VP Financial Communications

Job description

The Role: ' ' '

• Act as a strategic counselor, serve as a day-to-day client contact, and manage work streams and teams on program execution, including material development and oversight as well as project and account management.
• Advise senior-level decision-makers across the client's 'business and 'deliver connective insights to assist clients in driving alignment and execution 'of 'cross-company initiatives. '
• Develop and manage integrated financial communications programs targeting the investor community that ensure the marketplace understands a company's value.
• Provide crisis counsel responding to investor activism, proxy contests, and SEC investigations.
• Review/assess industry trends to identify opportunities to inject FH's clients into current news cycles; drive story idea development, work closely with traditional and online media to shape and control communications that are in line with overall client business objectives.
• Manage budgets and key engagements for an established and well-known client base, forecasting revenue and expenses accurately and making decisions to assure accounts run effectively and efficiently.
• Lead efforts for and winning new business - either through the incremental growth of current clients or participation in large- and small-scale new business efforts.
• Structure, lead and motivate teams, and identify additional internal and/or external expertise to add value to client experience.
• Manage direct reports and work with them to grow their management skills.

Qualifications

Your 'Experience ' '

• 8-10 years of demonstrably significant and successful experience in creating and leading impactful,comprehensive financial communication campaigns that integrate all facets of the marketing and communications mix. ' Agency experience is a must and in-house experience, particularly in a financial communication environment, is a plus. Knowledge of Capital Markers & Regulation Fair Disclosure a plus.
• Experience managing all aspects of product launches, including messaging, materials creation, and overseeing others to drive programs to conclusion.
• Investor relations experience, including: managing the quarterly earnings process, writing earnings releases, IR strategy development, annual reporting writing & project management, understanding of the proxy and annual meeting process, and financial media relations.
• Strong strategic thinker, with an ability to lead the development of programs for clients and the office that are distinctive, relevant, creative, and measurable.
• Ability to engage with and counsel senior level decision-makers across the client's business and deliver connective insights to assist clients in driving alignment and execution of cross-company initiatives. ' Candidate should have experience building relationships and working with diverse stakeholders effectively.
• Solid team leadership and team-building experience is necessary, including management of local teams and distributed account teams.
• Experience managing accounts for effectiveness and profitability, including establishing meaningful metrics and scorecards for gauging program effectiveness, and overseeing the development and management of budgets, team structure and client reporting.
• Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, draw conclusions, make recommendations, establish reasonable timelines and areas of responsibility, anticipate costs, and identify measures of success.
• Track record of leading efforts for and winning new business - either through the incremental growth of current clients or participation in large- and small-scale new business efforts.