Athena

Athena’s expansion into Liberia required more than establishing a physical presence, it required a payroll and tax infrastructure that could operate accurately and compliantly from day one. As a foreign-owned business unfamiliar with Liberia’s evolving regulatory environment, Athena needed to navigate the requirements of the Liberia Revenue Authority (LRA), the National Social Security and Welfare Corporation (NASSCORP), and the Ministry of Labour, each with its own filing schedules, contribution rates, and documentation standards.

Beyond the technical requirements of payroll processing, Athena’s leadership needed assurance that salaries, statutory deductions, and tax withholdings would be calculated and remitted correctly and on time, every pay cycle. Any miscalculation or missed filing carried the risk of financial penalties, reputational exposure, and strained relationships with local employees who depend on accurate and timely pay.

Managing payroll and tax compliance internally, without established local infrastructure or in-country expertise, would have meant diverting management attention away from Athena’s core operations in Liberia and toward administrative processes it was not equipped to handle alone.

Kharis Global Group partnered with Athena to design and administer a fully compliant payroll and tax framework for its Liberian workforce, combining local regulatory expertise with the operational discipline required to run payroll reliably at scale.

Our team took full ownership of Athena’s payroll cycle, from calculating gross-to-net pay and statutory deductions to processing salaries in accordance with Liberian labour law. Each pay run was reconciled against employee records and verified before disbursement, ensuring employees were paid accurately and on schedule every month.

In parallel, Kharis Global Group managed Athena’s tax withholding and remittance obligations, ensuring PAYE deductions, NASSCORP social security contributions, and other statutory payments were calculated correctly and submitted to the relevant authorities within required deadlines. Our team maintained direct engagement with the Liberia Revenue Authority and NASSCORP to keep Athena’s filings current and in good standing.

We also provided ongoing compliance monitoring, tracking changes to Liberia’s tax code and labour regulations and adjusting Athena’s payroll processes accordingly, so that the business remained compliant as requirements evolved rather than reacting after the fact.

By consolidating payroll processing, tax withholding, and statutory reporting into a single managed service, Kharis Global Group gave Athena a dependable local payroll function without the cost or complexity of building an in-house team in Liberia.

Through its partnership with Kharis Global Group, Athena established a reliable and fully compliant payroll operation in Liberia, giving its leadership confidence that employees were being paid accurately and that all statutory obligations were being met.

Consistent, on-time payroll execution strengthened trust with Athena’s Liberian workforce, while accurate PAYE and NASSCORP remittances kept the business in good standing with local regulatory authorities and reduced its exposure to penalties and compliance risk.

With Kharis Global Group managing the technical detail of payroll and tax administration, Athena’s management team was able to focus on growing its operations in Liberia rather than being drawn into the mechanics of local statutory compliance.

The engagement gave Athena a scalable payroll foundation in Liberia, one capable of supporting the business as its workforce and operations continue to grow, backed by a local partner with direct, ongoing regulatory relationships in-country.