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The growing field of employee stock ownership plans represents an attractive career opportunity for young professional business advisors. And, as experienced professional advisors of the “baby boom” generation are retiring, professional firms are in hiring mode. There is both an opportunity and a need, therefore, for new, well-qualified professionals to enter the field.
A challenge, however, is that there have been few effective learning venues in the ESOP field – few places that young professionals can go to gain the knowledge and expertise that are needed in order to practice successfully. Most of the professional firms in the ESOP field - whether trustees, law firms, sell-side advisors, investment bankers, valuation firms or others - are small "boutique" firms. As such, they typically have a very limited capacity to train new employees. This conundrum serves neither the firms that are looking for trained employees nor the (generally young) people who are interested in pursuing a career in the ESOP field.
This course is intended to address this training gap that now frustrates both employers and employees in the ESOP professional fields. Our aim is to prepare individuals to serve successfully as professionals in the ESOP field. Because the course is aimed at professionals in a wide variety of specialized fields, it is necessarily an “ESOP fundamentals” class. As such, it would be expected that follow-on training in a preferred area of specialization (such as financing, sell-side advising, administration, fiduciary service, etc.) will thereafter be pursued in order to qualify an individual as fully trained professional in the specialized field.
PREREQUISITES
Presented by the University of California San Diego’s Rady School of Management, this course is designed as a graduate-level program. Thus, while the course does not require substantial expertise in ESOPs in order to enroll, an appropriate level of education and expertise in business matters will be necessary. Specifically, enrollment will require that the student must have a four-year college degree together with at least three years of work experience (in an area such as banking, finance, accounting, law, human resources, etc.) and/or specialized training (e.g. a degree in business, finance, accounting, law, etc.) that provides the student with a solid background in business fundamentals generally.
Note: This course is offered in Partnership with the Beyster Institute at UC San Diego Rady School of Management.
Course Number: BUSA-40980
Credit: 6.00 unit(s)
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1/4/2021 - 4/24/2021
$2495
Live Online
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Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Blaugher, Kim
Kim has over 30 years of experience in his areas of expertise ESOPs and equity compensation plans. He uses his income tax and accounting background to help companies determine the feasibility of an ESOP, forecast repurchase obligations, and craft ESOP transactions designed to address each client’s unique needs and objectives. Prior to joining the Beyster Institute, he was a vice president of ESOP consulting at Principal Financial Group. Kim also led the ESOP practice at Mercer Company, and has worked at RSM US LLP, and KPMG. Kim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Earlham College and a Master of Taxation degree from the University of Denver. He passed the CPA exam in 1985.
Briggs, Jennifer
Jennifer Briggs works as a corporate reconstructionist proving that business can be done different – purpose centered, mission driven, and values powered using tenants of inclusive capitalism to attain success. She is chairperson of the board for GISinc., serves as an outside independent director for PFSbrands and Engineering Economics, and is a founding partner of GRITT Business Coaching. She is a Rutgers University Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing Executive Fellow focusing on corporate governance and performance. She has contributed to the Beyster Institute with the University of California San Diego, the Democracy at Work Institute, and the reinventing work initiative with the Boston FED. She holds a Master of Science in Organizat...Read More
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No refunds after: 1/12/2021.
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Live online class meetings via Zoom. Schedule:
DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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1/6/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
1/13/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
1/20/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
1/27/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
2/3/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
2/10/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
2/17/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
2/24/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
3/3/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
3/10/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
3/17/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
3/24/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
3/31/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
4/7/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
4/14/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
4/21/2021 | Wed | 5:00 p.m. | 8:00 p.m. | |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Business, Professional & Legal Programs department at 858-534-8131 or unexbusa@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.