Share Plans Specialist

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Department: Finance

Company Overview:

SGHC (Super Group) is the holding company for leading global online sports betting and gaming businesses: Betway, a premier online sports betting brand, and Spin, a multi-brand online casino offering. The group is licensed in 23 jurisdictions, with leading positions in key markets throughout Europe, the Americas and Africa. The group’s successful sports betting and online gaming offerings are underpinned by its scale and leading technology, enabling fast and effective entry into new markets. It’s proprietary marketing and data analytics engine empowers it to responsibly provide a unique and personalised customer experience. For more information, visit .

Purpose of the role:

Reporting to the Head of Finance, this role is responsible for ensuring complete and accurate capturing, maintaining, reporting, controlling and running of all Employee Shares Plans for the Group. Including the accurate capturing/importing of all participant related data and the reconciliation of all plans, grants, vesting, forfeiture and related transactions. This role will also be required to provide support to HR and respond to all related information and queries, from participants, the third-party Shares Portal provider, and finance for all reconciliations, controls and audits.

This role is both numbers and people focused and therefore requires the candidate to be highly numerate, well organised, deadline driven and have the ability to meet deadlines and improve processes. Attention to detail and accuracy is non-negotiable.

The position will involve the following areas of responsibility:

• Administering all aspects of the equity programs, including maintenance of data (e.g., new hires, terminations) in the equity system, and managing all participant equity plan transactions (grants, exercises, releases, forfeitures) are correctly processed and settled in a timely manner.
• Performing routine audits to ensure that all data (grants, exercises, releases, forfeitures) have been processed timely and correctly.
• Ensures compliance with all global tax laws & withholding requirements, and related reporting requirements, and will stay updated on the changing regulatory and payroll tax environment.
• Assist in the preparation and processing of vesting and release of restricted stock units, and coordinate with International Payrolls on accurate tax withholding true-up via payroll.
• Generate recurring reports for multiple internal and external corporate partners (e.g., HR, Payroll, Tax, Finance, Accounting), and respond timely to ad hoc data requests from business partners.
• Reviewing share and money movement transactions, any changes to the participant’s account (title, address, company transfers, jurisdiction changes, etc).
• Verifying the accuracy of the request, confirming that there are no fraud concerns, and confirming that the stock controlling provider is informed of upcoming stock transfers.
• Most of the day is spent reviewing and approving transactions.
• Assist in reconciling transactions and reporting with Finance, Tax and Accounting teams.
• Maintain equity plan database control sheet, for comparison and reconciling to the database maintained by the Shares Portal Provider.
• Maintain and complete audit requirements – SOX controls specifically.
• Manage, maintain and build the relationship with the third party provider.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of responsibilities. The job holder may be required to complete any other reasonable duties in order to achieve business objectives.

You will have/be (Essential Skills):

• Relevant qualification or Employee Benefits & Reward certification
• Fully functional knowledge and experience on relevant Software Systems
• Accounting or related experience
• Knowledge of relevant taxation legislation affecting Shares administration
• Knowledge of compensation/remuneration practices, and compliance
• highly Proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Knowledge of Insider Trading rules and Section 16 filings
• Knowledge of various types of Equity Awards
• All behavioural competencies are also essential

It would be a bonus if you also had (Desirable skills):

• Understanding of IFRS – specifically as it applies to Stock Plan reporting
• Executive compensation experience with medium to large publicly traded companies
• Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation
• Conduct analyses on a broad range of compensation projects, including financial analysis of compensation programs and initiatives
• Familiarity with common types of annual and long-term incentive vehicles, SEC disclosures such as Proxy statements
• Develop tools, templates and provide analytical support as needed
• Maintain ongoing contact with Client Managers, Stock Plan Directors and their staff
• Implement and monitor internal controls for audit purposes

Our culture is underpinned by core values that are linked to key behavioural competencies. Along with the below behavioural competencies, these are essential for all employees in order for you to embed in and drive our culture forward. These competencies are Adaptability, Ownership & Accountability, Initiating Action, Resilience, Team Orientation, Integrity and Innovation.

• Commitment and Effort
• Communication
• Control And Efficiency
• Planning & Organising
• Resilience
• Stress Tolerance

This position requires trust and honesty it has access to customers financial details - therefore a credit and criminal record check will be conducted. The qualifications identified herein are an inherent job requirement; therefore, a qualification verification check will be done. By applying for this role, and supplying the necessary details, you hereby grant us permission to apply for these checks. This will be done in a confidential manner, and solely for the purposes of verification.

Should you not hear from us within 2 weeks, please deem your application as unsuccessful.

The perfect place to work, play and grow

Betway Group is a proud member of Super Group, who are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker: SGHC).

We are a leading provider of innovative and exciting entertainment across sports betting, casino and esports betting. Founded in 2006, our teams in Malta, Guernsey, Spain and London are constantly expanding and evolving.

By developing and utilising the very latest technologies,we have remained at the forefront of the online gaming industry, providing innovative and interactive gaming experiences in a fair, safe and responsible environment.

Driven by our shared vision to become the global leader in the online sports betting and casino industry, our people are forward-thinking, team-players who thrive on a collective diversity of skills and backgrounds.

We provide our teams with the tools to create market-leading, cutting-edge interactive gaming experiences, from pre-game and live sports betting, to esports and casino.

We bring our people closer to the action – putting them at the heart, making them feel part of it.

We live and breathe our values – these values define how we conduct ourselves in everything we do shaping how we interact with each other, our customers and our business partners.

If you can imagine yourself in an environment which thrives off collaboration, and where everything is possible, then Betway could be the place for you.