Human Capital Services
HUMAN CAPITAL: THE KEY TO THE SUCCESS OF YOUR BUSINESS
Human capital is one of the cornerstones of an organization’s success, and employees are one of the most essential sources for generating added value.
As a result, it has become crucial for companies to understand how to attract and retain talent, develop skills, acquire, and transfer knowledge, strengthen abilities, and continuously innovate to maintain their competitive edge.
Managing your business’s day-to-day operations, long-term objectives, and operational goals can be an arduous balancing act. Consequently, proper and strategic human capital management is essential to your business’s prosperity and achieving your corporate goals.
But what happens when a period of uncertainty or change in your business disrupts the workflow and stability of team members? Even a well-founded and supported business or family office can experience difficulties during periods of transition and change.
Richter’s Human Capital team can help by providing you with practical solutions tailored to the specific business needs you have and to the challenges you face. We can also contribute to your business’s success by helping you achieve and even surpass your objectives, all the while keeping your organization’s culture at heart.
As a business partner to the companies and family offices we serve, we at Richter have become an extension of our client’s businesses. We provide them with solutions aligned with their business objectives and strategies.
When Can Our Human Capital Expertise Support You?
Throughout an organization’s life cycle, key moments require thoughtful human capital decisions. These may include periods of growth, professionalization, succession planning, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, or workforce restructuring.
At these critical stages, our advisors can support you by:
- Assessing current organizational and governance practices
- Defining an optimal organizational structure aligned with business objectives
- Identifying gaps, risks, and areas for improvement
- Developing transition plans and clear road maps
- Supporting implementation through actionable programs and best practices
Our team works alongside you to ensure objectives are met, timelines are respected, and changes are managed effectively. We provide tailored advice at every stage of the organizational life cycle, with a focus on performance, sustainability, and long-term value creation.
Human Capital Strategic Advisory
Our services include the following areas of expertise
To develop a comprehensive human capital strategy and drive organizational transformation that mitigates risks, retains key talent, and enables smooth transitions as well as seamless integration, ensuring your organization has the appropriate structure to deliver on its business objectives.
Our team can assist you in the following key areas:
- Organizational design and optimization
- Strategic HR planning
- Succession planning to identify and prepare future leaders
- HR due diligence for mergers and acquisitions
- Mergers and acquisitions post-deal integration
- Crisis and conflict management
- Change management and organizational transitions:
- Executive‑led change management for strategic transformations and transitions
- Change readiness and impact assessments to manage risks and resistance
- Leadership alignment and governance support
- Targeted communication and engagement strategies
- Ongoing advisory support through execution and stabilization
We design compensation strategies aligned with company objectives and culture to enhance employee retention, ensure equity, and ensure compliance and transparency.
This support typically includes:
- Compensation strategy and pay structure design
- Compensation philosophy development
- Job evaluation and architecture
- Pay structures and salary band design
- Market benchmarking and competitive analysis
- Internal equity analysis
- Incentive and performance-based compensation
- Incentives and performance pay strategies
- Short-term and annual incentive bonus plan design
- Long-term incentive plan design (LTP): See Compensation Advisory
- Executive compensation and advisory governance
- Executive compensation strategy and governance advisory
- Compensation philosophy aligned with ownership and performance objectives
- Market benchmarking for executive and key leadership roles
- Pay structure design, equity analysis, and risk mitigation
- Independent advisory support for sensitive or related‑party compensation
- Compensation tools and communication
- Compensation guidelines and policy development
- Span of control and decision-making governance
- Compensation communication strategies
- Leader and employee training
- Pay equity and compliance
- Completion of pay equity and maintenance exercises
- Pay equity audits and strategies
- Compliance with pay regulations and recommendations
We partner with organizations to recruit top‑quality executives, offering end‑to‑end support throughout the search process. By ensuring early alignment on the role, expectations, and organizational context, and by emphasizing leadership, expertise, and cultural fit, we help drive meaningful and lasting impact.
- C‑suite and senior leadership recruitment to secure top‑tier executives aligned with strategic priorities
- Tailored and discreet search strategies designed to reflect each organization’s unique context, governance, and objectives
- In‑depth candidate assessment focused on strategic fit, leadership capabilities, and long‑term value creation
- Talent market mapping and targeted outreach to identify and assess high‑impact leadership talent pools
- Guidance on executive compensation packages
- Consideration of family and ownership dynamics, ensuring candidates complement both the business and its culture
- Onboarding, integration, and ongoing advisory support to ensure successful transitions and sustained performance
Human Resources and Payroll Management
We offer services in the following areas of expertise
We provide organizations with end‑to‑end and hybrid payroll services, combining payroll implementation, operational support, ongoing advisory, and audit services to ensure accuracy, compliance, and reliability across even the most complex and sensitive payroll environments.
- Payroll implementation to ensure accurate and compliant setup
- Payroll preparation and processing
- Reconciliation of payroll-related accounts
- Complete management of the year-end cycle
- Preparation of records of employment and tax slips
- Assistance to employees
- Payroll and operational support for benefits administration
- Vacation management
- Administration of payroll deductions
- Production of reports
- Management of the 1% training file in Quebec (Bill 90)
- Production of the CNESST salary declaration
- Assistance with internal and external auditors
- Payroll audits to verify accuracy, compliance, and process integrity
- Management of payroll compliance with the laws and labour standards in effect
- Ongoing advisory and issue‑resolution support for complex, sensitive, or time‑critical payroll matters
We provide organizations with tailored, full or partial management of their human resources operations, delivering end‑to‑end and à‑la‑carte solutions that bring structure and consistency to complex people and organizational challenges.
- Management of hires and terminations
- Employee onboarding and integration programs
- Design and governance of HR policies, organizational practices and development of employee guides
- Management of performance evaluation programs
- Career development and talent progression initiatives
- Compensation management, including salary reviews, bonuses, commissions, and incentives
- Administration of employee benefits, annual reviews, and contract negotiations
- Health and Safety management and prevention initiatives
- Crisis management
- Ongoing advisory and conflict resolution support for complex, sensitive, or time‑critical human resources matters
We perform HR audits and provide guidance to organizations navigating regulatory obligations. This enables them to anticipate risks, strengthen governance, and maintain compliance with evolving federal and provincial requirements.
- HR compliance assessments/ audit of processes and practices
- Labour Standards Compliance Guidance
- Completion of Pay Equity and maintenance exercise, and sporadic support
- 1% Training compliance, including strategy, tracking, and reporting (Bill 90)
- Occupational Health and Safety compliance, including risk assessments, policies, and prevention programs
- Workplace harassment prevention and compliance
- Psychosocial risk prevention and compliance support (Law 27 / CNESST)
- Francization advisory and support from readiness, assessment, to implementation of language compliance measures (OQLF / Bill 96)
- Personal information protection and privacy compliance (Law 25)
- Manager and employee training on compliance obligations
