Global Equity Programs Manager (Global Compliance & ESPP)

Company Description

Our Mission

At Palo Alto Networks® everything starts and ends with our mission:

Being the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life.

Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We are a company built on the foundation of challenging and disrupting the way things are done, and we’re looking for innovators who are as committed to shaping the future of cybersecurity as we are.

FLEXWORK is an employee-centric reimagining of how we work. We built FLEXWORK based on employee feedback – it is about flexibility, trust, and choice whenever possible. It’s been a journey of disruption that has yielded the best of our values. We offer as much flexibility as possible, and choices that enable you to be most productive, including benefits that meet your needs and learning opportunities that you feel passionate about.

Job Description

Your Career

You are a self-motivated, fast learner, have the ability to understand and analyze the big picture of our function yet have eagle eye for details, excel at project management, drive operational excellence, and are an excellent team player Equity Programs Manager within our Global Equity Programs team. Our team supports Palo Alto Networks’ global equity programs:  Restricted Stock Units, Performance Awards, and an amazing Employee Stock Purchase Plan! and our employees in over 60 countries…and we are continuing to grow! 

We expect office-based employees to be in the office four days per week, with one day working from where they choose. We believe being together facilitates casual conversations and those magic moments where we can work on issues and ideas informally. These moments build capability and deepen trusted relationships and allow our people to feel safe in taking risks and being disruptive. Like so many companies, we are working through the details and things could change …. but in general if a role is deemed office-based we want our teams to be together four days per week.

Your Impact

• Manage securities and tax filings, globally - manage calendar and continuously improve templates for efficient handling - work with our external Legal and Tax advisors to stay abreast of international developments and updates to requirements
• Manage US (6039) compliance - establish and maintain process for optimal and timely handling of requirements
• Lead implementation of equity in new countries - develop a framework (communications, education, inquiry/case handling) to support to our Israel equity offerings
• Co-lead our ESPP program, end to end (enrollment, purchase, reporting, communications), and partner with our global payroll leads to efficiently handle the tasks involved, and continuously introduce enhancements to the program
• Collaborate with team in handling employee inquiries, to maintain or exceed service level agreements
• Contribute new ideas to help us innovate and transform existing programs/processes and introduce new programs, to enable a flexible, scalable and compliant global equity programs function at Palo Alto Networks
• Learn other functional areas of our team and train other team members on your own responsibilities, to help you expand your skill set and grow in your career, while also helping us establish back-up support within our team 

Qualifications

Your Experience 

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or related field required or equivalent military experience required
• Experience in public company equity administration at company with complex global equity programs
• Solid understanding of equity administration function and ability to troubleshoot equity transaction issues arising from RSUs, PSUs, Stock Options, ESPP
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, eagle eye for details
• Ability to think strategically and contribute to our process improvements and innovation - status quo is your worst nightmare!
• Advanced MS Excel skills and proficiency with GSuite
• Deep understanding of equity platform(s)
• Certified Equity Professional (Level 3) designation preferred
• Work within a collaborative team environment
• Self-motivated, flexible, deadline-oriented, collaborative, and a great team player!

Additional Information

The Team 

Our Global Equity Programs team works closely together to collaborate amongst ourselves and with key stakeholders to come up with best-in-class and scalable ways to define our processes/programs and support our employee clients and business partners. 

Our Commitment  

We’re trailblazers who dream big, take risks, and challenge cybersecurity’s status quo. It’s simple: We can’t accomplish our mission withou