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    Payroll Cost & Workforce Intelligence

    Do you really understand what your workforce costs, and what is driving it?

    Around 10 minutes20 scored questions · 5 sections + required follow-upsInstant results · Optional executive PDF

    What your results will tell you

    Your results explore whether you understand the full cost of employing your workforce—not just the wages in a pay run. They look at how you bring relevant employer costs together, check the figures against Finance records and explain why costs change.

    You’ll see where clearer cost definitions, better explanations of overtime, hours or staffing changes, and stronger forecasts could support your next business decision. The assessment also considers who owns those decisions and whether employee entitlements, service quality and capability are protected. It won’t tell you your costs are too high or estimate savings.

    If cost definitions, reporting checks or forecast assumptions haven’t been established, we’ll highlight what needs clarifying before you rely on the figures. Organisation details and follow-up answers help tailor your report, but don’t change your results.

    The five perspectives

    1. 01

      Total Employment Cost Visibility

      Do we understand the complete and reconcilable cost of employing our workforce?

    2. 02

      Payroll Cost Drivers & Variance

      Can we explain why workforce expenditure changes?

    3. 03

      Budgeting & Workforce Forecasting

      Can we anticipate workforce costs before committing resources?

    4. 04

      Workforce Cost Analytics & Insights

      Do our reports enable useful workforce and financial decisions?

    5. 05

      Financial Governance & Accountability

      Are workforce cost decisions owned, challenged and followed through?