Overview
Vera Planning’s Total Rewards Consulting helps employers design, optimize, and communicate compensation and benefits systems that attract talent, retain employees, and align with enterprise values.
Our modular framework spans compensation design, benefits architecture, employer value proposition, and employee education ensuring clarity, compliance, and long-term impact across the organization.
Our modular framework spans compensation design, benefits architecture, employer value proposition, and employee education ensuring clarity, compliance, and long-term impact across the organization.
Total Rewards Framework
Four core domains organize workstreams so programs are clear, competitive, and values-aligned.
Compensation Design
Philosophy, pay structures, incentives, and equity design.
Benefits Strategy
Group, voluntary, and retirement plans with compliance alignment.
Employee Value Proposition
Connect rewards to retention, purpose, and culture.
Employee Education
Financial wellness, benefits literacy, and workshops.
The Total Rewards Process
A structured journey from strategy to activation, grounded in fiduciary care and employee impact.
Discovery
Assess compensation, benefits, EVP clarity, and engagement to identify gaps and opportunities.
Prioritization
Rank needs by workforce impact, goals, compliance exposure, and cost to focus efforts.
Design
Craft strategy: compensation philosophy, benefits architecture, retirement, and incentive models.
Coordination
Implement with HR, brokers, legal, and administrators; equip managers with clear communications.
Stewardship
Ongoing reviews, updates, and advisory support to sustain competitiveness and alignment.
Key Features and Capabilities
Integrated, End-to-End Strategy
Holistic design across pay, benefits, wellness, and education with near-term actions tied to long-term goals.
Executive & Equity Compensation Design
Leadership pay, bonus, and equity structures aligned to performance, retention, governance, and culture.
Benefits Architecture & Compliance
Group, voluntary, and retirement plan strategies that scale while meeting regulatory requirements.
Employer Value Proposition
Shape and articulate the Total Rewards story to strengthen talent attraction and engagement.
Employee Financial Wellness & Education
Coaching models, toolkits, and workshops that improve literacy, utilization, and retirement readiness.
Cross-Functional Integration
Coordination with HR, finance, legal, and insurance partners; support for M&A, succession, and governance.
Custom Benchmarking
Role-specific analytics to evaluate market competitiveness by industry, geography, and stage.
Ongoing Stewardship
Periodic reviews and optimization as market dynamics and workforce needs evolve.