Head Of Equity Administration - Nyc

Description
About Rokt
Rokt is the global leader in ecommerce technology, helping companies seize the full potential of every transaction moment to grow revenue and acquire new customers at scale. Live Nation, AMC Theatres, PayPal, Uber, Hulu, Staples, Lands’ End, and HelloFresh are among the more than 2,500 leading global businesses and advertisers that use Rokt's solutions to drive more value through every transaction by offering highly relevant messages to their customers at the moment they are most likely to convert.
With our December 2022 secondary transaction, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 Billion. We are expanding rapidly and globally – operating in 14 countries across North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region with the largest office in NYC and a major R&D hub in Sydney. With 50% annual growth and a vibrant company culture, Rokt has been listed in ‘Great Places to Work’ in the US and Australia. Our award-winning culture is guided by our eight core values: smart with humility, own the outcomes, force for good, conquer new frontiers, enjoy the ride, raise the bar, communicate with impact, and disagree then commit. These values help us attract, engage, and develop the right talent around the globe and ensure we foster an environment that helps us all do our best work. Keen to join a fast-growing company and a vibrant culture? Learn more at rokt.com.
Requirements
About the role
You will be accountable for leading and managing the administration of our equity plans and platform for our global team, ensuring equity awards are administered accurately and timely in accordance with Rokt’s Employee Handbook and all global regulatory and tax requirements. You will work proactively and closely with the Payroll, People, Accounting, and Finance teams.
Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to implement a new global equity platform - Shareworks
• Partner with Finance, Legal, and People teams to ensure the equity administration processes support the Company and stakeholders broadly, including compliance, tax treatment and reporting, global mobility matters and regulatory requirements as we approach IPO and beyond
• Work closely with the Accounting team to ensure the completeness, accuracy and efficiency of all equity journal entries. Support external audit requests for information, as required.
• Partner with the People Operations team to implement end-to-end process improvements to ensure compliance with Rokt’s Career Ladder and Employee HandbookImplement and manage the end-to-end administration of Rokt’s global equity award platform. Process all new equity awards, option exercises, terminations, cancellations, repurchases, and modifications.

Lead efforts to grow and scale the equity administration function, including but not limited to, enhancing existing manual processes and automating processes.Establish proper policies, procedures and documentation. Work with the Accounting team to document and perform key internal controls in line with public company requirements.
Requirements

• 8+ years experience in equity administration
• Experience in a high-growth, public company a plus
• Strong project management skills and excellent attention to detail. Ability to provide clear reporting to executive management.
• Experience working in a global environment
• Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Human Resources, Accounting, Business, or related field
• Process oriented and ability to work cross-functionally to design accurate and scalable processes
• Experience with equity platforms as well as major Payroll and ERP systems required (e.g. Shareworks, ADP, Workday)

Benefits

• See the world! We want our Rokt’stars to enjoy the ride. As we aim to bring meaning and fun to our everyday work, we host global all-staff events in amazing locations (Phuket, Thailand in January 2020, Hawaii in May 2022, and Whistler in 2023). As we strive to build a community of curious explorers, we also offer generous relocation packages for those interested in moving to another Rokt office. We have bustling offices in great cities including: New York, Sydney, London, Seattle, and Tokyo.
• Accelerate your career. We want you to unleash your full potential. This is why we have an annual ‘Level Up’ allowance of $5,000 that gives Rokt’stars the ability to take courses, attend events, go to training, and more to help our great employees become even better leaders.
• Safety is our highest priority. We actively invest in the growth of our people and the strengthening of our communities. Our NYC office is 100% vaccinated to keep our employees and community safe and healthy. We require all Rokt’stars and anyone else who will be onsite at the Rokt NYC office–clients, contractors, vendors, and suppliers–to show proof of vaccination and their booster shot.
• Join a community. At Rokt we’re a community of curious explorers. We’re not afraid of venturing into uncharted territories. We work together as one single, aligned team. We value diversity and transparency which is why we support a number of internal employee resource groups including an EDI steering committee, Rainbow Rokts that empowers our LGBTQIA+ Rokt’stars, Womxn who Rokt that promotes gender equality in tech, and more.
• Stay happy and healthy. In order to unleash our potential, we want to ensure you’re able to keep your wellbeing a priority. This means you can enjoy a well-balanced, catered lunch 5x a week in the office along with healthy snacks. We also want you to feel at home when coming into work which is why we’re a dog-friendly office so you can bring your furry friend to work with you. As part of your wellbeing benefits, we offer a wellness stipend so you can enjoy the gym on us! In the US, access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family!
• We believe in equality. Rokt is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we know our collective strength comes from how different we all are. We encourage you to apply for one of our open roles—irrespective of socio-economic status or background, age, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation, color, pregnancy, carer/family responsibilities, national and social origin, political opinion, marital, veteran, or disability status.
• Become a shareholder. All Rokt’stars have stock options. If we succeed, everyone is rewarded.
• We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (most teams are in the office 3-4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.
• Take a break. When you work hard, we know you also need to rest. We offer generous time off and parental leave policies, as well as mental health and wellness days for all employees. We even incentivize individuals to utilize their PTO with “High 5” days, an additional 5 days of PTO when you’ve used 75% of your allotted annual paid leave. We also offer a paid Rokt’star Sabbatical for employees who have been with us for 5 years or more.
• Work with the greatest talent in town. Our recruitment process is tough but diligent. We’re constantly aiming to implement our value of “raise the bar” and set high standards for our Rokt’stars. This is essential in our high-performing, high-grow culture where we strive to bring in the brightest and best talent. Our teams thrive by challenging the status quo and we encourage all of our teams to unleash their desire to achieve something bigger.

Salary Range: $165,000 - $185,000 /year + equity + (great) benefits!