Ketchum Hiring For Managing Account Supervisor, Financial Communications at New York, NY, United States Full Time

Job Description

Overview

Ketchum’s Financial Communications specialty is looking for a Managing Account Supervisor to join their growing team. The financial communications specialty supports clients across our fourteen sectors that are undertaking financial events, such as mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, quarterly reporting, investor day events, spin-offs, and other transactions. The team’s exciting and high-stakes work is critical to our clients’ business and communications strategies. The managing account supervisor will be tasked with developing financial and corporate communications programs for clients across North America.

The qualified candidate will have responsibility for managing financial communications projects, counseling clients on issues affecting the investor community, developing media relationships and pitching financial and business stories, assisting with new business, and supervision of account team members. Responsible for staff utilization and development, revenue generation, income projections, expense control, and administrative functions related to executing the annual business plan and in meeting profit objectives.

About the Job

Financial communications is a specialized offering within Ketchum. Our team is called upon when new or existing clients undertake complex transactions or need support articulating a compelling message to the investor and financial community. This position will play a critical role in strategic planning, drafting messaging documents, coordinating and implementing tactics and activities; ensuring that all programs are strategically on target with clients’ business objectives; maintaining day-to-day contact with client; and reporting program results to agency management and client.

• Act as primary client contact; continually foster client-agency relationship to build trust and become a valuable resource to clients in all areas of financial communications
• Continually build understanding and knowledge of clients’ business and competitive environments; apply this information in preparing and presenting strategically focused programs and recommendations
• Pitch media
• Be flexible and facilitate teamwork within account team; coordinate team resources and create opportunities for junior staff to take on more responsibility; fully utilize agency resources to create the “best teams” for your clients
• Demonstrate ability to effectively develop full range of written materials including press releases, byline articles, speeches, client correspondence and reports, including the skills to translate complex transactions into compelling strategic initiatives
• Develop and monitor program plans and budgets for profitability; report status to client and agency management on a regular basis
• Explore and create opportunities for incremental business growth within your clients’ organizations
• Participate in the research, writing, and presentation of new business proposals

Qualifications

Any combination of education and experience providing the required skills and knowledge for successful performance would qualify. Typical qualifications would be equivalent to:

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Finance or a related field; or an MBA
• Six+ years of experience encompassing investor relations/financial communications experience
• One to two years of basic supervisory/mentoring experience a plus
• Ability to dig deeply into a client’s business and understand its investment rationale
• Ability to quickly become knowledgeable of Ketchum’s proprietary tools and develop clear understanding of how to apply tools and technology to client work IND13 #LI-ML1

About Ketchum

As a global communications consultancy with 90 plus years of experience, Ketchum is a trusted partner who is equal parts creative and analytical. Ketchum is a place where all perspectives and points of view are welcome and encouraged. We are a collection of communications specialists, content creators, creatives, researchers, data analysts, media pros, digital strategists, issues and crisis counselors, and tech nerds. And we love when those worlds collide to create the very best teams and solutions for our clients. We work with the world’s leading brands, emerging start-ups, and everything in between. We are beyond proud to have created some of the most celebrated and award-winning campaigns in our industry. We’re just crazy enough to think we can impact the world – and how it responds to ideas – through communication.
We encourage our employees to be curious, brave, inspiring, and a force for good. Let’s talk. Come belong at Ketchum! IND13

What we offer

• Robust benefits program
• Generous time off policies
• Retirement program with company match
• Workplace flexibility
• Business casual dress code
• Workplace and off-site social gatherings
• Yoga @ work
• Professional learning and development opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Transit benefits

Interested? We’ve got an opportunity for you.