Director
Full Time
Job Description
- Creatively prepare and drive forward the execution of financial communication mandates for clients
- Developing and executing stakeholder-led, integrated communication plans for standalone capital markets projects - IPOs / M&As / restructurings
- Delivering sell-side and buy-side perception audits as part of comprehensive financial calendar plans
- Own and manage client relationships alongside senior team members - particularly with respective communication, investor relations and finance functions.
- Provide strategic advice to a portfolio of clients and manage accounts on a day-to-day basis
- Writing of press releases, commentaries, statements, and Q&A documents
- Highly proactive approach to sourcing and creating client media opportunities, and ability to leverage strong book of media contacts
- Ensure client programmes are agreed and project plans are in place
- Developing planning documents across clients which target multiple stakeholder groups, through media (although multi-channel experience is favorable)
- Supporting on issues management (particularly within a capital markets context) and working with senior colleagues to provide advice and develop required written materials
- Bring a strong understanding of the news flow, media and sell-side and investor (institutional and retail) agenda, providing insights for clients to help shape their approach and strategy
- Seek new business opportunities and working closely with senior team in developing new business proposals
- Proactively network with media and industry contacts, as well as potential clients
- Mentoring and training junior team members
- Contribute to the team's ambitions and initiatives to promote and improve DIB (Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging) within the firm and externally
- Support senior management in ensuring team processes are in place and regularly share ideas on ways to evolve these
- Share industry, media and sell-side insights across the team, based on your contacts as well as thorough reading of the news and capital market intelligence
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Experience in Financial Services.
- Previous experience (5 years) in an in-house corporate communications, investor relations or PR agency role
- Financial communication specialist (corporate communication experience is a nice to have but not essential)
- Demonstrable knowledge of the FS industry and opinion formers, including a well-established media and sell-side network
- Proven delivery of digitally-enabled financial communications programmes
- Interest in having a broad FS client portfolio
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent organizational and planning skills
- Time management and the ability to priorities a varied workload and plan ahead
- Ability to work effectively within a busy team
- Ability to build strong rapport/relationships at all levels within FTI Consulting and client organizations
- Experience in supporting previous employers to enhance and promote initiatives to support a more diverse or inclusive workforce
- Takes a pragmatic and 'can do' approach
Reference no: 104515