Optimize Workforce Spend With CandorIQ

A unified platform to streamline compensation, headcount planning, and retention for people-focused organizations.

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What we offer

Maximize your team efficiency

CandorIQ helps your team make data-driven decisions on headcount, compensation, and employee retention. From planning to execution, we provide real-time insights and automation for HR leaders.

Compensation planning

Build a structured job architecture to define clear roles and levels.

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Headcount management

Communicate with all stakeholders, empower people managers.

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Workforce & budget planning

Collaborate with leadership & finance, forecast & track with insights.

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Our users

CandorIQ solves key challenges for every team

We address the unique needs of every role in your organization.

HR Teams Managing Rapid Growth

Adding 20+ people per quarter? Real-time tracking prevents budget surprises and keeps the compensation strategy on track.

Finance Teams Forecasting Headcount

Build budgets with actual data, not spreadsheets. Track spending continuously and collaborate with HR using one source of truth.

Total Rewards Teams Building Pay Structures

Market benchmarks built into your workflow. Create competitive offers faster and defend decisions with current data.

Companies Facing Pay Equity Regulations

Continuous monitoring replaces manual audits. Stay ready for employee questions, board reviews, and regulatory requests.

Distributed Teams Hiring Across Regions

See cost-of-labor differences instantly. Make consistent pay decisions across every geography without spreadsheet complexity.

HR Teams Rewarding Performance Fairly

Eliminate bias from compensation decisions. Ensure high performers are recognized and retained, regardless of department politics or manager favoritism.

Total Rewards Leaders Building Trust

Create pay transparency, showing employees how performance impacts pay. Turn merit cycles into trust-building opportunities, not anxiety-inducing mysteries.

Companies Closing Pay Equity Gaps

Spot and correct pay disparities before they grow. Keep audit-ready records showing how every merit decision ties to objective performance criteria.

Finance Teams Controlling Compensation Costs

Track merit cycle costs in real time. See how performance-based raises impact future headcount and total compensation, giving you full budget control.

Organizations Retaining Top Talent

Stop losing high performers over unrecognized contributions. Build a compensation culture where results drive rewards and top talent stays engaged.

Finance Teams Keeping Budgets on Track

Monitor payroll, bonuses, and headcount spend in real time. See how workforce changes affect budgets instantly, without waiting for month-end reporting.

Accountants Ensuring Accuracy and Compliance

Access payroll and HRMS data in one unified view. Reduce manual reconciliation, prevent errors, and maintain audit-ready payroll records.

Payroll Managers Streamlining Operations

Automate workflows across payroll and HR data. Ensure consistent pay structures, faster cycles, and error-free salary processing.

HR Leaders Aligning With Finance

Keep job roles, pay, and headcount aligned with finance objectives. Shared visibility ensures payroll decisions are accurate, consistent, and fully supported by current data.

Growing Organizations Reducing Operational Friction

Replace spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a single system. Scale operations while minimizing manual effort and payroll risk.

HR Teams Centralizing Workforce Data

Bring HRMS and payroll data into one clear view. Reduce manual reconciliation and give HR accurate, up-to-date information across headcount, pay, and roles.

People Operations Leaders Improving Accuracy

Ensure payroll inputs, job data, and compensation changes stay aligned across systems. Fewer errors, fewer corrections, and smoother payroll cycles.

Total Rewards Teams Ensuring Consistency

Maintain consistent pay structures and job data across locations. Spot misalignments early and support fair, well-documented compensation decisions.

Finance Teams Monitoring Workforce Spend

Track payroll and headcount costs in real time. Understand how workforce changes affect budgets without waiting for end-of-month reports.

Scaling Organizations Reducing Operational Drag

Replace fragmented tools and spreadsheets with a connected system. Support growth without adding manual work or increasing payroll risk.

Merit Cycle Management

Run performance-based merit cycles in days, not months. AI-guided raises stay fair, on budget, and save 40+ hours per cycle, so recognition reaches remote teams on time.

Employee Total Rewards Portal

Give employees a clear view of total compensation, pay bands, equity, bonuses, benefits, and career paths. Automated answers reduce incentive questions across time zones.

Compensation & Payband Builder

Build incentive-ready pay bands with built-in merit ranges. Adjust for regional differences and plan recognition before it becomes urgent.

Candidate Offers

Create competitive offers instantly. Present the full compensation story, equity, bonuses, and future merit growth, to help candidates say yes faster.

AI Agents for Recognition Intelligence

Detect missed recognition, pay compression, and equity gaps early. Get alerts on budget risks before incentive delays happen.

Workforce Planning & Management

Plan hiring and reorganizations together. Align HR and finance on headcount with 150+ integrations across your distributed HR stack.

Finance Teams Monitoring Workforce Size and Cost

Track active headcount, planned hires, and open roles in one place. Understand how workforce changes affect budgets without relying on static reports or manual tracking.

Accounting Teams Reconciling Headcount Data

Work from a consistent view of employee counts tied to HRMS and payroll systems. Reduce mismatches across systems and support accurate financial reporting.

People Operations Teams Managing Workforce Changes

Monitor hires, exits, promotions, and role changes as they happen. Keep headcount data aligned across teams without constant manual updates.

HR Leaders Planning Workforce Growth

Model future headcount scenarios with clear cost implications. Align hiring plans with approved budgets and avoid surprises as teams scale.

Growing Organizations Needing Ongoing Visibility

Replace spreadsheets with live headcount tracking. Maintain clarity across departments and regions as the organization expands.

Headcount Scenario Planning

Model growth, freezes, or restructures in real time. See budget impact instantly. Share scenarios with Finance and leadership without rebuilding spreadsheets.

Headcount Requests & Approvals

Streamline how teams request roles and backfills. Build approval workflows that match your org structure. Track every request from submission to hire.

Compensation & Payband Builder

Build job architecture with clear roles, levels, and pay ranges across geographies. Switch between geo-based pay models and payband progressions instantly, no manual copy-pasting.