Equity Administration Manager
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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About the Role
You will lead the design and execution of global equity programs, manage the cap table and act as the primary point of contact for equity matters. You will administer equity plans, process grants and exercises, answer participant questions, support audits and work with Legal, Finance, HR and Payroll, including secondary market transactions.
Requirements
- B.A. or similar degree
- 6+ years as a stock plan administrator
- International public company experience
- Significant experience with eShareworks
- Strong MS Excel skills
- Hands-on proficiency with generative AI tools
Responsibilities
- Administer the company's equity plans globally
- Maintain the capitalization table including grants, share issuances and vesting schedules
- Manage participant equity plan transactions and ensure timely processing
- Resolve participant questions on vesting, transactions and enrollment
- Manage option exercises and reconcile transactions, termination dates and tax withholding
- Support Corporate Governance, HR, Payroll and Finance with equity reporting and data
- Work with auditors and finance on reviews and audits
- Manage secondary market transactions
- Assist with stock transfer documents
Benefits
- Bonus program
- Equity program
- Wellness allowance
- Medical, dental, vision (US only)
- 401(k) (US only)