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Headcount Governance Support

Headcount Governance Support (1 day per week).

A dedicated headcount operator embedded with your team for $7,500/month (typically a 6-month, $45K engagement). We reconcile your data, build a live plan, and keep headcount variance under control.

Responses within one business day.

What you get for $7,500/month

Everything needed to keep headcount under control.

Capacity is limited to 3–4 concurrent retainers to maintain deep service quality.
Included

Weekly 60-minute strategy call

Review plan vs. actual, variance, risks, and decisions with Finance, HR, and TA present.

Included

Up to 8 hours of support per week

Headcount modeling, data reconciliation, scenario planning, and async Q&A between calls.

Included

Single source of truth for headcount

A maintained golden roster integrating HRIS, ATS, and Finance exports with approved vs. planned vs. actual clearly labeled.

Included

Variance monitoring & early warnings

Weekly checks with call-outs for headcount drift, hiring delays, and people-cost overruns.

Included

Board-ready reporting

Executive-friendly summary slides or one-pagers you can take straight into leadership and board meetings.

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Email + Loom support

Async explanations, quick answers, and walkthroughs Mon–Fri, 9am–4pm EST.

Who this is for

Operators who need headcount discipline.

  • PE talent partners who want consistent headcount discipline across a handful of portfolio companies.
  • CFOs and CHROs at 200–2,000 FTE orgs who are tired of reconciling conflicting headcount spreadsheets.
  • HR / Talent leaders who need hiring plans that actually match budget and runway.
  • IT/People Analytics leaders tasked with pulling data from Workday / SAP / Greenhouse / Ashby / etc. into something Finance will trust.

What changes in month one

  • One reconciled roster with approvals vs. plan vs. actual.
  • Friday Variance ritual so drift is caught early.
  • Executive-ready summary you can reuse with the board.

How it works

A simple rhythm that sticks.

1Step 1

Discovery & data pull (Week 1)

We collect your latest roster, HRIS/ATS exports, and any existing headcount/budget models.

2Step 2

Build the live headcount plan (Weeks 1–2)

We stand up a unified spreadsheet-based model aligned tightly to Finance — no new SaaS required.

3Step 3

Weekly governance rhythm (Ongoing)

60-minute calls + weekly updates ensure variance is caught and corrected before it becomes a problem.

4Step 4

Quarterly review & recommendations

Periodic zoom-out to adjust hiring strategy, budgets, and capacity assumptions.

FAQ

Details operators ask about.

Experienced human capital operations support trusted by investors:

  • Bain Capital
  • Great Hill Partners
  • Charlesbank Capital Partners
  • Tikehau Capital
  • Qualium Investissement
  • Index Ventures
  • IVP
  • Temasek

Ready to run headcount like capital?

Book a discovery call and we’ll review your current plan, highlight risks, and show how governance support would work in your context.

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