Optimize Workforce Spend With CandorIQ
A unified platform to streamline compensation, headcount planning, and retention for people-focused organizations.
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Trusted by 300+ leaders to optimize workforce management
Maximize your team efficiency
CandorIQ helps your team make data-driven decisions on headcount, compensation, and employee retention. From planning to execution, we provide real-time insights and automation for HR leaders.
Build a structured job architecture to define clear roles and levels.
Communicate with all stakeholders, empower people managers.
Collaborate with leadership & finance, forecast & track with insights.
CandorIQ solves key challenges for every team
We address the unique needs of every role in your organization.
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HR Teams Managing Rapid Growth
Adding 20+ people per quarter? Real-time tracking prevents budget surprises and keeps the compensation strategy on track.
Finance Teams Forecasting Headcount
Build budgets with actual data, not spreadsheets. Track spending continuously and collaborate with HR using one source of truth.
Total Rewards Teams Building Pay Structures
Market benchmarks built into your workflow. Create competitive offers faster and defend decisions with current data.
Companies Facing Pay Equity Regulations
Continuous monitoring replaces manual audits. Stay ready for employee questions, board reviews, and regulatory requests.
Distributed Teams Hiring Across Regions
See cost-of-labor differences instantly. Make consistent pay decisions across every geography without spreadsheet complexity.
HR Teams Rewarding Performance Fairly
Eliminate bias from compensation decisions. Ensure high performers are recognized and retained, regardless of department politics or manager favoritism.
Total Rewards Leaders Building Trust
Create pay transparency, showing employees how performance impacts pay. Turn merit cycles into trust-building opportunities, not anxiety-inducing mysteries.
Companies Closing Pay Equity Gaps
Spot and correct pay disparities before they grow. Keep audit-ready records showing how every merit decision ties to objective performance criteria.
Finance Teams Controlling Compensation Costs
Track merit cycle costs in real time. See how performance-based raises impact future headcount and total compensation, giving you full budget control.
Organizations Retaining Top Talent
Stop losing high performers over unrecognized contributions. Build a compensation culture where results drive rewards and top talent stays engaged.
Finance Teams Keeping Budgets on Track
Monitor payroll, bonuses, and headcount spend in real time. See how workforce changes affect budgets instantly, without waiting for month-end reporting.
Accountants Ensuring Accuracy and Compliance
Access payroll and HRMS data in one unified view. Reduce manual reconciliation, prevent errors, and maintain audit-ready payroll records.
Payroll Managers Streamlining Operations
Automate workflows across payroll and HR data. Ensure consistent pay structures, faster cycles, and error-free salary processing.
HR Leaders Aligning With Finance
Keep job roles, pay, and headcount aligned with finance objectives. Shared visibility ensures payroll decisions are accurate, consistent, and fully supported by current data.
Growing Organizations Reducing Operational Friction
Replace spreadsheets and disconnected tools with a single system. Scale operations while minimizing manual effort and payroll risk.
HR Teams Centralizing Workforce Data
Bring HRMS and payroll data into one clear view. Reduce manual reconciliation and give HR accurate, up-to-date information across headcount, pay, and roles.
People Operations Leaders Improving Accuracy
Ensure payroll inputs, job data, and compensation changes stay aligned across systems. Fewer errors, fewer corrections, and smoother payroll cycles.
Total Rewards Teams Ensuring Consistency
Maintain consistent pay structures and job data across locations. Spot misalignments early and support fair, well-documented compensation decisions.
Finance Teams Monitoring Workforce Spend
Track payroll and headcount costs in real time. Understand how workforce changes affect budgets without waiting for end-of-month reports.
Scaling Organizations Reducing Operational Drag
Replace fragmented tools and spreadsheets with a connected system. Support growth without adding manual work or increasing payroll risk.
Merit Cycle Management
Run performance-based merit cycles in days, not months. AI-guided raises stay fair, on budget, and save 40+ hours per cycle, so recognition reaches remote teams on time.
Employee Total Rewards Portal
Give employees a clear view of total compensation, pay bands, equity, bonuses, benefits, and career paths. Automated answers reduce incentive questions across time zones.
