Case Study: The James Irvine Foundation achieves 21 hours of monthly time savings and reduced payroll errors with Namely

How The James Irvine Foundation Improved the Experience for Accounting, HR, and Employees

The James Irvine Foundation, led on technology by Renee Roux, needed to replace its HRIS and payroll systems and took an analytical approach to selection—creating a 60‑item requirements matrix across payroll, talent, time & attendance and IT. During an 8–12 week evaluation with trials and vendor comparisons, Namely was the only solution that met all their core needs and emerged as the top candidate.

The Foundation implemented Namely and rolled it out to employees, who quickly embraced features like on‑demand pay stubs and mobile time‑off requests. The change eliminated about 21 hours of manual processing per month (~1.5 days per payroll), reduced errors and overtime, streamlined HR work, and delivered a consistently strong implementation and support experience.

The James Irvine Foundation

Renee Roux

Director of Technology