Your Challenges as a CTO or VP of Engineering
Leading a modern engineering organization means balancing delivery, quality, and innovation without burning out your teams.
Notchup gives CFOs visibility into how engineering and people investments translate into delivery, productivity, and cost efficiency.
Engineering and People Ops are major cost centers but tough to forecast. CFOs seek stability, foresight, and ROI clarity, yet face challenges like:
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Leading a modern engineering organization means balancing delivery, quality, and innovation without burning out your teams.
Scaling engineering velocity while keeping quality and technical debt under control.
Visibility gaps into skill distribution, capacity, and productivity.
Aligning execution with business roadmaps and OKRs.
People Ops complexity - performance reviews, promotions, capacity planning take too much time.
Strategic decisions under pressure — from stack choices to resource allocation.
Notchup isn’t another finance tool — it’s the AI layer over engineering & people data that translates operational metrics into financial impact.
Track delivery health and engineering velocity to see where resources drive ROI.
Forecast roadmap needs and align people spend to business growth.
Spot churn risks early and prevent unplanned replacement costs.
Link training investments directly to business outcomes.
Predictable Workforce Costs
Engineering spend tied to roadmap delivery.
Smarter Budget Planning
Forecast needs and runs “what-if” financial scenarios.
Lower Hidden Costs
Attrition and burnout risks flagged before they become expenses.
Boost Productivity & Visibility
See exactly where engineering hours go and where to optimize.
AI-Powered Decision Intelligence
See exactly where engineering hours go and where to optimize.
People Ops Without the Overhead
Balance workloads, reduce burnout, and automate people-ops so your team can focus on growth.
We’ve created a free guide for finance leaders on how to make engineering and people spend predictable and ROI-driven.
How to connect workforce costs to roadmap delivery
Modeling attrition risks as financial risks
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Building a board-ready view of engineering ROI
This playbook isn’t theory — it’s a field-tested approach we’ve seen drive results in high-growth engineering teams.
“Notchup gave us clarity into how our engineering spend translates into business outcomes. It’s the first time I could tie budgets to delivery with confidence.”
— CFO,
FinTech Company
“By predicting attrition costs and aligning budgets early, we saved millions in unplanned churn. Notchup is a finance partner as much as an ops tool.”
— CFO,
SaaS Enterprise
“Notchup gave us early warnings on team attrition. By acting three months ahead, we avoided $900k in backfill and lost productivity costs. It wasn’t just about retention, it directly protected our margins and stabilized delivery timelines.”
— CFO,
FinTech Scale-Up
“We used Notchup’s capacity forecasts to adjust hiring plans. It saved us from over-budgeting headcount by 15% while still hitting our delivery targets. For the first time, finance and engineering were aligned on both costs and outcomes.”
— VP Finance,
SaaS Enterprise
“Linking engineering spend to delivery metrics finally gave me a board-ready ROI story. It turned vague cost discussions into measurable business value. This has changed how we present engineering budgets to investors and stakeholders.”
— CFO,
Global SaaS
“By aligning upskilling investments with real skill gaps, we cut wasted training budgets by 20% and improved delivery outcomes in the same quarter. Notchup allowed us to show that people development can be both strategic and cost-efficient.”
— Finance Director,
Mid-Market Tech
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Engineering and people are your company’s biggest cost drivers. Notchup helps you see, forecast, and justify every dollar spent.
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