Investor Relations Director

JOB TITLE:Investor Relations Director

SALARY: £149,872 - £176,320

LOCATION: London (25 Gresham Street)

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days a week) in our London office

About this opportunity:

A great role has arisen within the Investor Relations (IR) team for a Director of Investor Relations. This is an excellent opportunity for someone to further develop their career and gain great experience at the corporate centre of a FTSE20 financial services company. The IR function manages the Group's relationships with its institutional equity investors and sell side analysts and is responsible for developing and communicating the external messaging around company performance and strategy. We're a small, high profile team based in London.

This is a challenging and exciting role at the heart of one of the UK's largest financial services companies, providing significant interaction with the external market and the senior management team. External interaction will include managing relationships with analysts and institutional investors, both in the UK and the rest of the world, to influence understanding and perception of the Group. This will include leading one to one and group meetings and responding to investor queries. Internally there will be significant contact with Central Finance, Group Strategy, Group Corporate Affairs and Group Corporate Treasury as well as the divisions and members of the Group Executive Committee.

What you'll be doing:

• supporting the Group IR Director in ensuring that the Group's financial performance, prospects and delivery on strategy are communicated effectively through all channels.
• building and maintaining relationships with the external market, in particular buyside investors and sell side analysts.
• managing external market disclosure for Group announcements including preparing results materials (news release, slides and speeches) for the Group Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer.
• ensuring Executive Management and Board are kept well appraised of market conditions and investor sentiment.
• deputising for the Group IR Director as needed, and playing a full role in supporting the leadership of a high performing IR team

Some international travel may be required.

About us:

If you think all banks are the same, you'd be wrong. We're an innovative, fast-changing business that's shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that's empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you'll need:

• Proven stakeholder and relationship management skills with the ability to engage effectively with internal and external partners; ability to operate and interact with the most senior levels of management
• Exceptional analytical and numerical skills with a strong attention to detail;
• An excellent understanding of financial reports and good knowledge of financial reporting requirements, though disclosure rules can be learned in the role
• Strong written communication and interpersonal skills
• Good understanding of the Group's performance and strategy
• Excellent organisational and commercial awareness with effective planning and control
• Personal motivation and an ability to work under pressure to tight timescales

Ideally you'll have an accountancy qualification and/or CFA qualified with substantial relevant IR/ markets/ financials experience.

About working for us:

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

And it's why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We're disability confident. So, if you'd like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days' holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Want to do amazing work, that's interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.