Upwork names Sabrina Mekhalfa chief accounting officer, effective December 15, 2025
Upwork appointed Sabrina Mekhalfa as its Chief Accounting Officer and principal accounting officer on December 8, 2025, effective December 15, 2025. The filing sets out her pay, including a $365,000 base salary, a $175,000 sign-on bonus and an $850,000 restricted stock unit award, along with severance terms that take effect if she is terminated without cause.
Key points
- Base salary of $365,000, with a target annual bonus of 50% of base salary.
- $175,000 cash sign-on bonus, payable after 90 days of service and subject to repayment if she leaves voluntarily or is discharged for cause before one year.
- Restricted stock unit award valued at $850,000, vesting in quarterly installments of 1/12th over three years.
- Previously Chief Accounting Officer at UserTesting Inc. from December 2020 to June 2023 and at Velocity Global Holdings (Pebl) from February 2025 to December 2025.
The filing
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