Personnel Module

Plan Every Position with Precision

The only FP&A platform with workforce planning built into the core. Model headcount scenarios, calculate benefits and taxes automatically, and manage multi-location workforces.

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Why It Matters

This Isn’t a Bolt-On Feature

Most FP&A platforms either don’t include workforce planning, offer it as an expensive add-on, or provide basic headcount tracking without position-level detail.

Centage was built from day one with workforce planning at its core.

40-70%

of your total costs

Payroll is your biggest expense. Yet most FP&A platforms treat workforce planning as an afterthought.

The Solution

Key Capabilities

Position-Level Planning

Employee or role-level detail

Salary or hourly rates

Benefits elections

Department and location

Start and end dates

FTE percentage

Automatic Calculations

Gross wages

Benefits by category

Overtime and bonuses

Payroll taxes (FICA, Medicare, FUTA, SUTA)

Proration for mid-year changes

Multi-Location Support

Location-specific benefits

Geographic wage scales

Roll-up to corporate

State-specific tax rates

Location org structures

HRIS Integration

ADP Workforce Now

Paylocity

BambooHR

UKG

Paychex

Automatic data sync

Common Scenarios, Solved Fast

30 min

Merit Increase Planning

Model scenarios for 200+ employees

2 hrs

New Location Staffing

Plan entire facility workforce

1 hr

Department Restructuring

Reassign and see cost impact

1 day

Acquisition Integration

Integrate 50+ acquired employees

What Makes Centage Different

Included, Not Add-On

In every license—no extra cost

Position-Level Detail

Not just headcount tracking

Auto Calculations

Benefits and taxes computed

Multi-Location Ready

Different structures by location

HRIS Integration

Current data flows in automatically

Instant Scenarios

Unlimited what-ifs in seconds

Testimonials

Trusted by Finance Leaders

See how companies are transforming their FP&A processes with Centage.

"Centage replaced our former report writer and eliminated many of the technical issues and spreadsheet errors we faced with Excel-based budgeting. By pulling budgets directly into financial reports and simplifying revenue, expense, and personnel planning, it removes manual calculations and reduces risk. Centage also makes rolling forecasts easy to maintain and seamlessly include in financial and budget reporting."
Karen P.
Executive Director, Finance
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
“Centage is a great system that is extremely user-friendly and an amazing time saver. By consolidating more than 25 Excel sheets into a single platform, it simplifies our annual budgeting process. It also helps streamline budget-vs-actual analysis, making financial tracking faster and more reliable.”
Tracy S.
Senior Controller
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
“Centage is the best tool for planning, budgeting, and reporting. It allows us to budget at a highly granular level using the specific drivers and details unique to our industry.”
Angela G.
Executive VP Finance
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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FAQ

Scenario Planning Software FAQs

Centage simplifies the scenario planning process by providing automated, collaborative tools that replace manual spreadsheets, reducing errors, speeding up analysis, and ensuring data accuracy across scenarios.

Yes, Centage seamlessly integrates with common ERP, CRM, and GL platforms, automatically importing financial data to support accurate, real-time scenario planning and forecasting.

Scenario planning tools offer real-time collaboration, automated workflows, data accuracy, and faster analysis, reducing the risk of errors and providing more reliable and actionable insights compared to manual spreadsheet methods.

Yes, Centage’s scenario planning software is suitable for businesses of all sizes. Its intuitive design and scalability make it ideal for small businesses aiming to improve budgeting accuracy and strategic planning.

Centage ensures robust security with role-based access controls, data encryption, audit trails, and compliance features, protecting your sensitive financial information throughout the entire scenario planning process.

Absolutely. Centage provides flexible, customizable scenario planning frameworks, enabling businesses to tailor financial models, budgeting templates, and reporting structures to their specific operational needs.

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Feature: workforce planning

Simplify your workforce planning

Your people are your greatest asset, but managing a complex workforce can feel overwhelming. Whether employees are split between locations, departments, or varying schedules, Centage makes it easy. Seamlessly build accurate, detailed personnel budgets, turning a once-complicated process into a simple, pain-free experience.

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Leave Excel Behind: Elevate Your Workforce Planning with Centage

Say goodbye to isolated, error-prone spreadsheets and hello to a unified approach with Centage. Our platform enables accurate and strategic workforce plans that your C-suite can trust.

Streamlined workforce budgeting

Your workforce is the heart of your company, and Centage empowers you to plan with clarity. Collaboratively build a detailed workforce budget, where every department and employee’s contribution to the bottom line is clear. With built-in logic to track overtime, premium hours, and shift differentials, your team can align on a plan that reflects real-world dynamics. Together, you’ll ensure the budget is more than just numbers—it’s a strategy for success.

