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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Company Profile:

Electronic Arts Inc. 是全球领先的互动娱乐软件公司。 EA 提供适用于联网主机、个人电脑、手机和平板电脑的游戏、内容和在线服务。

EEOText: EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况、退伍军人身份或其他任何受法律保护的特征等因素的影响。 我们也会遵照相关法律，考虑雇佣带犯罪记录的合格申请者。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。

Days Open: 58

Can this position be remote?:

EEO Employer Verbiage:

EA 是一个奉行机会均等的雇主。 所有招聘决定均不考虑种族、肤色、国籍、血统、生理性别、社会性别、性别认同或表达、性向、年龄、遗传信息、宗教信仰、残障状况、医疗状况、怀孕状况、婚姻状况、家庭状况或退伍军人身份等因素的影响。 EA 还会遵照相关法律，为符合条件的残障个体改善工作环境。