Executive Compensation Associate

Overview

This full-time role is part of the Executive Compensation practice group and is based in the USA. The position involves working directly with two senior Executive Compensation partners on sophisticated, transaction-driven compensation matters.

The work focuses on executive compensation and employee benefits issues that are central to complex corporate transactions and sensitive executive matters, with direct partner interaction and meaningful client exposure.

Responsibilities

• Advise on executive compensation and employee benefits issues in connection with:
  • M&A
  • Private equity transactions
  • IPOs
  • Joint ventures
  • Restructurings
• Counsel 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
  • Performance-based compensation design
• Provide strategic guidance on tax and ERISA considerations, including:
  • Equity compensation
  • Nonqualified deferred compensation programs
• Support compensation-related aspects of complex and often confidential corporate events

Requirements

• 4–8 years of executive compensation and employee benefits experience
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at an Am Law 50 or comparably sophisticated practice preferred

Compensation & Benefits

• Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plans
• Full-time employees are eligible for enrollment in a 401(k)-retirement program
• E-Verify is used to confirm employees’ work authorization

Location

• USA