Sequoia

Compensation Advisory Services

Take a strategic approach to investing in people

Sequoia is the partner of choice for companies looking to increase enterprise value with a compensation strategy that controls costs and maximizes retention. Our expert advisors partner with your leadership team to deliver a program that reflects the value you place in your people while ensuring your business thrives in any economic climate.

Forming an equitable pay philosophy that delivers on your people promise
Our compensation advisors have seen the market in times of boom and bust and will help you execute a strategy that contains costs while maximizing retention. We use predictive modeling, real-time benchmarking insights, and your own program data to help you articulate your approach:
-Define the purpose of your compensation program
-Know where you stand competitively in the bid for talent
-Finely tune your pay and equity relative to the market

Using executive comp to strategically reward high-profile stakeholders
Our team has extensive experience advising both management and compensation committees on a wide variety of executive compensation and severance matters. We advise on:
-Overall program competitiveness and affordability
-Founder refresh awards
-Performance equity award design

Guiding an equity program that’s affordable and sustainable
We’ll be your partner in roadmapping your company approach to equity with higher company valuation in mind:
-Develop equity guidelines for employees and new hires
-Request new share pool approvals from the board
-Define how to split shares for different roles

Getting smart about IPO planning
Should your private company become a publicly-owned and operated entity, we’ll provide the guidance and support to:
-Address governance requirements
-Set up public company equity grant guidelines
-Establish a new equity incentive plan and ESPP
-Define the board structure and compensation