Responsibilities

• Project manage client accounts and workstreams related to ongoing IR advisory work, transactions, and events/issues in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Serve as a daily client contact and address client issues thoughtfully and effectively.
• Play a major role in developing and implementing best practice IR strategies and programs.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of each client’s business, market, investment thesis, shareholder base and sell-side analyst coverage.
• Perform detailed and accurate research to underpin all client projects and deliverables.
• Draft press releases, earnings call scripts, conference presentations, messaging and Q&A documents and Board presentations.
• Work with colleagues in other practices to ensure the execution of cohesive, multi-disciplinary communications programs.
• Identify opportunities where FTI can add greater value for clients.
• Stay abreast of market developments and translate those insights into actionable business development opportunities.
• Work with colleagues to produce business pitch materials, and play an active role in the new business processes and pitches.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in one of the following areas: Finance, Business, Economics, or related field.
• 5+ years of professional experience in investor relations, investment banking, sell-side research, capital markets, asset management, or Healthcare communications with a preference toward demonstrated experience managing multiple clients and accounts.
• Familiarity with the legal, regulatory, and financial obligations of publicly traded companies in the healthcare / life sciences industry.
• Strong project management skills including the ability to direct a project from concept to conclusion and manage all levels of employees, including support staff, peers, and senior managers.
• Strong organizational, time management skills, and ability to manage priorities between multiple client assignments while maintaining attention to detail.
• Analytical skills to identify and diagnose key issues, misperceptions and factors impacting a company’s valuation as well as the solutions to fix/mitigate them.
• Strong financial acumen with an understanding of and familiarity with financial markets, the regulatory landscape, and the investment community.
• Excellent written and oral presentation skills – both in a large group and smaller meetings.
• Ability to concisely articulate a company’s equity story.
• Ability to learn new concepts quickly and possess a service-oriented attitude.

Preferred

• Ability to recognize, explore and use a broad range of ideas and practices, thinking logically and creatively without influence from personal bias
• Ability to establish positive relationships with a wide variety of individuals
• Ability to manage priorities between multiple client assignments
• Ability to connect the dots and leverage existing materials to create efficiencies in deliverables