Stock Compliance Manager

Cisco • Atlanta, GA

2d • $115,000 - $145,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

An excellent opportunity is now available to join The Cisco Global Stock Plan Services (GSPS) team. You will be an integral part of GSPS compliance team. You will report to the Director of Global Stock Plan Services/M&A Stock and be responsible for ensuring compliance for the Americas, Vietnam, Malaysia as well as completing operational activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• CEP designation (or ECA designation with willingness to acquire CEP)
• Minimum 8-10 years of global stock plan administration including RSUs, PSUs, and ESPP
• Ability to work with and maintain confidential information
• Run concurrent projects and detail associated
• Ability to communicate with all levels of the company

Nice To Haves

• Project management experience including ability to establish and meet critical timelines
• Problem solving skills
• General and statistical analysis
• Familiarity with accounting, compensation, and tax concepts related to equity plans
• Proven understanding of MS Office including Word, PowerPoint and Excel
• Prior experience with third-party vendor systems
• EEO experience preferred
• Accounting experience advantageous

Responsibilities

• Handle the securities filings and compliance tasks for assigned countries/region along with internal partners and external vendors
• Act as key point of contact for assigned region/countries (primarily within the Americas, Vietnam and Malaysia)
• Handle tolling of vesting due to leave of absences with external vendor
• Handle accelerations, prorations and cancellations due to separation agreements in a timely manner with internal partners and external vendor
• Provide required reports for Section 16s
• Partner with transfer agent on escheatment
• Reconcile share pools
• Initiate wire transfers for India and China
• Coordinate with external vendors regarding proxy information
• Drive discussions with People & Communities and Payroll on international stock strategies and updates
• Comply and adhere to SOX and operational controls
• Audit US payroll records with US payroll team
• Partner with external vendor on 6039s
• Handle qualifying and disqualifying dispositions from ISOs and ESPP and liaise with internal partners for reporting
• Resolve ServiceNow cases in accordance with agreed upon SLAs
• Cross-train GSPS team members and ensure documentation is up-to-date

Benefits

• U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco’s plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance.
• Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.
• U.S. employees are eligible for paid time away as described below, subject to Cisco’s policies: 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco Non-exempt employees receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees