Senior Stock Plan Administrator

Summary

Join GoDaddy's Accounting team as a Senior Stock Plan Administrator! This remote position involves managing a global equity database for approximately 10,000 participants across 26 countries. You will process and audit daily equity activity, maintain database integrity, perform audits, respond to employee inquiries, and act as the lead contact for internal reporting. The ideal candidate possesses excellent communication, strong attention to detail, high accuracy, and strong technical and analytical skills. This role offers opportunities for professional growth and collaboration within a dynamic team. The position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

Requirements

• 5+ years of equity experience in stock plan administration with a public company
• Experience with Morgan Stanley at Work (formerly Equity Edge) equity administration platform
• Experience partnering with internal and external partners
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality of materials and information
• Able to multi-task, prioritize, and work under tight deadlines
• Strong analytical skills, accuracy and attention to details required
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including using functions (e.g., VLOOKUP and XLOOKUP) for analysis, data manipulation and automation as well as a strong ability to create insightful reports using Pivot Tables and conditional formatting

Responsibilities

• Maintain and ensure accuracy of the Morgan Stanley at Work equity administration database
• Provide oversight of junior stock plan administrator to ensure timely completion of daily responsibilities
• Prepare and process global restricted stock unit (RSU) and performance-based stock unit (PSU) grants, cancellations, exercises and releases on a timely basis
• Assist with global employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) purchases, including partnering with Payroll to ensure appropriateness of income, taxation and plan limits
• Prepare online agreements for all equity grant types
• Prepare monthly and quarterly equity reconciliations
• Assist with share-based compensation expense reports and G/L close related to equity activity
• Assist with the preparation and filing of Section 16 reports (e.g., Forms 3, 4 and 5)
• Provide support related to equity activity for the quarterly Form 10-Q, annual Form 10-K and proxy statement filings
• Provide equity reports, including the creation of custom reports when needed, to internal business partners for both routine and ad-hoc requests
• Interact with stock transfer agent to ensure trades are settled timely and to initiate and reconcile DWAC transactions
• Maintain accurate share logs to properly track all equity activity, including reconciliation to the stock transfer agent on a regular basis
• Provide excellent customer service to global equity participants at all levels and to internal business partners
• Assist with internal and external audits or investigations, as needed
• Perform other duties and ad hoc projects as requested

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business, Accounting/Finance, or a related field

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes)
• Bonus/incentive eligibility
• Equity grants
• Participation in our employee stock purchase plan
• Competitive health benefits
• Other family-friendly benefits including parental leave