Financial Communications, Associate Director

Financial Communications, Associate Director

London, United Kingdom

Teneo is looking for an experienced Associate Director (AD) to join our Financial Communications team.

The role will be, in part, focused on supporting some existing private capital clients and supporting the commercial development in private markets more broadly. Previous experience working with private capital firms is essential. Applicants should be intellectually curious, financially literate, creative, collaborative and eager to learn, with strong commercial acumen.

As an Associate Director you will be responsible for making a significant contribution to our reputation, profitable growth and client retention. You will lead client accounts, support teams to deliver to the highest standards, inspire new thinking, and take an active role in retaining and developing our best talent.

ADs manage and coach our Senior Consultants, Consultants and Associate Consultants and work into and learn from our Managing Directors, with the structure of each team varying based on our scope and clients’ needs.

Teneo is an integrated communications consultancy, providing all aspects of strategic counsel to business leaders and CEOs. This role is primarily to support Teneo’s financial communications clients across the TMT sector, joining a thriving team helping to shape company narratives and influence how major corporate news flow lands with key capital markets audiences to achieve strategic objectives. Our work is wide-ranging and includes equity story development, financial calendar communications, executive profiling, IPOs, restructurings and M&A transactions, crisis management, media relations and ESG, stewardship and governance issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Leading large integrated teams to deliver strategies that have impact for our clients


• Establishing long-term senior client relationships through valued, strategic counsel


• Actively driving growth with existing clients and via new business lead generation


• Providing market insight and intelligence through media and industry networking


• Client servicing, profitability, forecasting and budgeting


• Proactively contributing to and fostering a knowledge-sharing environment with clients and colleagues


• Innovating on behalf of clients and the Financial Communications team, challenging the status quo with new thinking, new product development, and new ways of working


• Encouraging, inspiring and motivating teams through mentoring and coaching

Skills and Experience

• 7+ years’ experience of working in a senior role in financial communications / IR advisory or in-house


• Financially literate with excellent working knowledge of financial reporting and corporate transactions


• Excellent understanding of financial markets and business media


• Proven track record in retaining clients and maintaining client relationships


• Effective media and City network and engagement capability


• Ability to anticipate client needs and shape and deliver strategic advice to senior level clients


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills & effective presenting skills


• Proven business development experience and ability to cultivate and convert new business leads


• Well informed and knowledgeable on market trends


• Seen as a credible 'voice' to both client and internal stakeholders alike


• Collaborative approach, able to foster good working relationships and work well under pressure


• Strong team leader who creates high-performing and motivated teams


• Experience supporting others’ career development through mentoring and coaching


• Excellent time management and the ability to prioritise a varied workload


• Comfortable taking the lead on driving performance and revenue


• Competitive salary (depends on experience)


• 28 days holiday


• Discretionary bonus


• Annual salary review


• Pension (company contribution: 5% of annual salary)


• Extensive investment in personal development & learning


• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave


• Private medical insurance


• Group Income protection
  

  About Teneo

  
  

  Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

  
  

  Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions, and organizations.

  
  

  Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organizational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

  
  

  The firm has more than 1,800 employees located in 45+ offices around the world.

  
  

  UK Demographic Set

  
  

  Teneo are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We ensure that all employees and candidates are treated fairly and we strive to ensure that our company is representative of all sections of society. We value people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances. Each employee should be respected and valued and able to give their best as a result. We want to ensure our workplace in London continues to be one where different voices are heard, valued and embraced - for the benefit of our employees and working culture, our clients and the quality of our work, as well as for the ultimate performance of our business. We are committed to equal opportunities for all and provide these opportunities irrespective of an individual’s race, ethnic origin, disability, age, nationality, national origin, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, marital status and social class. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

  
  

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  Teneo is committed to providing reasonable adjustments for qualified individuals with disabilities in our interview process. If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability, you may contact us at LON-STR-Recruitment@teneo.com