Role in brief
Exodus54, a cryptocurrency wallet provider, is looking for a remote Equity Administration Analyst. This role involves managing equity grants, vesting, and cap table accuracy, while collaborating with finance, legal, and HR teams. It suits a detail-oriented professional with experience in equity administration and compensation, particularly in a public company setting.
About the role
This role focuses on the end-to-end management of equity administration, including processing grants, vesting schedules, and other equity transactions. The analyst will be responsible for maintaining accurate records and ensuring compliance with board approvals and legal documentation. A key part of the work involves keeping the official cap table and equity administration systems up-to-date with strong data integrity and governance.
The position requires close collaboration with various departments, including Legal and Finance, to support financial reporting, audits, and corporate transactions. This involves preparing clear and well-documented equity data. Additionally, the analyst will contribute to proxy statement preparation by compiling and validating equity and executive compensation data, such as share usage and plan summaries.
Beyond core equity tasks, the analyst acts as a compensation partner to HR and Finance, assisting with compensation planning cycles, job leveling, and market benchmarking. This includes working with HR and Payroll to ensure accurate processing of equity and compensation-related payroll and tax withholding. The role also involves developing and documenting scalable processes to improve efficiency and reduce risk in equity and compensation administration.
The annual salary for this position ranges from $68,000 to $112,000.
Skills that matter here
- Equity administration: This is a core responsibility, involving the full lifecycle of equity grants, vesting, and record-keeping.
- Cap table management: The role requires maintaining the official cap table and equity administration systems with a focus on data accuracy.
- Compensation analysis: The analyst will support HR and Finance with compensation planning, benchmarking, and analysis.
- SEC disclosures: The role involves supporting proxy statement preparation and related disclosures by compiling relevant equity and compensation data.
- Data accuracy: A critical aspect of the job is ensuring the precision and integrity of all equity and compensation data.
- Cross-functional collaboration: Success in this role depends on effective partnership with Legal, Finance, and HR teams.
Who this role suits
- Someone with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or HR, and at least five years of experience in equity administration.
- A professional who is highly detail-oriented, with a control-focused mindset and strong standards for data integrity.
- An individual comfortable operating independently, building processes from scratch, and taking ownership of evolving responsibilities.
- A strong communicator who can effectively partner across different departments like Finance, Legal, and HR.
From the employer
What You Will Do
- Own end-to-end equity administration, including equity grants, vesting schedules, exercises, cancellations, terminations, and record keeping, ensuring alignment with board approvals, equity plans, and legal documentation.
- Maintain the official cap table and equity administration systems, ensuring data accuracy, strong governance, and appropriate access controls.
- Partner closely with Legal and Finance to support financial reporting, audits, and corporate transactions by preparing clean, well-documented, and board-ready equity data.
- Support proxy statement preparation and related disclosures by compiling, validating, and reconciling equity and executive compensation data, including share usage and plan summaries.
- Serve as a compensation partner to HR and Finance by supporting compensation planning cycles, job leveling, market benchmarking, and compensation analysis as needed.
- Collaborate with HR and Payroll to ensure accurate equity and compensation-related payroll processing, tax withholding, and employee communications.
- Develop and document scalable equity and compensation processes, workflows, and controls to reduce manual effort, improve turnaround time, and mitigate risk.
- Act as a subject matter expert for employee equity and compensation questions, improving transparency, understanding, and trust in total rewards programs.
- Continuously bring best practices from prior roles to improve equity governance, compensation administration, and cross-functional coordination.
Who You Are
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, or a related field.
- 5 plus years of experience in equity administration, compensation, or total rewards, preferably in a public company or complex environment.
- Strong working knowledge of equity plans, cap tables, vesting mechanics, and equity administration platforms.
- Solid compensation foundation, including experience with compensation analysis, benchmarking, and annual planning cycles.
- Highly detail-oriented with a control-focused mindset and strong data integrity standards.
- Comfortable operating independently, building processes from scratch, and taking ownership of ambiguous or evolving responsibilities.
- Strong communicator who partners effectively across Finance, Legal, and HR.
A Plus
- Experience supporting proxy reporting, audits, or SEC-related equity and compensation disclosures.
- Certified Compensation Professional or similar certification.
- Experience supporting global or multi-jurisdiction equity or compensation programs.
- Experience in high-growth or scaling organizations.
What We Offer
- Freedom to work wherever you want, whenever you want.
- Building the future. Cryptocurrencies lay the foundation to the internet of value, the next major wave in application technology and personal finance.
- Collaborative and feedback-driven culture.
- Opportunity to grow.
- Fair pay, no matter where you live along with a competitive benefits package.
- 100% pay in Bitcoin with a buffer to account for price changes and exchange fees.
- All the tools you need to do the job.
Benefits
- Health: Most of our health insurance plans are covered 100% for you and 75% for your dependents. We’ll also cover dental insurance.
- PTO: 30 days of paid time off per year on top of a flexible schedule where you can work wherever and whenever.
- Unlimited Bereavement: We will pay you your full salary for the first two weeks for the loss of any immediate family members but we allow you to take all the time you need to grieve outside of that.
- Parental Leave: 13 weeks of fully paid leave with and a month of flexible work for the primary caregiver. 4 weeks of paid leave if you are the child's secondary caregiver.
- Tax Help: Getting paid in Bitcoin new to you? Don’t worry! We will reimburse you for speaking with a professional tax specialist in your state/country to make sure everything is taken care of.
- Perks: Exodus offers a variety of seasonal perks such as coverage for gym memberships and therapy. We also offer quarterly Wellness Days! We want to make sure all of our employees know they are our priority and give back for your hard work often.
Questions about this role
What is the company's remote work policy?
Exodus54 is a fully distributed team, offering the freedom to work from any location at any time.
What level of seniority is this position?
This is a middle-level seniority role.
What are the key skills required for this role?
Key skills include equity administration, cap table management, compensation analysis, SEC disclosures, data accuracy, and cross-functional collaboration, preferably with public company experience.