Senior Specialist, PR & Communications

Responsibilities

• Manage and execute strategic communications for StoneX's Commercial & Payments businesses, aligned with communications, marketing and business objectives.
• Develop strong working relationships with Commercial & Payments business leaders, sales and risk management teams, commodity and FX specialists, payments product teams and other subject-matter experts to identify timely and differentiated communications opportunities.
• Develop and manage relationships between tier 1 media, financial, trade and commodity media and StoneX representatives.
• Proactively pitch StoneX businesses, executives, brokers/traders, analysts and market experts for commentary, thought leadership and other relevant opportunities for exposure.
• Identify opportunities to elevate StoneX's commodity, foreign exchange, risk management and payments expertise around relevant market developments, trends, products and client themes.
• Draft press materials, talking points, executive op-eds, thought-leadership content and marketing communications.
• Train and support StoneX representatives for various media formats, including interviews, panels, broadcast appearances and other external engagements.
• Partner with Marketing and business stakeholders to connect media relations and thought leadership with broader Commercial & Payments initiatives, including events, digital content, campaigns and client-facing programs.
• Support communications surrounding significant business developments, including new capabilities, product launches, strategic hires, geographic expansion, partnerships and other Commercial & Payments growth initiatives.
• Provide crisis and issues management support to Commercial & Payments and global leadership.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in corporate communications, public relations or media relations, preferably with a mix of in-house and agency roles.
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills.
• Experience and comfort working with and influencing senior leaders and highly specialized subject-matter experts.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Strong relationships with top-tier financial, business, trade and commodity media in the United States, particularly across agriculture, energy and payments
• Ability to distill complex financial products, market developments and Commercial & Payments business concepts into clear narratives across varied audiences and formats.
• Experience with metrics-based and sentiment-based communications reporting.
• Experience integrating media outreach with broader marketing initiatives, such as thought leadership, events, campaigns and digital content.
• Ability to develop and coordinate communications across multiple Commercial & Payments businesses and subject-matter areas, connecting distinct business priorities and areas of expertise into a coherent StoneX Commercial & Payments narrative.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate communications across regions, partnering with UK and APAC counterparts to balance local market relevance with consistent global Commercial & Payments messaging.

Preferred

• Experience within commodities, foreign exchange, payments or a similarly complex and highly regulated industry strongly preferred.