Executive Compensation Associate

Sterlington, PLLC•Dover, DE

9h•Remote

About The Position

This role involves advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues that are central to complex corporate transactions and sensitive executive matters. It is a high-visibility position with direct partner interaction and meaningful client exposure. The associate will work directly with market-leading Executive Compensation partners on sophisticated, transaction-driven compensation work within a lean, agile platform offering significant autonomy and flexibility.

Requirements

4–8 years of executive compensation and employee benefits experience
Experience at an Am Law 50 or comparably sophisticated practice preferred
Strong experience in transaction-related compensation matters
Excellent technical skills in tax and ERISA aspects of executive compensation
Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, high-level advisory environment

Nice To Haves

Experience at an Am Law 50 or comparably sophisticated practice

Responsibilities

Advising on executive compensation and employee benefits issues in connection with M&A, private equity transactions, IPOs, joint ventures, and restructurings
Counseling founders, CEOs, senior executives, and boards on executive employment and retention agreements, equity incentive and carried interest structures, deferred compensation and incentive arrangements, change-in-control and termination protections, and performance-based compensation design
Providing strategic guidance on tax and ERISA considerations, including equity compensation and nonqualified deferred compensation programs
Supporting compensation aspects of complex and often confidential corporate events