Compensation Consulting

Many Radford clients ask for our assistance in developing compensation solutions based on our data. Comprised of the technology industries' leading consultants, our team knows how to leverage our survey data to create tailored solutions for your toughest business and compensation challenges. Our practice focuses on the compensation issues facing technology and life sciences companies at all stages of development. For more details on our services and our consultants, visit our Consulting Overview or e-mail consulting@radford.com.

Executive Compensation

Our expertise includes strategy setting; competitive analysis and plan design; salaries; incentive compensation;long-term and equity programs; employment agreements; change-in-control contracts; and 280G calculations. We provide support to the Compensation Committee and management in addressing all executive compensation matters.

Equity Compensation

We offer a complete package of services for creating and aligning your equity programs across the company, including strategy setting; guideline assessment and design; mix of alternative equity vehicles; program development; and expense and shareholder impact analyses. For organizations dealing with underwater stock options, we also offer assistance in assessing alternatives for addressing this particularly complex issue. For more information, visit our Underwater Exchange Portal.

Equity Valuation Services

Our Radford Valuation Services team provides best-in-class approaches to valuing stock options and other equity vehicles in compliance with Topic 718, including the development of required assumptions for equity pricing models; alternative modeling approaches that better approximates compensation expense; and accounting and tax treatments under Topic 718. Our assessment of exercise patterns also helps to inform our equity compensation consulting design by applying employee experiential data into our plan modeling. :: Learn more

Sales Compensation

We offer global incentive plan design to align your sales incentives with business initiatives and go-to-market strategy. Our approach includes reviewing your current plan in the context of business drivers; performing a competitive market assessment of the existing plan including commission structures, targets, accelerators, allowances and special incentives; designing, modeling and costing a redesigned sales incentive plan to determine the business and employee impact; implementing the new plan, including plan documentation and communication strategy; and evaluating, advising on and implementing commission systems. :: Learn more

Global Compensation

We provide guidance in global compensation strategy development; global job leveling and grade structures; pay elements and local pay practices; competitive market analyses for local nationals; salary ranges; incentive compensation; and global equity strategy, guidelines and modeling to assess a program's feasibility.

Employee Compensation

Our employee pay services include total rewards strategy development; job matching/job family development, competitive assessment; salary structures/banding; organizational leveling; incentive compensation design, including objective setting, metrics, and economic impact analyses; equity plans; and reward/recognition programs.

Board of Directors

We specialize in Board compensation, including competitive assessments and program design (cash and equity, retainer, and fee-for-service structures), to develop programs that meet the way your Board operates, with consideration of governance best practices.

Compensation Committee Advisory Services

We provide a variety of independent, third-party Board and Compensation Committee advisory services and governance support, including charter development; executive compensation design and assessment; pay-for-performance assessment; Compensation Committee process management, advice and counsel; and regulatory filing support.

Organization Transition Support

We can assist you with merger and acquisition due diligence, spin-off program design, preparation for an IPO and other challenges facing organizations in transition.

Aon also offers compensation consulting services for other industries. McLagan Partners, for instance, focuses on surveys and consulting for the financial services industry. For more information on Aon's breadth of consulting services, click here.