Exceptional Consultant required for top tier, global, integrated comms consultancy! Salary: competitive and flexible DOE – can be discussed with the candidate if keen! Our client is looking for a talented and driven Consultant with a passion for business and financial communications to join our team. Our client works with some of the world’s biggest brands across a wide range of sectors and issues, including energy, tech, FMCG and financial services. Our clients include a significant number of the FTSE 100 and Fortune 100, as well as other global public and private corporations. The Team The team are approx. 20-25 people which means the successful candidate will get more exposure and more opportunities to work with their clients and they will be integrated with other corporate comms teams so they will get to work with a wide variety of people! Our client’s 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. The Role As a consultant the successful will be responsible for providing the highest quality of service to the clients and play a pivotal role in driving forward activity across multiple account teams, delivering regular insight and analysis, and supporting clients’ reputational, financial, and strategic objectives. Responsibilities, skills and attributes The successful candidate will:

Provide advice and counsel to a high standard, delivering reputational and industry insight Take a hands-on approach to client-facing preparation and delivery of key financial calendar moments Provide support and insight to their client teams, proactively highlighting opportunities and potential areas of concern for clients Provide media monitoring for clients and their competitors, using a variety of inputs and tools, to provide wider context and advise on implications Monitor sell-side analyst coverage, share price performance and valuation Build a strong network of effective relationships internally and externally Seek opportunities for organic growth and support on writing new business proposals Provide constructive day to day feedback and coaching to more junior members of the team

Experience and Skills The successful candidate will have:

3-6 years’ experience in a similar environment within a financial communications agency, or in roles related to public relations/investor relations, the capital markets, financial analysis, management consulting or the media. Experience offering client counsel at the appropriate level, based on in-depth insight of client’s business and sector Deep knowledge of wider corporate reputational or market issues arising Working knowledge of financial reporting and good head for numbers Strong ability to grasp clients’ business objectives and relevant wider industry dynamics to enable drafting of messaging and communications materials for financial calendar Accomplished media relations skills Exceptional written and verbal communications skills

Benefits New joiners are supported by an induction programme, and continuous development is a key focus of life at our client. Their learning is supported by some 100 modules of e-learning available on their internal knowledge management system. As well as this they offer a whole host of benefits and rewards including;

Competitive salary (depending on experience)

28 days holiday

Discretionary bonus

Annual salary review

Pension (with company contribution: 5% of annual salary, 3% paid by employee)

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave (depending on length of service) and shared parental leave (18 weeks maternity, 4 weeks paternity and 10 weeks shared)

Private medical insurance

Group Income protection

Life assurance

Regular social, cultural and charitable activities

Flexible working with office laptop and phone provided

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