Head of Equity Administration - NYC

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 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.
• 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.
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

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

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 i