Senior Compensation Advisor (Executive Compensation)

ICON Consultants, LP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ICON Consultants, LP is seeking a Senior Compensation Advisor in San Francisco, CA, on a W2 Contract from 11/16/2026 to 02/15/2027. The role leads creation of Compensation Committee materials, administers executive pay programs meeting SEC requirements, and helps prepare the annual proxy with strong Say-on-Pay support.

Collaboration with Legal, Finance, and Talent Acquisition is essential for governance and accurate disclosures.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in executive compensation.
• Experience supporting executive compensation decisions, governance and compliance, and compensation surveys.

Responsibilities

• Maintain models to assess dilution, burn rate, and stock-based compensation expense.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on executive offers.
• Prepare compensation tables for the proxy statement, including Pay Versus Performance tables.
• Collaborate with Legal and Finance to ensure governance and compliance of executive compensation programs.
• Oversee ongoing execution and oversight of executive compensation programs.
• Manage special projects as needed.

Skills

Executive compensation

Communication skills

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Position Type: W2 Contract

Contract Dates: 11/16/2026 – 02/15/2027

Job Overview

Our client is seeking a Senior Compensation Advisor to lead the creation of Compensation Committee materials and administer executive pay programs that meet SEC requirements and investor expectations. This role will help prepare the annual proxy statement with the goal of securing strong Say-on-Pay support, and will ensure executive compensation rewards long-term shareholder value while maintaining compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Dilution Modeling: Maintain models to assess dilution, burn rate, and stock-based compensation expense.
• Executive Offers: Partner with Talent Acquisition on executive offers.
• Proxy Statement: Prepare most of the compensation tables included in the proxy statement, and partner with management consultants on complex tables such as the Pay Versus Performance (PVP) table.
• Partner closely with Legal and Finance to ensure executive compensation programs align with disclosure, governance, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure accurate execution, implementation, and ongoing oversight of executive compensation programs.
• Manage special projects as needed.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in executive compensation, ideally within high-growth and/or large-cap technology companies.
• Direct experience supporting executive compensation decisions, Compensation Committee processes, benchmarking, disclosures, governance and compliance requirements, and compensation surveys.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Excel and/or Google Sheets skills.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with comfort producing board-level and executive-ready materials.
• Exemplary judgment and absolute discretion in managing highly confidential executive compensation data and sensitive leadership matters.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.