Senior Counsel, Compensation & Benefits

Requisition Number: 158109

Position Title: Attorney 3

External Description:

Electronic Arts Inc. is looking for a Compensation and Benefits Attorney to provide primary legal support on a wide range of executive compensation and employee benefits matters.  This position may be based in one of EA’s following locations: Redwood Shores, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, or Austin, TX, based on the successful candidate’s election.   

Role & Responsibilities:

• Draft, review and advise on executive and broad-based compensation plans and programs and assist with the preparation of Compensation Committee materials and related corporate governance matters. 
• Partner closely with HR on the legal requirements for employee benefit plans and programs (including 401K, health and welfare, deferred compensation, leave of absence, severance, and other benefits).
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders on short and long term incentive plans, periodic disclosures, annual Compensation Discussion & Analysis, Say-on-Pay and other proxy disclosures.
• Provide legal support for equity compensation plans and programs and internal stock administration team; including oversight of international stock plan compliance matters.
• Provide legal support for employee plans and internal global benefits team, including review of plan documents, summary plan descriptions, and employee communications, and assist with routine and ad hoc reporting.
• Advise on compensation and benefits matters for M&A transactions.
• Relevant knowledge of and experience with ERISA, HIPAA, federal tax and securities laws, including IRC, ’33 and ’34 Acts, Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank  is required, and general familiarity with applicable foreign laws related to employee stock plans is preferable.

Other skills and experience:

• Practicing attorney with 5-10+ years experience in Compensation and Benefits law in a law firm and/or in-house legal department
• Flexibility and willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and able to establish effective relationships with all levels of management
• High integrity, well-organized, and able to manage numerous projects simultaneously
• In-house counsel experience preferred, but not required

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Community / Marketing Title: Senior Counsel, Compensation & Benefits

Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. este o companie de divertisment interactiv, lider la nivel mondial. EA oferă jocuri, conținut și servicii online pentru console conectate la Internet, calculatoare personale, telefoane mobile și tablete.

EEOText: EA este un angajator care oferă oportunități egale. Toate deciziile de angajare sunt luate fără a ține seama de rasă, culoare, origine națională, descendență, sex, identitate sau exprimare de gen, orientare sexuală, vârstă, informații genetice, religie, dizabilități, stare medicală, sarcină, stare civilă, statut familial, statut de veteran sau orice altă caracteristică protejată de lege. De asemenea, acceptăm și candidaturi calificate din partea persoanelor cu cazier, în conformitate cu legislația aplicabilă. De asemenea, EA oferă locuri de muncă pentru persoanele cu handicap calificate, conform legislației aplicabile.

Days Open: 58

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA este un angajator care oferă oportunități egale. Toate deciziile de angajare sunt luate fără a ține seama de rasă, culoare, origine națională, descendență, sex, identitate sau exprimare de gen, orientare sexuală, vârstă, informații genetice, religie, dizabilități, stare medicală, sarcină, stare civilă, statut familial sau statut de veteran. De asemenea, EA oferă locuri de muncă pentru persoanele cu handicap calificate, conform legislației aplicabile.