Job Description

You will lead on the development and delivery of strategic communications plans and provide senior level advice to a broad range of clients. You will develop and land regular and proactive ideas for clients, advising on critical issues impacting some of the world's most influential businesses and playing a leading role as day-to-day point of contact for your clients.

You will also develop strategies to approach and cultivate new business targets using a strong internal network that includes talent from across Brunswick's entire offering, as well as your own external network.

Directors ensure the smooth running of teams by establishing clear roles, managing performance, and ensuring that all key stakeholders and client needs are being covered by the team. You will work closely with Partners on all aspects of client management, including account finances, fee negotiation, and adviser meetings.

Primary Responsibilities

• Advise Financial Institution clients on a range of issues, both specific to financial services companies and applicable to businesses more broadly.
• Develop and maintain strong and trusted relationships with senior client contacts to deliver strategic advice.
• Drive large, complex account teams, providing strategic direction and overall accountability.
• Actively extend internal and external networks and draw insights and opportunities from these.
• Regularly manage sensitive and complex media and/or regulatory issues.
• Work with a variety of client and pitch teams, serving as a regional/sector expert for other geographies and specialist offers.
• Use deep knowledge of the Financial Services sector to promote new business approaches and ideas.
• Identify new opportunities to deliver additional Brunswick expertise to clients; actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships.
• Act as a leader on teams, providing strategic direction based on Partner guidance and ensuring teams are working effectively.
• Foster development of team members' skills; serve as Development Mentor for junior colleagues.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• A strong track record of either working in an advisory role in a Financial Institution or consulting experience, advising financial institution clients.
• Deep understanding of business and financial services: first-hand experience of handling highly topical issues, and an extensive network from which to draw intelligence.
• An understanding of the interplay between corporates, the financial community, the political and regulatory arena and social stakeholders.
• A global perspective and will have worked with international businesses or organizations.
• Credible and compelling with senior business leaders.
• A strong sense of corporate positioning, and how to develop strategies that can translate into programmes with real sustained impact.
• Experienced in media-handling, with advanced knowledge of the financial and business media.
• A consummate communicator: a compelling presenter and a strong writer.
• A balance of creative and analytical thinking, bringing rigor, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Proven project and/or programme management experience.
• A natural team-worker and will prefer to work in a collegiate way.