Global Stock Compliance Manager

Microsoft • Redmond, WA

12h • $86,100 - $187,400

About The Position

Microsoft’s Total Rewards organization is seeking a strategic, analytical global equity compliance professional to help deliver and evolve its broad-based equity programs, including stock awards and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) in more than 90 countries. The role focuses on global equity compliance, regulatory change, international reporting, and mobility taxation while maintaining compliance, operational excellence, and a positive employee experience.

This is an impactful individual contributor position. The manager partners with Tax, Legal, Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Global Mobility, external advisors, and local subsidiaries to turn complex requirements into practical, scalable solutions. The role calls for global equity expertise, program and change management, analytical rigor, and clear communication, along with the ability to navigate ambiguity, manage time-sensitive workstreams, and guide stakeholders through regulatory and operational change.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. The company emphasizes a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Law, or a related field and 6+ years of experience in global equity compensation, stock administration, tax, compliance, finance, human resources, or related work, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of experience managing global equity compliance, stock administration, or mobile employee equity taxation in a multinational company, accounting firm, law firm, or consulting environment, or equivalent experience.
• 3+ years of demonstrated program and change management experience delivering complex cross-functional work under strict deadlines, assessing stakeholder impacts, driving readiness and adoption, and maintaining attention to detail, data integrity, and risk management, or equivalent experience.

Nice To Haves

• Presentation skills and the ability to translate technical tax and regulatory requirements into clear guidance for diverse stakeholders.
• Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation or progress toward certification.
• Experience supporting broad-based equity programs across multiple jurisdictions, including international securities filings, tax reporting, non-U.S. payroll, and globally mobile employees.
• Advanced data-analysis skills and experience using equity administration platforms and improving controls, processes, or reporting through technology and automation, including AI.
• Ability to influence without authority, build trusted partnerships across functions and geographies, and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Monitor global tax, securities, employment, foreign exchange, data privacy, and other regulatory developments affecting equity programs; assess impacts with internal and external counsel and translate guidance into business, system, and operational requirements.
• Lead implementation and change management for country-specific compliance requirements across Microsoft and minimally integrated companies, coordinating with local Finance, Payroll, and HR teams and supporting decisions, readiness, adoption, execution, and issue resolution.
• Manage stock and ESPP components of international securities, tax, and regulatory filings and reporting; coordinate data collection and validation with subsidiaries and external advisors, deliver timely and accurate submissions, and support audits and country requests.
• Manage equity mobility compliance, including tax sourcing and setup, mobility tracking, recurring controls and audits, and coordination with Global Mobility, Payroll, Tax, and third-party accounting firms for internationally mobile employees.
• Maintain global equity compliance guidance, tax memos, award documentation, employee and subsidiary communications, training materials, and intranet content.
• Strengthen compliance governance through documented controls, recurring compliance calendars, risk and issue tracking, data-quality reviews, and process improvements.
• Serve as a global equity compliance subject matter expert and trusted advisor; contribute requirements and test cases, perform business acceptance testing for equity-system enhancements, and provide cross-functional support during annual rewards, broad-based vesting, year-end, and other critical events.

Benefits

• Benefits and other compensation may be available for certain roles; further benefits and pay information is provided at the linked Microsoft careers page.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level