Equity Administration & Strategy: Serve as the primary administrator for our Carta platform. Manage the cap table, process new equity grants, cancellations, exercises, and vestings with meticulous accuracy.
Compensation Architecture: Design, implement, and refine competitive salary structures, job families, and variable incentive plans based on market data and business goals.
Market Benchmarking: Conduct regular market analysis and participation in compensation surveys to ensure our total rewards package remains highly competitive.
Equity Education: Act as the internal subject matter expert, creating educational materials and conducting sessions to help employees understand stock options, RSUs, and overall equity value.
Compliance & Governance: Ensure all compensation and equity programs comply with local, state, and federal regulations (including Section 409A, SEC filings, and tax reporting compliance).
Executive & Board Reporting: Partner with leadership to prepare data and models for compensation committee meetings, tracking equity burn rates, dilution, and pool availability.
Additional tasks and duties as assigned.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
Experience: 4+ years of dedicated experience in corporate compensation consulting or in-house compensation management.
Platform Expertise: Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience managing equity plans specifically within Carta. (Carta Certification is a major plus).
Equity Knowledge: Deep understanding of various equity vehicles (NSOs, ISOs, RSUs) and the life cycle of private/public equity management.
Analytical Rigor: Advanced Proficiency in MS Excel and Google Sheets (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables, index/match, and complex data modeling).
Communication: Exceptional ability to translate complex financial and legal compensation structures into clear, accessible concepts for employees and executives alike.
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This job is Fully Remote.
We offer several comprehensive benefits package including health and life insurance, paid and unpaid time off, and retirement and savings plans to qualifying employees.
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Sparks Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, pregnancy, citizenship, family status, genetic information, disability, or protect veteran status.
Bringing the Best People and the Best Companies Together Since 1970.
Sparks Group (formerly SPARKS, Sparks IT Solutions, and Sparks Personnel) is the Washington DC Area's leading temporary staffing and full-time recruiting services provider. Whether you are seeking your next opportunity or looking to add talent, Sparks Group is the ideal partner for you! Each of our four divisions (Sparks Office, Sparks Accounting & Finance, Sparks IT, and Sparks Creative) specializes in placing professionals in temporary/contract, temporary-to-full-time, and full-time roles across a diverse array of staffing categories, positions and levels including: office/administrative, customer service, human resources and talent acquisition, legal support, government and cleared personnel, mortgage/banking, accounting and finance, contracts and procurement, information technology and creative/marketing.
Sparks Group brings over four decades of experience placing professionals in challenging and rewarding positions at many of the area’s most prestigious organizations. Our primary focus is presenting opportunities that match each candidate’s skill-sets, experience levels, career objectives, and growth needs. Sparks Group has regularly ranked as one of the top US staffing and recruiting firms having been named to Inavero’s Best of Staffing Lists® for Client and Employee Satisfaction (2012-2017). Additionally, Sparks Group is proud to have been recently selected for other awards Staffing Industry Analysts’ 2017 Best Staffing Firms to Work For, Washington Business Journal Best Places to Work (2017), the Washington Post’s Top Workplaces® List (2017, 2014), Forbes® Best Professional Recruiting Firms (2017), and the National Capital Business Ethics Award.