Senior Equity Administrator

The role

The Senior Equity Administrator will own the day-to-day administration of equity programs and maintain the cap table. This person will sit on the People team and partner with Legal, Finance, and outside counsel.

What you will do

• Administer equity incentive plans including stock options, RSUs, early-exercise, and restricted stock awards
• Process grants, exercises, cancellations, forfeitures, repurchases, and transfers in equity platforms
• Track vesting schedules, expiration dates, and plan share reserve availability
• Coordinate 409A valuations and track ISO/NSO limits
• Maintain the fully diluted capitalization table and reconcile it to legal records
• Prepare pro forma cap tables and waterfall analyses
• Support preferred equity financings and process conversions of SAFEs and convertible notes
• Assist with secondary transactions, M&A diligence, and IPO-readiness
• Help plan and execute company-sponsored tender offers and secondary liquidity programs
• Prepare monthly and quarterly stock-based compensation reports under ASC 718

Required qualifications

• 3–5 years of equity administration experience, with at least part of that time at a venture-backed or privately held company
• Hands-on experience managing a private-company cap table and equity plans on a platform such as Carta, Shareworks, Ledgy, or Pulley
• Direct experience supporting at least one preferred financing round and at least one tender offer or structured secondary transaction
• Working knowledge of stock option mechanics (ISOs vs. NSOs, early exercise, 83(b) elections), 409A valuations, Rule 701, Section 16 basics, and ASC 718 stock-based compensation accounting
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, including pro forma and waterfall modeling
• Exceptional attention to detail and discretion when handling confidential compensation and ownership information
• Clear written and verbal communication
• A collaborative, service-oriented mindset and comfort working across Finance, Legal, People, and external advisors

Nice to have

• Certified Equity Professional (CEP) designation, or progress toward it
• Experience with international equity grants and mobile-employee tax considerations
• Exposure to IPO readiness, transfer agent onboarding, or public-company equity administration
• Familiarity with ESPP design and administration
• Experience with ERP / HRIS, e.g., NetSuite, Workday, Rippling, integrations with equity platforms

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits 100% paid for by the company
• 401k (+ 50% company match up to 6% of pay)
• FSA
• HSA
• life insurance
• Free daily lunch while you're working onsite
• fully-stocked kitchen
• unlimited PTO
• casual dress code
• pre-IPO stock option grants
• relocation assistance
• annual bonuses (coming soon)

Before you apply

• CHAOS Industries does not accept unsolicited resumes or outreach

About the company

CHAOS Industries is a modern defense company with a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™). Founded in 2022, the company is headquartered in Los Angeles.