Capabilities

OUR SERVICES

Pay Philosophy & Strategy

Compensation Philosophy & Strategy

We collaborate with management and the HR and/or Compensation Committee of your Board of Directors to articulate and implement a compensation philosophy and strategy that will support your business objectives and align with stakeholder interests.

Total Rewards Strategy

We understand that you need to make the most of your total rewards investments. We collaborate with you to design a total rewards strategy that drives a compelling and differentiated employee value proposition, while maximizing the impact of your total rewards spend.

Market Compensation Benchmarking

Executive Compensation Benchmarking

We work with you to understand market-competitive compensation practices for executives at all levels.
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We help you develop compensation and performance peer groups that reflect your market for talent and capital as your organization navigates change.
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We go beyond simply providing market information. We provide objective and independent advice on interpreting data and making informed pay decisions that are right for your organization.

Board of Director Compensation Benchmarking

We provide independent advice on market-competitive compensation practices for your Board of Directors to ensure governance costs are aligned with peers and best practice.

We help you develop competitive board compensation to assist you with attracting qualified board members in today's increasingly competitive environment.

Employee Compensation Benchmarking

We work with you to understand externally competitive compensation levels in your markets for talent, leveraging our access to deep compensation data.

We go beyond simply providing market information. We provide objective advice to help you interpret the data and make informed pay decisions that are right for your organization and support your talent strategy.

We review market pay practices in conjunction with your organization’s approach to internal equity to ensure recommendations consider both internal and external considerations.

Custom Compensation Surveys

We help you to precisely understand compensation levels within a specific group of comparators by developing and administering custom compensation surveys to provide unique insights that cannot be found in standard compensation surveys.

Performance & Incentives

Short & Long-Term Incentive Design

We work closely with you and your stakeholders to understand your organization’s current and future needs and design incentive programs that motivate and drive behaviours aligned with organizational objectives, compensation philosophy, culture, stakeholder interests, and ESG objectives.

We engage in comprehensive analysis and stakeholder consultations to ensure incentive program designs align executive compensation with stakeholder interests and market best practices, promoting greater transparency and investor support.

Pay-For-Performance Assessments

We work with you to assess the relationship between your pay programs and your organization’s financial and non-financial performance to help ensure strong pay for performance alignment.

Performance Measurement & Goal-Setting

We collaborate with you to establish and measure incentive performance metrics and goals that are aligned with your organization’s objectives, taking into consideration past performance, future performance, and shareholder and stakeholder expectations.

Performance Management

We work with you to maximize the potential of your employees by developing performance management program that enable leaders to boost performance and help employees thrive in the careers.

Compensation Program Design

Job Levelling & Job Evaluation

We work with you to implement job evaluation methodologies that ensure fair and defensible levelling, support compliance with applicable legislation, help you achieve your DE&I objectives, and reflect your organization’s unique needs – from simple to complex.

Compensation Structure Design and Management

We collaborate with you to design, implement, and administer compensation structures that are externally market-competitive and internally equitable.

Job Architecture & Career Frameworks

We collaborate with you to define your organization’s job families, sub-families, career streams, and levels that help you articulate your organization’s jobs and career paths.

Pay Transparency & Pay Equity

We strategize with you to help you meet your pay equity and transparency obligations, support diversity, equity, and inclusion, and position your organization as an employer of choice.

M&A Support & IPO Readiness

Navigating through Mergers & Acquisitions

We help you work through the complexities that come with mergers and acquisitions, supporting due diligence activities and identifying integration opportunities and challenges.

IPO Support

We help your organization prepare for an Initial Public Offering ("IPO"), ensuring pay programs reflect shareholder expectations and market competitive practices.