Equity & Executive Compensation Specialist

Northwest Bank; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwest Bank is seeking an Equity and Executive Compensation Analyst to administer and govern equity plans, ESPP, and related disclosures. You will partner with HR, Legal, Finance, and external vendors to ensure accuracy, regulatory alignment, and shareholder value while maintaining strong control environments.

The role emphasizes data integrity, reporting, and analysis, including run rate, dilution, pay modeling, and ASC 718 expense.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Business, or related field.
• 5 - 6 years of experience in equity compensation, executive compensation, or related field.
• 5 - 6 years public Company experience.
• 5 - 6 years working with U.S. equity compensation regulations and reporting requirements.
• 5 - 6 years of experience administering ESPP programs, equity administration systems (e.g. Fidelity, E*TRADE, Shareworks, Carta).

Responsibilities

• Administer equity compensation programs, including RSUs, PSUs, RSAs, and stock options.
• Oversee day-to-day operations of equity plans: grants, vesting, exercises, distributions, and terminations.
• Partner with stock plan administrators and external vendors to ensure accurate recordkeeping and participant support.
• Maintain equity data integrity across systems (e.g., Workday and Fidelity stock plan administration platform).
• Administer ESPP program, including enrollment cycles, contribution processing, purchase execution, and participant communications.
• Ensure plan compliance with IRS and SEC regulations (e.g., Section 423 requirements).
• Monitor participation levels and analyze plan effectiveness.
• Work with Payroll and Finance to ensure accurate deductions, purchase funding, refunds, payroll account activity, general ledger reconciliation, and related financial controls.
• Support the design and delivery of executive compensation programs, including annual and long-term incentives.
• Prepare Compensation Committee materials, including analysis, exhibits, and presentation decks.
• Assist with modeling pay scenarios, data analytics, dilution, burn rate, share usage modeling, walk away value analysis, etc.
• Support executive compensation disclosures (e.g., proxy/CD&A tables, equity tables).
• Serve as the point of contact for employee inquiries related to equity awards and ESPP
• Develop and deliver communications, educational materials, and training sessions to improve employee understanding of equity compensation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Business, or related field

Tools

Fidelity

E*TRADE

Shareworks

Carta

Job description

Northwest Bank is seeking an Equity and Executive Compensation Analyst to administer and govern equity plans, ESPP, and related disclosures. You will partner with HR, Legal, Finance, and external vendors to ensure accuracy, regulatory alignment, and shareholder value while maintaining strong control environments.

The role emphasizes data integrity, reporting, and analysis, including run rate, dilution, pay modeling, and ASC 718 expense.