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Bringing Your Organization Together with FTE Tree

FTE Tree is designed to support organizations of any size, aligning with today’s business models where various units collaborate as Strategic Partners. This position control tool bridges the gap between HR, Finance, Line Managers, and other key stakeholders, empowering them with essential data while placing staffing accountability where it belongs.

Streamlining Processes with FTE Tree’s Robust Capabilities

FTE Tree offers a suite of powerful features that keep your organization running smoothly:

• Build and Develop Staffing Models: Tailor your staffing models to meet FTE and cost targets.
• Scenario Analysis: Create and analyze multiple scenarios, such as annual staffing budget models.
• Departmental Responsibility: Easily assign and manage departmental control over positions.
• Automated Approval Workflow: Streamline requests for new, modified, or replacement positions with a completely paperless approval process—no manual emails needed!
• Customizable Approval Criteria: Define approval thresholds based on FTE and dollar totals, with the flexibility to include any combination of approvers in your organization.
• Automated Reminders: Keep your approval process on track with automated reminders for approvers.

The FTE Tree dashboard offers a quick, at-a-glance overview of key details, including current requests, their statuses, and recently accessed departments. You can also post important messages for others to see directly on the dashboard.

Tailored Functions for HR, Finance, and Accounting

FTE Tree is built with your HR, Finance, and Accounting teams in mind, offering functions that meet their specific needs:

• Staffing Plan Integration: Download your current staffing plan directly from FTE Tree to serve as the foundation for your annual staffing budgets, eliminating the need to track position approvals manually.
• Enhanced Hiring Controls: Tighten control over the hiring process for new or updated positions.
• Clear Accountability: Know exactly who is responsible for overseeing every position change within your organization.
• Comprehensive Change History: Access a complete revision history for every position, with easy review and tracking of all changes.
• Job Code and Wage Management: Set job codes, wage rates, and pay differentials, including taxes, benefits, and shift differentials.
• Requisition System: Manage every new or modified position with a unique requisition number, ensuring coordination with your recruiting team.

FTE Tree simplifies position control, placing minimal burden on front-line managers. The best tools are those that align seamlessly with your organization’s functions, workflows, processes, and goals. FTE Tree offers all this and more, making it an indispensable asset for your team!