Real-time salary forecasts

Imagine confidently forecasting salary increases without worrying about errors or manual calculations. Centage makes that vision a reality. Empower your HR and finance teams to collaborate on personnel planning with precision, from geo-specific merit increases to health insurance projections. With collaboration at the core, teams can simulate and review the impact of salary adjustments in real time, fostering informed decisions that drive success.

Collaborative security

Workforce data is sensitive, but that doesn’t mean it needs to be siloed. Centage’s robust security framework allows you to securely collaborate without compromising confidentiality. Customize access at every level—department, role, or individual—while sharing critical insights with the teams who need them. Now, every stakeholder can contribute to the workforce plan with confidence that sensitive data is protected.

Automated headcount calculations

Your time is precious—don’t waste it on manual calculations. Centage automates headcount planning, taking care of payroll taxes, salary adjustments, bonuses, and benefits with ease. Teams from HR, finance, and operations can collaborate seamlessly, with automated insights removing the risk of error. Save time, reduce stress, and focus on building a workforce strategy that reflects your company’s unique goals.

Integrated workforce and financial budgets

Break down the silos between workforce planning and financial budgeting. Centage integrates your workforce data into your overall financial plan, delivering a complete picture of your company’s performance. With collaboration at its core, every department can contribute to a unified budget that’s more consistent, accurate, and aligned with company goals. Together, you’ll eliminate fragmented spreadsheets and unlock smarter, more cohesive planning.

Data-driven insights

Your workforce is more than just numbers—it's a vital part of your company’s future. Centage allows you to pull non-financial data from business systems like your HRIS, giving you and your team a full spectrum of insights. Collaborate across departments to evaluate everything from employee engagement to long-term staffing needs. With the power of Centage, you'll turn raw data into actionable strategies that propel your company forward.

"There are so many different variables to account for when it comes to our personnel planning, especially with health insurance… Depending on the employee, whether they are married, single, married with children and so on — all those tables are built in Centage so I can accurately select which option the employee has and it calculates the associated cost. It’s great because it makes our budgeting much easier and more accurate."

Jenny Barker

Senior Budget Manager, Housing Authority of Snohomish County

This government housing authority leverages Centage's workforce planning capabilities to optimize its budgeting process. Centage automates personnel-related projections, offering transaction-level detail and ensuring precise adjustments to revenues, expenses, and the bottom line. Granular personnel planning and drill-down capabilities contribute to more accurate and efficient budgeting, providing this housing authority with detailed insights for strategic workforce planning.

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“Our operators and Finance alike are so excited to have the ability to see very quickly what was budgeted and then to have that detail feed into our financial reports – it’s extremely helpful – especially when it comes to our personnel planning.”

Mareva Page

CFO, Equitas Health

This nonprofit community healthcare system with over 500 employees across 21 offices uses Centage to manage complex workforce planning challenges. Centage's intuitive interface and seamless integration with their accounting software, Abila, streamlines personnel-related expenses and projections. Spread methods let the finance team apply individual spreads depending on the specific employee and budget down to the employee level with precise detail.

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“When I first started, the Excel worksheets that my predecessors built were really robust, however, the complexities of budgeting and planning for our staffing were not something I wanted to tackle in Excel.”

Renee Sherman

CFO, The Wildlife Gallery

This nonprofit streamlined its complex personnel budgeting and forecasting processes by integrating Centage with Microsoft Dynamics GP. Seamless integration significantly reduced the time spent on data reconciliation, enabling Finance to make budget revisions in Centage in just 20 minutes, compared to 5 or 6 hours in Excel. Detailed personnel forecasting not only enhances scenario planning and hiring decisions, but also ensures confidence in reporting accurate numbers to leadership.

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“There are so many different variables to account for when it comes to our personnel planning, especially with health insurance… Depending on the employee, whether they are married, single, married with children and so on — all those tables are built in Centage so I can accurately select which option the employee has and it calculates the associated cost. It’s great because it makes our budgeting much easier and more accurate.”

Jenny Barker

Senior Budget Manager, Housing Authority of Snohomish County

This government housing authority leverages Centage's workforce planning capabilities to optimize its budgeting process. Centage automates personnel-related projections, offering transaction-level detail and ensuring precise adjustments to revenues, expenses, and the bottom line. Granular personnel planning and drill-down capabilities contribute to more accurate and efficient budgeting, providing this housing authority with detailed insights for strategic workforce planning.

Read more in the case study

Plan Your People. Protect Your Margins.

See how Centage helps labor-intensive organizations budget, forecast, and manage workforce costs with speed and precision.

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