HR services for Montana small businesses.
Handbooks, recruiting, compliance, outsourcing, and ongoing support, built right-sized for small businesses across Montana.
HR services for Montana small businesses, without the overhead.
Mountain HR Consulting offers HR services to small businesses across Montana, working from our base in Kalispell. Every service can stand alone or work together as part of a larger HR partnership.
Whether you need a single project or ongoing fractional HR support, scope is set up front so you know exactly what you're getting.
Our HR services.
Hiring Support
Coaching and tools to run your own hiring, plus job descriptions and scorecards.
Learn moreHR for Small Business
Outsourced HR services for small businesses.
Learn moreCompliance
Montana labor-law compliance and workplace policies.
Learn moreOutsourcing
Fractional HR manager support for Montana businesses.
Learn moreEmployee Handbooks
Employee handbook creation built around Montana law.
Learn moreFor Employers
Strategic HR consulting for owners and managers.
Learn moreThree partnership tiers, built on initiatives and inquiries.
Ongoing fractional HR support. Each tier combines HR initiatives (projects we build with you) and HR inquiries (day-to-day questions we answer). Pick the level of partnership your business actually needs.
Essentials
Owners who want an HR expert on call plus one focused project at a time.
- Up to 3 HR inquiries monthly
- One active HR initiative
- Annual HR roadmap
Growth
Growing teams that need HR answers on demand and more than one project moving.
- Unlimited HR inquiries
- Up to two active HR initiatives
- Manager coaching support
- Priority response times
- Quarterly HR strategy meeting
- Annual HR roadmap
Strategic
Leadership teams that want HR embedded in the room where decisions get made.
- Everything in Growth
- Participation in leadership meetings
- Quarterly HR roadmap planning
- Leadership advisory support
- Monthly HR strategy meeting
Every partnership starts with a free strategy session and a written scope before any work begins.
Unlimited HR answers, on call.
Some months you do not need a project. You just need a real HR professional to call when a question comes up. The HR Hotline gives you exactly that: unlimited phone and email access to Sophie for quick, reliable guidance, with no project to scope and no hourly clock to watch.
Best for small businesses that want HR backup without a full-time hire.
You're not limited to these packages.
The partnership tiers are the most common way to work with us, but the rest of what we do is project work: handbooks, job descriptions, SOPs, compensation analysis, hiring support, and more. Anything we'd tackle as an initiative inside a partnership can also be scoped as a one-time project, priced up front. Not sure which fits? A quick conversation is the best place to start.
Not sure which fits? Let's talk.
Tell us what you need and we'll point you to the right fit, whether that's a package, a single project, or a fully custom scope.
What sits outside our scope.
These services cover most of what a small business needs, and a few things we deliberately leave to specialists. Here is the line.
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Not offered
Payroll processing
Mountain HR does not run payroll, file payroll taxes, or administer payroll systems. We partner with employers who already have a payroll provider (or can recommend one).
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Not offered
Benefits administration
We can advise on benefits design, but we don't enroll employees, manage claims, or act as a broker. For active brokerage, we refer to trusted partners.
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Not offered
Employment law representation
We provide compliance guidance, not legal advice. For litigation, charges, or formal legal opinions, we coordinate with your attorney.
Need payroll or active benefits brokerage? We can recommend a trusted Montana provider.
One-time projects, no retainer required.
Not every business needs an ongoing HR partnership. Mountain HR offers individual, one-time projects across most of the service areas covered in the partnership packages. Pay only for the work in front of you.
Pricing is set by project, and bundling multiple projects together qualifies for a discount.
See what fractional HR can save you.
Hiring a full-time HR manager is a big commitment. See how Mountain HR's fractional plans compare to a salaried hire. Adjust the inputs to match your situation.
You save $80,500 per year ($1,548 per week) versus hiring a full-time HR manager.
Estimate only. Full-time HR Manager salaries vary by experience, region, and benefits structure; $100K is a common Montana small-business midpoint. Fractional plans scale by team size and scope; final pricing is set in writing after the strategy session.
A clear, predictable process.
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Strategy session
A free conversation to understand your business and goals.
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Written scope
Plan, timeline, and price agreed up front. No surprises.
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Delivery
We do the work alongside you, with regular check-ins.
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Support
Stay on retainer or come back as new needs come up.
HR services across Montana.
Based in the Flathead Valley and working with small businesses statewide.
Kalispell
HR consulting for Kalispell small businesses.
Whitefish
HR consulting for Whitefish small businesses.
Bigfork
HR consulting for Bigfork small businesses.
Columbia Falls
HR consulting for Columbia Falls small businesses.
Lakeside
HR consulting for Lakeside small businesses.
Somers
HR consulting for Somers small businesses.
Polson
HR consulting for Polson small businesses.
Anywhere in Montana
Not in the Flathead Valley? Sophie supports small businesses remotely across Montana. Let's talk.
Find the right HR support for your business.
A free 30-minute strategy session. We look at what your business actually needs and point you to the right level of support, whether that is a single project or ongoing help, never more than fits.