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At GoDaddy the future of work looks different for each team. Some teams work in the office full-time, others have a hybrid arrangement (they work remotely some days and in the office some days) and some work entirely remotely.

This is a remote position, so you’ll be working remotely from your home. You may occasionally visit a GoDaddy office to meet with your team for events or meetings.  

This position is not eligible to be performed in Alaska, Mississippi, North Dakota, or the Virgin Islands.

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The Senior Stock Plan Administrator (SPA) is part of the Accounting team and reports to the Director of Global Equity in an individual contributor role. The SPA will be responsible for managing a worldwide equity database with ~10K participants in more than 26 countries. Day-to-day responsibilities include processing and auditing daily equity activity (including stock option exercises and RSU/PSU vesting/releases), maintaining equity database integrity, performing daily, monthly and quarterly audit activities, responding to employee inquiries, and acting as the lead contact for internal partner reporting requests. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail, a high level of accuracy, and strong technical and analytical skills.

What you’ll get to do...

• 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.

Your experience should include...

• 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.

You might also have...

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

We’ve got your back...We offer a range of total rewards that may include 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, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way. 

About us...  GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page. 

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy.

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to [email protected]. 

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