Headcount expense planning

Confidently predict people costs.
Translate talent plans to financial plans.

Give finance the agility and accuracy to plan, forecast, and manage headcount expenses in real time — aligning workforce and financial strategies.

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Dashboard titled Headcount Planning. Cost Center Role Summary table shows current, allocated, and total headcount across roles and cost center. P&L Forecast chart displays salary, bonus, commission, social security, health insurance, and benefits costs by month with stacked bars from Jan 25 to Dec 25. Headcount Plan table includes salary cost, fully burdened cost, average time to hire, current and allocated headcount, and in-source vs outsource breakdown. Calendar view shows monthly headcount allocations. Section Manage Requisitions lists requisition IDs, roles, cost centers, departments, locations, estimated OTE, release month, time to hire, stage, hiring status, and hired employee names.

Take control of your headcount expenses with connected financial planning

Gain real-time visibility into salaries, benefits, and other workforce costs so you can budget accurately, forecast confidently, and align spend with strategy.

Improve visibility across the business

Provide finance and business units with a shared view of workforce costs and headcount plans, generating clarity into the financial impact of staffing decisions and enabling dynamic collaboration.

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Model costs and scenarios with precision

Build and compare unlimited “what-if” scenarios using dynamic drivers like salary, benefits, reporting structures, and location.

Optimize costs while supporting growth

Forecast headcount expenses in sync with strategic and financial plans to allocate resources effectively and reduce OpEx waste.

2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software

Anaplan named a 9X Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Financial Planning Software and recognized for ability to execute and completeness of vision.

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Gartner Magic Quadrant for Financial Planning Software as of November 2024. Anaplan, Oracle, SAP, and Workday appear in the Leaders quadrant.

Plan and forecast headcount expenses with clarity, control, and confidence

Align your headcount expenses with your business goals using real-time data, driver-based models, and connected collaboration.

Real-time expense visibility

Track compensation, benefits, and labor costs at any level — department, role, region, or business unit — with dynamic drill-downs.

Scenario modeling for cost planning

Model “what-if” scenarios across multiple variables — like headcount changes, terminations, transfers, or merit increases — to optimize staffing decisions and better manage costs.

Driver-based forecasting

Use salary bands, tax rates, bonus plans, and benefits assumptions to generate forecasts that reflect your unique cost structure and workforce mix.

Integration with financial plans

Securely refresh employee data from your HRIS systems, and link headcount expense plans directly to your corporate financial models for better alignment, greater accuracy, and faster reforecasts.

BU-level budget collaboration

Enable business unit finance partners to create and justify staffing cost requests based on real business needs, all while staying aligned to corporate guidance.

Workforce cost reporting and insights

Access dashboards that track variance-to-budget, identify over- or under-spend, and visualize trends in compensation, benefits, and hiring expenses.

“We're using Anaplan to show our open roles and cost per employee — for actual and forecast periods — including people in our recruiting system who we plan to hire in the future.”

Solutions Architect, Outreach.io

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