Case Study: Cedar surfaces $1.5M+ in headcount spend and cuts reconciliation time with TeamOhana

Cedar surfaces $1.5M+ in headcount spend with TeamOhana

Cedar, a healthcare fintech company, faced significant challenges with its manual and fragmented headcount planning process. Using a patchwork of systems including Rippling, Greenhouse, Jira, Pigment, and Google Sheets, the company had no single source of truth, leading to multiple conflicting reports and hours spent weekly on reconciliation between Finance and Talent. Their largest challenge was a lack of control, where employee departures automatically triggered backfill requests without any strategic justification.

By implementing TeamOhana's headcount planning platform, Cedar transformed its process. TeamOhana provided a single source of truth, allowing leaders to strategically assess whether to backfill, repurpose, or absorb roles instead of reflexively opening new reqs. This shift freed up over $1.5 million in headcount spend through paused or repurposed roles and caught duplicates. Furthermore, Finance-to-Talent reconciliation time was reduced from 3-4 hours per week to under 20 minutes, enabling more strategic conversations about each hire's value and timing.

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