Corporate Access Specialist (Fixed Term Contract) | London, UK

Capital Group has a Global Corporate Access team of 14 people, with associates based in North America (Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco), London and throughout Asia (Hong Kong, Mumbai, Singapore and Tokyo). The aim of the group is to act as a central point of contact within the firm and the coordinating body for all corporate access events, including bespoke field trips and site visits, sector-specific conferences, road shows and conference calls. This role requires liaising between Capital Group investment teams, corporates, third party IR firms, and sell-side brokers.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for someone to join the European team on a 12-month contract (maternity cover) reporting to the European Senior Manager, who in turn reports to the Global Head of Corporate Access. The Corporate Access specialist will be responsible for originating and managing events in the European region and allocated sectors (principally the Consumer sector). This individual will be accountable for the technology solutions that track and record them and are responsible for the management of access to corporates, experts, and government entities, including on-and off-site meetings, site visits, conference calls, roadshows, investment conferences, and bespoke research trips.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop internal relationships with Investment Group associates to understand their investment philosophy and workflow in order to originate events.
• Actively follow sector analysts' responsibilities, meet with companies and to be comfortable recommending new companies for analysts to meet.
• Act as point of contact with company management teams (CEOs, CFOs, and other C-suite, Investor Relations, etc.) to request and secure meetings for our investment professionals, representing Capital Group in an appropriate and compelling manner, and ensuring a positive user experience.
• Build external relationships with corporate Investor Relations teams and third-party vendors.
• Ability to travel with the investment group to support offsite events and research trips originated; helping to deepen both internal and external relationships.
• Be prepared to manage some logistics associated with corporate access interactions if need be.
• Maintain data related to corporate access engagement and usage rates by investment teams in CorpAxe.
• Work collaboratively with partners across the organization, including Compliance, Meetings & Events, Research Services and Technology to ensure Corporate Access program is fully integrated into the broader Capital Group business.
• Coordinate closely with global corporate access teammates (based in US, London and Asia).

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of financial services experience, and ideally, prior experience in Corporate Access, Investor Relations, research or related financial services.
• Knowledge or experience in the consumer sector is a plus.
• Strong project/program management skills.
• A passion for Corporate Access and its importance in the investment process.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong client/customer service orientation.
• Strong judgment and integrity & experience working with sensitive or confidential information.
• High degree of operational efficiency, ability to multi-task, and attention to detail.
• Ability to build strong working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree required.

In addition to a highly competitive base salary, per plan guidelines, restrictions and vesting requirements, you also will be eligible for an individual annual performance bonus, plus Capital's annual profitability bonus plus a retirement plan where Capital contributes 15% of your eligible earnings.

We are an equal opportunity employer, which means we comply with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit discrimination when making all decisions about employment. As equal opportunity employers, our policies prohibit unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including gender and gender identity), pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship status, AIDS/HIV status, political activities or affiliations, military or veteran status, status as a victim of domestic violence, assault or stalking or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.