Compensation & Payband Builder
Build incentive-ready pay bands with built-in merit ranges. Adjust for regional differences and plan recognition before it becomes urgent.
Candidate Offers
Create competitive offers instantly. Present the full compensation story, equity, bonuses, and future merit growth, to help candidates say yes faster.
AI Agents for Recognition Intelligence
Detect missed recognition, pay compression, and equity gaps early. Get alerts on budget risks before incentive delays happen.
Workforce Planning & Management
Plan hiring and reorganizations together. Align HR and finance on headcount with 150+ integrations across your distributed HR stack.
Finance Teams Monitoring Workforce Size and Cost
Track active headcount, planned hires, and open roles in one place. Understand how workforce changes affect budgets without relying on static reports or manual tracking.
Accounting Teams Reconciling Headcount Data
Work from a consistent view of employee counts tied to HRMS and payroll systems. Reduce mismatches across systems and support accurate financial reporting.
People Operations Teams Managing Workforce Changes
Monitor hires, exits, promotions, and role changes as they happen. Keep headcount data aligned across teams without constant manual updates.
HR Leaders Planning Workforce Growth
Model future headcount scenarios with clear cost implications. Align hiring plans with approved budgets and avoid surprises as teams scale.
Growing Organizations Needing Ongoing Visibility
Replace spreadsheets with live headcount tracking. Maintain clarity across departments and regions as the organization expands.
Headcount Scenario Planning
Model growth, freezes, or restructures in real time. See budget impact instantly. Share scenarios with Finance and leadership without rebuilding spreadsheets.
Headcount Requests & Approvals
Streamline how teams request roles and backfills. Build approval workflows that match your org structure. Track every request from submission to hire.
Compensation & Payband Builder
Build job architecture with clear roles, levels, and pay ranges across geographies. Switch between geo-based pay models and payband progressions instantly, no manual copy-pasting.
Merit Cycle Management
Run compensation reviews in days, not months. AI recommendations allocate merit increases fairly while staying within budget. Save your team 40+ hours per cycle.
Employee Total Rewards Portal
Give employees transparent access to total compensation, pay ranges, equity value, benefits, and career paths. Answer common questions automatically, reducing back-and-forth.
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Candidate Offers
Generate competitive offers in minutes. Visual offer letters show candidates the full value of your package. Track acceptance rates to refine your approach.
AI Agents for Workforce Intelligence
AI surfaces key insights, identifies risks, and streamlines reporting. Get proactive alerts about retention risks, pay compression, and budget variance before problems escalate.
Chief People Officers (CPOs)
Own your comp strategy with confidence. Prove pay fairness, stay on schedule, and make DEI measurable, all in one platform.
CFOs & FP&A Leaders
Connect compensation to your financial reality. Model scenarios, control burn, and see the impact in real time, before approving a single role.
People Ops & HRBPs
Automate the chaos. Run cycles faster, centralize reporting, and make approvals effortless, no more chasing spreadsheets.
Recruiting Managers
Close top talent with data. Benchmark offers, track equity, and move approvals instantly, so great candidates never slip away.
Chief People Officers
Own compensation strategy, pay equity, and DEI with full-cycle execution, equity tracking, and governance—all in one platform. Build your comp philosophy, track progress, and prove impact to the board.
CFOs & FP&A Leaders
Master budget planning, burn analysis, and headcount forecasting. See real-time comp impact, model scenarios, collaborate seamlessly with HR, and keep your budget intact as you scale.
People Ops & HRBPs
Automate manual tasks and focus on strategy. Get full visibility across compensation and planning to bridge HR, Finance, and business leaders with trusted data.
Recruiting Managers
Close top talent faster with real-time benchmarks, offer approvals, and clear comp visuals. Make competitive, data-backed offers without breaking your budget.
People Leadership & Strategy Teams
Turn compensation into a competitive strength. Track equity, talent health, and cycle outcomes with leadership-ready reporting that strengthens trust and transparency across the organization.
Finance Executives & Budget Owners
See payroll spend with zero blind spots. Model compensation changes, align burn with runway, and ensure approvals always match financial reality, in real time.
HR Operations & Business Partners
Manage compensation cycles, requests, and approvals from one centralized system, keeping everything accurate and audit-ready.
