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Headcount Governance Support

End Headcount Chaos Across Your Portfolio.

Meander gives CFOs, CHROs, and PE operating partners one unified headcount plan — built weekly from Finance, HR, and Talent data — so hiring, budgets, and people costs stay aligned.

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Headcount Governance Support

1 day/week embedded operator. $7,500 per month. Typical 6-month engagement ($45K).

  • Weekly 60-minute strategy + variance review
  • Up to 8 hours of modeling, reconciliation, and scenarios
  • Single source of truth across Finance, HR, and TA
  • Board-ready headcount reporting, every month
Capacity capped at 3–4 concurrent clients.

What we do

One operating model, three ways to start.

Engage the 1-day/week governance retainer, or learn through the OHP guide and free cleanup resources.

Headcount Governance Support

1 day/week advisory retainer for 200–2,000 FTE orgs. We reconcile Finance, HR, and TA data into one plan and keep variance under control.

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Operational Headcount Planning Guide

The definitive playbook to run headcount like a supply chain. Templates, KPIs, and cadence you can apply immediately.

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Headcount Cleanup Course & Resources

Free course and templates to clean up your roster, align HRIS/ATS/Finance exports, and stabilize hiring plans while you evaluate the retainer.

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Outcomes your execs feel

One source of truth for headcount across Finance, HR, and TA.

Lower plan vs. actual variance on headcount and people spend.

Faster, predictable hiring with recruiter capacity in view.

Board-ready headcount insight every month.

Who we serve

Built for PE talent partners, CFOs, and CHROs.

Whether you’re managing a single company or a portfolio, we act as your headcount operator — reconciling data, flagging variance early, and keeping every hire tied to the plan.

See how the engagement works

“Annual plans break the moment hiring velocity shifts. Meander gave us one maintained forecast, variance calls every Friday, and a clear story for our board.”

Operations Lead, PE Portfolio

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Resources

Learn how modern teams run headcount like capital.

Guides, templates, and analysis from real headcount governance work.

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Insight

Navigating Headcount Chaos — Lessons from a Moving Flight Deck

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Insight

The Layoff Epidemic: Why We Keep Firing Our Way Out of Bad Planning

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Experienced human capital operations support trusted by investors:

  • Bain Capital
  • Great Hill Partners
  • Charlesbank Capital Partners
  • Tikehau Capital
  • Qualium Investissement
  • Index Ventures
  • IVP
  • Temasek

Ready to run headcount like capital?

Book a headcount review and we’ll show you how governance support lands in your context.

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