Principal Stock Plan Analyst

Summary

Join Tripadvisor's Global Compensation team as an Equity Consultant! This remote US-based role involves managing all aspects of employee equity awards, ensuring compliance, and analyzing equity plan performance. You will prepare Board of Directors materials, partner with Legal, Finance, and Tax teams, and develop internal review processes. The ideal candidate possesses expertise in Workday, Fidelity PSW, and equity administration, along with strong analytical and communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary, performance bonuses, equity plan participation, and various benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree and 8-12 years of related work experience
• Masters degree and 4-8 years of related work experience
• Master level subject-matter expert
• Highly competent with Google tools, Workday, Excel and other HR Analytics tools

Responsibilities

• Administers and manages all aspects related to communication and compliance of employee equity awards company-wide (mostly RSUs, but also PSUs and Stock Options)
• Analyzes and communicates performance of equity plan and grant practices to executive staff and internal stakeholders, up to the CEO
• Active participant to the preparation of the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee materials (Section 16 Officers and NEOs)
• Provide assistance in Executive Compensation matters
• Partners very closely with Legal, Finance and Tax to ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory, internal and external reporting and requirements for equity plans and SEC disclosures: Proxy, form 10K, CEO pay ratio, etc
• Prepares and distributes grant documentation and agreements globally for all active grants
• Evaluates best practices and developments in applicable laws to drive changes in equity plan design and implementation
• Assess equity tax implications and recommends actions globally, especially for countries where sub-plans are or could be in place like France, UK and for mobile employees
• Support the Annual Compensation process on all questions related to Equity (budget, guidelines)
• In conjunction with internal partners, develops reporting and internal review processes and systems, employee communication and education programs, and grant recording and tracking mechanisms
• Maintains employee equity database, updating information and running required and requested summary and detail reports (Fidelity)
• Answers employee and HRBP questions and resolves problems regarding equity plans and grants via our internal Knowledge Database (ServiceNow)
• Processes transactions with outsourced vendors and brokers for employee equity vehicles
• Manages relationships with outsourced tax and securities vendors and brokers for the US and outside the US countries

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Fidelity and the PSW platform

Benefits

• Flexible activity-based working fostered collaboration and productivity
• Inclusive global travelers community welcoming diverse perspectives
• Competitive salary package including performance bonuses and equity plan
• Development programs, managerial courses, and learning series
• Health insurance covers medical, dental, and vision for families (varies by country)
• Lifestyle Reimbursement Benefit for personal travel, and physical, mental, and financial wellness
• Several paid time off programs, including time to bond with new children and care for family members. Paid public holidays, and year-end office shutdown
• Employee assistance program for short-term counseling and free Calm app subscription
• State-of-the-art offices: dining, coffee points, and leisure areas