Where to find it | Sidebar → Finance → Census |
Who can see it | Leadership |
Can you change data here? | No — read-only |
How fresh is it? | Follows the payroll sync, which runs nightly |
What it's for
We pay people through several systems in several countries: US payroll, international contractors and employer-of-record arrangements, Colombia payroll, and independent contractors paid through accounting. Asking "how many people work here?" therefore has several answers depending on who you ask.
Census gives one roster across all of them, with each person's division, department and how they're paid. It's the headcount reference behind the personnel numbers on Divisional P&Ls, and the fastest way to spot people who aren't properly matched to our org records.
Note it shows worker classification and headcount, not compensation. For pay data, see the Growth section, which is separately granted.
What you'll see
Summary cards:
Card | What it counts |
Headcount | Everyone on the roster |
ADP | US payroll |
Deel | International contractors and employer-of-record |
Siesta | Colombia payroll |
NetSuite (IC) | Independent contractors paid through accounting |
Contractors | Everyone classified as a contractor, from any source |
On Leave | Currently on leave |
Part-Time | Part-time workers |
The roster table — each person with their division, department, worker type, classification and which system pays them.
Filters for division, department and payroll source, plus name search.
How to use it
Reconcile headcount. When a headcount figure is disputed, this is the reference. The per-source cards show where each group of people sits, which is usually where the disagreement was hiding.
Find unmatched workers. People who are actively being paid but aren't matched to our org records show no division, department or title. Those are the people who fall out of every division-level report — including the P&L. Fixing them in Nova fixes the reports.
Understand a division's real cost base. Filter to a division to see how many people are employees, contractors or employer-of-record. That mix explains a lot about a division's cost profile.
Check contractor mix. The contractor count spans several systems, so this is the only place it's aggregated.
Good to know
A worker with no division, department or title is a matching gap. They're being paid, but our org records don't have them linked. They'll be missing from division-level reporting until it's fixed in Nova.
"Contractor" spans two arrangements — international contractors and employer-of-record on one side, independent contractors paid through accounting on the other. Both count as contractors here.
The payroll source is inferred from how a person is paid and their classification, not typed in by hand.
This is a roster, not a P&L. For the cost those people represent, use Divisional P&Ls.
Colombia payroll is imported manually and can lag behind the other sources.
Common questions
Why does someone have no division or department? They're paid but not matched to our org records. Fix it in Nova and they'll appear properly here and in every division report.
Why doesn't this match the headcount on Summary? Different definitions. Summary counts active full-time employees. Census counts everyone being paid, across all arrangements, including contractors and part-time.
Does this show salaries? No. Compensation lives in the Growth section, which needs a separate grant. See Who can see what.
How current is it? It follows the nightly payroll sync. Colombia is a manual import and can lag.
Related
Divisional P&Ls — what these people cost, per division
Employees — the performance roster, which is a different population
Growth: People & Performance Radar — compensation, separately granted
Recruiting & Hiring Pipeline — who's joining next