Administering your stock plan is no minor task. Employee equity plans are often a key component of compensation for executives and an important form of award for many employees. But even the best employee plans will fail if they are not administered properly. That's why outsourcing the administration of your plans is practically a no-brainer. You save time, standardize costs and reduce risk.
We can offer you all this…and a wee bit more.
For nearly 40 years, Computershare has been a leading provider of stock plan administration services. Check out the sidebar for highlights of what we do for every single one of our clients. Meantime, let's talk about the fun stuff, the things we offer that go beyond simply administering your plan to help you ensure your plans work for you and for plan participants.
Communications that delivers results
You've got a great plan, unique, styled to provide optimal benefit to participants…and yet 40% of participants won't even acknowledge receipt of the grant! Or you're offering an ESPP with a 15% discount and a lookback and… 20% enrollment. Sound familiar? You're not alone.
What you need is a communication program that will reach your employees, convey the value of the awards being offered, and get them to participate. And even for those that are already on board, it's important to ensure they know what it is they are getting, why they are getting it, and how it benefits them. Otherwise, why bother offering the plan?
Our experts take on this often-overlooked, underdone task for you. We work with you to understand what is being offered, who is receiving it and why, and then build out a communication campaign tailored to your needs. We'll identify the best media to use to ensure your campaign reaches every eligible employee and delivers the results you want.
Business process outsourcing for your labor-intensive tasks
There are many tasks around managing employee equity plans that are not part of the standard outsourcing of your plans' administration. Take processing of payroll files for your stock plan administrator. They have to be reviewed, cleaned up and formatted to match your vendor's system. If you are dealing with multiple payroll providers or participants from multiple countries, this task can quickly grow in complexity and frustration.
Our professional services group (PSG) can take this task (and others) off your hands. Specializing in business process outsourcing, PSG can help with payroll file conversion, cash management, data cleanup, consolidation and reconciliation, short-term temporary staffing, and a whole lot more. The more we can do for you, the more time you get back to focus on the strategic parts of your job (or take some of that extra time to leave work early to be with your family; don't worry, we won't tell!).
Consultation on plan design best practices
Whenever you're looking to launch a new plan (perhaps now?), it helps to have a little advice on what works and what doesn't before you go too far down the road with a particular plan.
Not only do we have experts who keep their fingers on the pulse of the stock plan industry to know what the latest trends are in stock plan design; we have partnered with Aon Equity Services to conduct a deep-dive review of our current clients to further understand trends in plan design and plan participation.
Our experts will work with you from step one to ensure your plan design will work as you expect to deliver the benefit to plan participants that you want.
We live and breathe stock plan administration. And we do it so you don't have to. Let us take on your stock plans and help you not only run them efficiently and effectively, but also maximize their return on value to your company and the plans' participants.
Ready to start outsourcing your plans?
Computershare can support whatever plan types your company offers and at whatever the size or complexity of the plan. You'll have a dedicated account management team at your disposal to help with reports, special eve nts, updates to your plans, and more. You also have access to a suite of online tools for when you want to manage things yourself. And if you need a more custom solution to manage your plans, we will off you our expertise and our support to develop the solution that works best for you. Learn more at www.computershare.com/employeeplans or fill out the form below to speak to one of our new business representatives.
Computershare Employee Equity Plans Administration Service Highlights
- Solutions for all types of stock plans
- Full- or Partial-service administration options available
- Dedicated relationship manager for your account
- Global expertise, supporting plans in 190 countries
- Customizable administration reports on your plans
- Financial reports with fully auditable numbers
- Ability to update individual grants and participant data as needed
- View-only access to participant accounts to help with questions
- 24/7 participant account access online and by IVR
- Live participant support for that personal touch
- Single sign-on participant access from your company's intranet
- Multi-lingual support online and via language line service
- Executive services team to support your reporting officers
- 10b5-1 sales plan support
- Support for market and limit order sales
- Payments by check or wire in 70+ currencies
- Direct deposit for payments in US dollars