Track Headcount Accurately With CandorIQ
CandorIQ connects your HRMS and payroll systems in one unified platform, giving accountants and HR teams real-time visibility into headcount, workforce changes, and payroll spend, with no manual spreadsheets required.

Clear, Reliable Headcount Tracking Simplified
HRMS and payroll tools capture employee data, but they rarely help accountants understand how headcount changes affect costs or future plans. CandorIQ brings that information together and turns it into clear, real-time insight you can rely on.
Single View of Headcount and Spend
Monitor employee counts, payroll totals, and role changes in one place. See how hiring, exits, and internal moves influence workforce costs across teams and regions.
Headcount Decisions Backed by Live Data
Use up-to-date HRMS and payroll information to support hiring plans, restructures, and role changes. Keep decisions consistent, traceable, and aligned with financial goals as the business scales.
Always-Current Cost Visibility
Track labor costs as headcount shifts. Built-in alerts and budget thresholds help accounting teams identify risks early and stay within approved limits.
Shared Insight Across Finance and HR
Work from a common source of truth. Easily share headcount views, cost forecasts, and approvals with HR and leadership to reduce back-and-forth and improve accuracy.
Learn From Historical Trends
Track how headcount and workforce costs evolve over time. Use past data to refine planning, improve forecasts, and reduce surprises in future cycles.
How CandorIQ Powers Accurate Headcount Tracking
CandorIQ layers on top of your existing HRMS and payroll tools to turn scattered workforce data into a reliable, real-time view of headcount for accounting and finance teams.
Bring Systems Together
CandorIQ connects employee, role, and compensation data from your HRMS and payroll platforms into one unified workspace, removing the need for manual consolidation.
Create Consistent Workforce Records
Standardize job levels, departments, locations, and pay elements across systems. Clean, normalized data keeps headcount reporting and audits dependable.
See Changes as They Happen
New hires, exits, and internal moves update automatically. Accounting teams always work from current data, without waiting on exports or month-end close.
Model Headcount Impact Before Approval
Review the cost implications of staffing changes in shared dashboards. Finance, HR, and leadership can evaluate scenarios and approve with full context.
Designed for Teams That Need Clear Headcount Visibility
Headcount Tracking and Workforce Planning Tools
CandorIQ provides a connected layer of visibility and planning on top of your existing HRMS and payroll systems, without replacing them.
Headcount Visibility & Tracking
Maintain a real-time view of active employees, planned hires, open roles, and internal movements. Track how headcount changes across teams, locations, and roles as data updates flow in from connected systems.
Workforce Planning & Scenario Modeling
Model hiring plans, backfills, promotions, and reorganizations before approving them. See how headcount changes affect budgets and future workforce capacity.
Compensation Structure Management
Define roles, levels, and pay ranges that align with headcount plans. Ensure new roles and changes follow approved structures and stay internally consistent.
Merit Cycle & Change Management
Run merit cycles and compensation adjustments with clear headcount context. Managers work from current data, while HR and Finance maintain visibility into overall workforce impact.
Total Rewards Visibility
Give employees and managers clarity into compensation, equity, and benefits tied to their role and level. Reduce ad-hoc questions and improve understanding without manual explanations.
Measurable Impact From Real-Time Headcount Visibility
Bubble: 30 Hours Saved Per Merit Cycle
By bringing headcount, roles, and compensation planning into one system, Bubble reduced manual coordination across teams. With better visibility into workforce changes and spend, they saved roughly 30 hours per merit cycle while improving leadership insight into headcount distribution and equity.
SigFig: From Headcount Spreadsheets to Structured Planning
SigFig replaced spreadsheet-based tracking with centralized headcount and compensation planning in CandorIQ. Merit cycles dropped from about three months to three weeks, giving HR, Finance, and accounting teams more time to focus on forward-looking workforce planning.
Yotascale: Clearer Workforce and Rewards Understanding
Yotascale used CandorIQ to give employees and leaders a clearer view of roles, compensation, and growth paths. Improved transparency reduced back-and-forth questions and helped teams have more informed conversations about workforce structure and progression..
Real-Time Insights from CandorIQ Deliver Measurable Impact
reduction in hiring time
faster merit cycles
reduction in employee churn
avg saved on headcount annually
Connect Headcount Data Across Your Existing Systems
CandorIQ integrates with the HRMS, payroll, and recruiting tools you already use, creating a live view of headcount changes without replacing core systems
Bring Clarity to Headcount Planning and Workforce Visibility with CandorIQ.
Have questions? We have answers
Most teams see live headcount visibility within two weeks. CandorIQ connects to your HRIS, payroll, and ATS, normalizes workforce data, and sets up planning views across teams and regions. Some organizations go live in as little as five days.
Yes. Headcount plans, role structures, approval flows, and cost assumptions can be configured by location. Multi-currency data and geo-adjusted role structures are supported across 50+ countries.
New regions or departments can be added at any time. Update headcount plans, assign managers, and model budget impact without interrupting ongoing workforce or compensation cycles.
Yes. CandorIQ reduces manual tracking and spreadsheet work by centralizing headcount data. Teams focus on approvals and planning rather than reconciliation, cutting administrative effort by up to 80%.
Very little. The interface is designed for quick adoption. Most managers start planning and reviewing headcount changes immediately, with optional onboarding available if needed.
Set clear headcount and budget guardrails by team or region. Decision-makers see real-time impact before approving changes, and alerts highlight risks as limits approach.
Yes. Manage multiple headcount plans in parallel by department, geography, or time horizon. Each plan can have its own rules, budgets, and approval workflows.
Nothing changes. CandorIQ works alongside your current tools, pulling in workforce data and providing a unified planning and tracking layer. Your existing structures stay intact.
Headcount Tracking Doesn’t Have to Be Manual
Replace hours of spreadsheet updates with a platform that gives clear, real-time visibility into headcount, roles, and workforce costs for finance and people teams.






