Share Plan Administrator

Job Description

The Role

• Act as a primary point of contact and trusted partner for corporate clients, developing a deep understanding of their business, share plans and compensation admin requirements.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with client contacts including Company Secretarial teams, HR professionals, Legal, Finance and other stakeholders.

• Serve as the liaison between corporate clients and plan participants.

• Take ownership of client queries and requests, delivering informed, timely and effective resolutions.

• Keep abreast of industry developments and adapt to each client’s evolving requirements.

• You will become an expert in Share Plan Administration and Insider List management, paving the way for exciting career growth opportunities.

About you

You have 5+ years’ experience in the share plans industry or a related field such as; reward, governance or company secretarial support.

You enjoy working with people, and have strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a confident, professional phone manner.

You’re organised with attention to deal and demonstrate the ability to work autonomously.

Proactive by nature, you’re confident taking the initiative to support clients and colleagues with reliability and accuracy.

You’re eager to learn, grow your expertise and develop your career within share administration.

Project management experience and a proven track record of successfully building and nurturing multi-level client relationships.

Proficiency in MS Office Suite and can quickly get to grips with new systems and processes.

Ability to understand customer requirements, and identify up-sell and cross-selling opportunities.

Nice to have

Technical or Company Secretarial background.

Degree level qualification.

Cert. ESP

What we offer

The opportunity to join a company with a strong foundation and an exciting future. Howells is a well established name in the market, and as we continue to grow and evolve, we invite you to be part of our journey.

• A flexible, zero- carbon employer committed to sustainability
• Highly competitive salary
• 30 days annual leave, plus Bank holidays and Birthday day-off
• One paid volunteering day per year to give back to causes you care about
• Flexible and remote working options
• Access to our Harrogate office - open 0830-1800, Monday to Friday
• Generous maternity and paternity policies
• Discretionary Profit Share scheme
• Healthshield cashback employee benefits
• Funded CPD opportunities
• Pawternity leave – because pets are family too

Company Profile

For over 30 years Howells have specialised in delivering share plan administration solutions. From our trusted software, to comprehensive outsourcing services, we have lead the way in efficient reward admin. Our share plans administration is market leading, and our broad service offering ensure equity plan administration and insider compliance are simple, secure, and globally compliant.

We are a remote-flexible and carbon neutral employer.

Quality & Excellence are in our DNA.

Team profile

Our people are at the heart of the way we do business. We live and breathe our company values in all that we do, cementing our relationships with our clients and uniting us as a team. We want to hear your thoughts and ideas and we encourage it. We care about our people, treating them with respect, and embracing diversity and inclusion to build open and honest relationships which support lifestyle alongside service excellence.

We are looking for an experienced and motivated Share Plans Administrator. If you are self-motivated with a keen eye for detail, a passion for delivering an excellent client experience, and enjoy working collaboratively, then we’d love to have you on our team.