Finance · People Planning

Samso Managed Services · Last Updated · Apr 2026

Headcount & Compensation Planning

A roster-driven headcount workbook tied to your hiring plan, comp bands, equity model, and recruiting funnel - every FTE is a row, every cost is sourced, and the plan rolls up cleanly into the consolidated department budget.

What the managed workflow does

Tracks every seat as a row

Filled, offered, requisitioned, and gapped seats live as individual rows with start dates, level, location, and comp band - not as headcount totals.

Models the full comp stack

Salary, target bonus, commissions, equity, payroll taxes, benefits load. Per-role overrides supported. Fully-loaded cost is computed, not estimated.

Simulates hiring scenarios

Stretch / base / freeze cases share the same roster. Slip a role, freeze a function, accelerate a team - the plan re-rolls cleanly.

Feeds the department budget

Every department's payroll line is linked to this workbook. Changes propagate without re-keying or version-control gymnastics.

12-month headcount ramp · stacked by function · cost overlay

5 Departments · 12 Months · 50→91 FTE · $720K→$1.27M Monthly

025507595FTE$600K$900K$1200K$K · LOADED COMP / MO+2 R&D · platform+2 S&M · enterprise AEs+2 R&D · ML team+2 S&M · channelJFMAMJJASOND50 → 91 FTE · $720K → $1,268K monthly fully-loaded comp · 8 hires annotated

FTE stacked by department

Sales & MarketingR&DOperationsG&AExecutive

Cost & event signals

Fully-loaded comp / monthPlanned hire eventTotal FTE boundaryOpen req · pipeline

Inputs to the plan

  • Active roster. Every current employee with start date, level, location, and current comp - synced from HRIS or upload.

  • Open & planned reqs. Approved hires by department with target start, level, and comp band - recruiter-owned timelines included.

  • Comp bands & equity model. Per-level salary ranges, target bonus, commission plans, and equity grant guidelines.

  • Recruiting funnel. Pipeline conversion rates and time-to-hire by role family - drives realistic start-date forecasts.

Outputs you ship

  • Headcount ramp chart. Stacked area by department with cost overlay - board-ready, exportable to deck.

  • Per-employee detail. Row-level workbook with fully-loaded cost per employee per month, filterable by team, level, location.

  • Scenario stack. Stretch / base / freeze cases with side-by-side cost and FTE deltas, ready for compensation committee review.

  • Budget linkage. Department payroll lines linked into the consolidated budget so re-plans flow through automatically.

What you get, every week

A defensible hiring plan

Every seat is named, dated, and sourced to its budget. No mystery line items, no plug FTE.

Total comp visibility

Fully-loaded cost - salary, bonus, equity, taxes, benefits - visible at the company, department, and seat level.

Re-plan in hours

Hiring freeze, accelerated ramp, or org redesign? The plan re-rolls cleanly because the model is roster-driven, not aggregate.

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