NoBlue2 acquires Pigment Partner of the Year, Viridian

HR & Workforce Planning

Headcount, cost and capability, one plan for every horizon

When the CFO asks what the current headcount is, the answer should take seconds, not a reconciliation between HR’s number, Finance’s number and every manager’s number. We build workforce planning on Pigment from one agreed number, connected live to your HRIS and ATS, and run by your HR and Finance teams together.

Supporting our customers globally

50+Pigment projects globally
300+EPM deployments
4.85/5Customer satisfaction score (CSAT)
2xPigment Partner of the Year (2024, 2025)

Headcount management and org design

Most organisations answer ‘what’s our headcount?’ with a reconciliation, because the HRIS records employee data well but doesn’t manage the decisions around it: hires, leavers, backfills and moves. We build headcount management as one live environment, connected to the HRIS and ATS, so a restructure can be designed and priced before it’s committed.

  • Continuous, live headcount management connected to the HRIS and ATS, matching new hires to the forecast automatically
  • Workforce spend approved in full view of the latest available budget
  • Position-based org design, with restructure scenarios priced for headcount, cost and span of control before they’re committed

Compensation planning

Compensation planning has to satisfy three things at once: market competitiveness, internal fairness and budget. Most tools handle one or two at a time, which is usually why the third gets discovered late. We model all three together, so a merit cycle or bonus change is priced for cost and talent impact before it ships.

  • Total compensation modelled as a full cost-to-company view, within a visible budget
  • Pay equity tested with controlled statistical analysis by role, level and geography
  • Scenario modelling for merit cycles and bonus changes, run by your reward team once handed over

Strategic workforce planning

A budget tells you what you can hire this year. It doesn’t tell you whether your workforce will have the skills your business needs in three. We build strategic workforce planning as a longer-horizon view, connected to the same headcount and cost data, so supply and demand can be planned years out rather than discovered as a gap.

  • Workforce demand modelled from business drivers such as pipeline, transformation and growth targets
  • Supply modelled from attrition, retirement and internal mobility, by location and job family
  • Capability and skills gaps surfaced early enough to build, buy or reskill, rather than scramble

Workforce analytics

People metrics like attrition tell a story, but only a financial one turns it into a decision. We connect workforce analytics to the same cost model as the rest of the plan, so a CPO or CFO business case sits on one number rather than two separate narratives.

  • Attrition, time-to-hire and other people metrics connected directly to their cost impact
  • Trend and driver analysis available to HR and Finance from the same live data, not separate reports
  • Board-ready workforce metrics that reconcile with the numbers Finance already reports

AI in your workforce plan

Because headcount, planning and compensation share one model connected to the HRIS and ATS, AI works across the whole workforce picture.

Attrition forecasting: Predicts attrition by tenure cohort and segment, so hiring gets ahead of departures rather than backfilling reactively.

Cost trend analysis: Breaks down workforce cost trends by driver, such as headcount growth, salary inflation or mix change.

Budget validation and pay equity: Flags budget breaches at submission and runs statistical pay equity analysis with proper rigour.

How we deliver HR & Workforce solutions

We start with the number that causes the most friction, usually one agreed headcount across HR and Finance, and build outward from there into the continuous forecast and strategic plan. Your teams run it themselves once the knowledge is handed over. For NoBlue2 customers already on NetSuite, Pigment connects directly for scheduled actuals and consolidated headcount reporting, giving HR and Finance one route from ERP to workforce plan.

Pigment is trusted by some of the largest organisations, globally

“When you have an EPM system that’s not trusted by the organization, then there is low engagement, which means low quality inputs, and low quality outputs. With Pigment, we managed to gain trust pretty fast, because data is readily available, it’s user friendly, and you see the results fast. We have 800 metrics already in our model, which will continue to grow” “With Pigment, we’ve already seen significant improvements. Tasks that used to take days are now completed in minutes. This has boosted morale within the team, as they feel they now have tools that allow them to showcase their capabilities”

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