Workforce planning fails in spreadsheets for a specific reason: headcount data changes constantly and is owned by several teams at once. HR holds the establishment, finance holds the cost, and department leads hold the intent.
Plan headcount where the data already is
With accoPLANNING, department leads open the Power BI report they already use for headcount reporting and enter planned hires, leavers, FTE changes and salary adjustments directly in the grid. Costs recalculate against the model, and the entry is written back to SQL in real time.
Keep roles and structures governed
accoMASTERDATA handles the structural side: new cost centres, role codes, locations and org levels are created through a controlled form rather than typed inconsistently into a spreadsheet, so the plan consolidates cleanly.
A hiring plan is only credible if the org structure behind it is the same one used for reporting.
Capture the reasoning
accoCOMMENT stores the justification for a role next to the row itself, with approvals and attachments, so the review meeting works from one artefact instead of a slide deck and an email thread.
Typical outcomes
- Faster monthly headcount reforecasts with fewer reconciliation errors.
- A single approved version of the hiring plan, visible to HR and finance at the same time.
- Full audit history of who changed which FTE assumption and when.
