Business Consulting

Human Capital Consulting

Your Most Important Business Asset? Your People.

We can show you how to structure your business to take advantage of your staff’s highest and best use and to compensate them appropriately and competitively.

We help owners to:

Define the optimal organizational structure, roles and responsibilities
Design effective owner and staff compensation plans and performance feedback systems
Build strong teams and effective leaders

Symptoms to look for:

Company has difficulty in attracting, incenting, and retaining top performers
Internal bonus/incentive programs are vague or complicated
Employees are behaving in a way that is inconsistent with the company’s goals
Performance and productivity are not incented
Career path is not clear
There is not an effective performance appraisal process in the business
The path and method to become an owner are not clear

Compensation and Organizational Consulting

Moss Adams consults on various areas related to human capital including:

Compensation benchmarking
Compensation plan design (base pay, long-term and short-term incentive plans)
New partner admission
Equity plan design
Performance evaluation
Career path design
Organizational structuring
Management and leadership development

We typically scope out projects to address these issues on a case-by-case basis depending on client needs. Fees vary based on the scope of work, the number of positions being considered, the size of staff, the complexity of the situation, and whether work is done on-site or remotely. We can work with you to define an appropriate scope of work and fee for your needs.

Additionally, the Compensation & Organization Navigator (described below) is a defined process that addresses many of these issues.

The Process

Information on business objectives, job definitions, duties, organizational chart and structure, job levels and historical compensation for incumbents gathered via questionnaire and in-person interviews
Career path, staff development, compensation and organizational issues explored via in-person interviews with business owners, managers and staff
Recommendations report delivered to client and discussed in person or by telephone

The Deliverables

Assessment of organizational culture and recommendations for improvement
Discussion of compensation and organizational fit with business strategy
Recommendation of optimal organizational structure
Job titles, job descriptions, and performance metrics for each position
Career path outline and advancement guidelines
Base compensation ranges and incentive compensation structure recommendations for each position
Financial model of compensation implications
Outline of performance evaluation process