is agreeing the calendar and the data mapping. Typical time to go live: <span class="review">[3–4 weeks]</span>.</p> </section> <section> <ol class="steps"> <li><strong>Intro call</strong><span>Your volumes, sectors, cities and start dates. We share sample outputs and the data spec.</span></li> <li><strong>Due diligence pack</strong><span>Company documents, insurance, GDPR data processing terms and information security answers for your vendor review.</span></li> <li><strong>Partner agreement</strong><span>Service levels, fees, deposit and billing terms, data processing agreement.</span></li> <li><strong>Calendar and mapping</strong><span>Cut-off, approval and pay dates aligned with your cycle. Field mapping to your system and GL chart.</span></li> <li><strong>Test run</strong><span>A parallel or dummy payroll with test data. You check outputs before go-live.</span></li> <li><strong>Shared channel</strong><span>A named contact and a shared channel (Slack or email) for your ops team.</span></li> <li><strong>First hires</strong><span>Quote, contract and registration for the first employees, then the first live payroll.</span></li> <li><strong>Monthly review</strong><span>SLA report and open issues every month during the first quarter.</span></li> </ol> <div class="cta"><a class="btn" href="contact.html">Start with an intro call</a></div> </section>


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