Talent Acquisition & Hiring Teams
Benchmark offers instantly and showcases the complete compensation value to candidates, boosting acceptance rates.
Scaling Companies With Distributed Teams
Different time zones, currencies, and benefits? No problem. CandorIQ localizes total rewards for every employee, ensuring clarity across borders. Remote or HQ, everyone sees what they truly earn.
Growth-Stage Teams Managing Compensation Chaos
Headcount doubled. Data scattered. CandorIQ unifies compensation across systems so HR stops firefighting, Finance gains real-time visibility, and employees know their value instantly.
Companies Driving Pay Equity and Retention
Unclear pay drives attrition. CandorIQ builds transparency before competitors do—showing every employee their full rewards, from equity to bonuses, in real time. Clarity that keeps teams committed.
Teams Running Merit Cycles Without Transparency Tools
No more guesswork. CandorIQ gives managers budgets, employees context, and HR audit trails—all in one place. Raise cycles go from confusion to confidence.
Finance Teams Tracking Total Compensation Costs
Eliminate budget surprises. CandorIQ connects every compensation element to Finance’s planning models, tracking burn and forecasting accurately before approvals happen.
Growing HR Teams Managing Rapid Hiring
Your headcount doubled, but your spreadsheets didn't. CandorIQ centralizes comp data and automates workflows so you focus on strategy, not data entry.
Finance Teams Controlling Budget Without Blocking Growth
See compensation costs in real time, model hiring scenarios, and collaborate with HR without constant back-and-forth
Distributed Teams Across Multiple Locations
Different countries, currencies, and pay bands, managed from one platform. Track distributed team costs without manual updates.
Companies Fixing Compensation Gaps
Spot disparities across gender, race, and role automatically. Design fair structures before regulators surface the problems.
Recruiting Teams Closing Candidates Faster
Benchmark offers instantly, visualize equity value, and move from offer to acceptance without weeks of waiting.
Leadership Making Strategic Decisions
See workforce costs, hiring capacity, and org structure changes in real time. Make decisions with confidence, not guesswork.
Chief People Officers
You own a compensation strategy and need to prove ROI to the board. Get end-to-end cycle execution, DEI analytics, and equity tracking in one place. Make the case for your headcount asks with data, not guesswork.
CFOs and FP&A Leaders
You're accountable for burn and need to forecast accurately. See real-time compensation impact, model headcount scenarios, and collaborate with HR without constant back-and-forth. Stay on budget while scaling smart.
People Ops and HRBPs
You execute the cycles, coordinate requests, and answer endless questions. Automate repetitive tasks, get visibility across all compensation activity, and become the strategic partner your business leaders actually need.
Recruiting Managers
You need to close candidates fast with competitive offers. Access real-time benchmarks, streamline approval workflows, and create compelling offer letters that show total value—not just base salary.
People leaders
Predict turnover risks and keep employees engaged with smart compensation plans.
Finance leaders
Streamline headcount and compensation budgets with AI-powered recommendations.
Executives & Managers
Simplify merit cycles and align compensation with company goals.
Employees & Candidates
View and understand total compensation through a transparent rewards portal.
Recruiters & Talent Leaders
Create competitive and consistent offers quickly for smooth onboarding.
People Ops & Comp Analysts
Make real-time, data-driven decisions on pay ranges and headcount management.
Streamline people spend management
Our suite of products helps you optimize every aspect of people spend and workforce planning.
AI-Driven compensation & workforce planning
Optimize decision-making with AI insights, ensuring smarter people spend management and fair compensation.
GenAI people analytics
Use AI to suggest optimal pay ranges based on market trends and internal data.
Budget & spend forecasting
Simulate various headcount scenarios, factoring in budgets, growth, and performance data.
Smarter compensation design
Automate performance reviews and merit increases, ensuring fair and data-driven decisions.
Success stories
Taking a global org’s merit cycle from 3 months to 3 weeks with AI-assisted automation
CandorIQ transforms workforce planning for our clients:
reduction in hiring time
faster merit cycles
reduction in employee churn
avg saved on headcount annually
Seamlessly integrate with your HRIS/
ATS/Captable
CandorIQ connects with the tools your team already uses.
