Director | Financial Services & Capital Markets | Strategic Communications | Dubai
FTI Consulting
- Dubai
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Serves as a trusted business advisor by influencing client direction in all areas of financial or transaction communications and investor relations.
- Develops FTI Consulting’s client strategies that create competitive advantage in the face of changing business, sector, and market conditions.
- Demonstrates an understanding of key business drivers for current and potential clients and tailor communications or business strategies/solutions accordingly.
- Develops complex financial communications programs.
- Develops and presents recommendations based on financial analytics and modelling, research, strategic and creative thinking, with a credible point of view and perspective.
- Works effectively with senior management to help identify senior client needs and works with other operating divisions to address them in an integrated team effort.
- Assist with corporate and financial communications, investor relations and media relations engagements (e.g. writing earnings and transactions related materials, developing investors outreach plans, providing strategic counsel on capital markets activity, liaising with investors and journalists, providing support to key investors and media events, assisting with management training materials development).
- Drive new business initiatives (e.g. conducting research on prospects, creating and editing PowerPoint presentations and proposals, etc.).
- Supervise the work of junior staff and provide coaching to junior team members.
- Actively contribute to both internal and client meetings by offering strategic and creative insights.
- Maintain a self-driven passion to stay abreast of client issues and related industry trends, participate in industry networking events and inform team leaders of potential new business opportunities.
- We are looking for a highly-motivated and proactive colleague who wants to grow his/her career in strategic communications consulting, working internationally, and is ready to deliver high-quality work under minimal supervision. Specifically, we are looking for someone who fulfils the following requirements:
- University degree or higher education.
- Circa 7 to 10 years of relevant experience in financial communications or investor relations or equity capital market or equity research, preferably in consultancy.
- Strong financial acumen in capital markets and a good understanding on how strategy and business execution impact financial performance and value creation.
- Good understanding in buy side and sell side analysts landscape, and relevant business media.
- Ability to take complexity and translate effectively; a creative and strategic thinker in reputation management, sees around corners, approaches communications from new angles.
- Fluent in English with excellent written and verbal communications skills. Arabic would certainly be a plus, but not a must.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously in often demanding, deadline-driven situations.
- Collaborative team player that also has the ability to work independently, take initiative and set priorities.
- An aptitude and desire for learning and ongoing development.
#LI-DH1 #LI-HybridAdditional Information
- Job Family/Level: Op Level 3 - Director
- Citizenship Status Accepted: Not Applicable
- Exempt or Non-Exempt?: Exempt