Private equityPortfolio-company finance or payroll lead
Your responsibility
Validate the EBITDA bridge through real payroll, not portfolio averages.
Can we reproduce the projected result from our employee data and operate the payroll changes cleanly?
Your decision brief
What you care about, what you need, and what can stop the decision.
Items you review
- Traceable EBITDA logic
- Employee-level accuracy
- Reconciliation and auditability
Information you need
- Secure payroll analysis
- Fee and savings bridge
- Controls and reporting
Risks to resolve
- Double counting
- Hidden employee exceptions
- A model that cannot be reconciled
Review meeting
Agenda, documents, and approval criteria.
Agenda
- Employee population and payroll facts
- Savings, fees, and EBITDA bridge
- Controls, reporting, and measurement cadence
Documents and outputs
- Company payroll model
- Traceable EBITDA sensitivity
- Post-launch reconciliation dashboard definition
Approval criteria
- No portfolio average substitutes for company data
- No value is double counted
- Reporting can distinguish forecast from realized results
Review stages
See which stages require your approval.
Highlighted stages show where you provide information, validate the work, or approve the next action.
- 01Operating team
Screen the portfolio
Fit and readiness heat map
- 02Sponsor + company leadership
Select a pilot
Pilot company, population, scope, and success measures
- 03Your stage • Company finance + payroll
Prove company economics
Company-specific model and EBITDA sensitivity
- 04Your stage • Company leadership + provider
Pilot with governance
Controlled launch, measurement, and issue log
- 05Operating partner
Make the scale decision
Stop, refine, or sequence the next company
What to provide
Schedule the employer review ↗Build the company-specific payroll model before the opportunity enters the value-creation plan.
Other reviewers
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