Senior Communication Consultant

What if you could build a career where ambition meets innovation? At LPL Financial, we empower professionals to shape their success while helping clients pursue their financial goals with confidence. What if you could have access to cutting-edge resources, a collaborative environment, and the freedom to make an impact? If you're ready to take the next step, discover what’s possible with LPL Financial.

Job Overview:
Have you led successful, large-scale, projects from concept to completion? Are you a strong collaborator with experience uniting multiple stakeholders to support one common goal? Do you thrive in fast-past environments where you’re often faced with unique challenges and complexities?
 

In this role, you’ll bring a detail-oriented, client-focused approach to helping develop and execute communication strategies for large merger and acquisition (M&A) deals and other large-scale corporate initiatives that engage a variety of audiences. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality, strategic communications that align with our corporate priorities. The ideal candidate is a skilled project manager who can juggle multiple projects with a variety of deliverables, timelines, and expectations, is able to distill and simplify complex subject matter, has a track record of forging strong partnerships, and has excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Reporting to the VP, Communications, you’ll support LPL's growth, brand, and reputation. You’ll be responsible for helping develop communications plans, implementing project deliverables, and mitigating potential reputational risks.
 

Responsibilities:

• Operationalize strategies in support of large M&A events.

• Help identify process and operational efficiencies in our communication approach.

• Work collaboratively with business partners to ensure cohesion across  project lifecycles.

• Ensure the Communications team receives timely, relevant information to properly execute on deliverables and ensure critical deadlines are met.

• Drive executional excellence, ensuring successful delivery of projects against strategic priorities.

• Develop relationships with key stakeholders across the firm.

• Assist with the creation, tracking, and reporting of project milestones, status updates, risks, and issues.

• Facilitate team information and workflow.

What are we looking for?
We want strong collaborators who are team-oriented, can manage multiple projects simultaneously, and are well organized and deadline-driven. We’re looking for executors who are willing to drive projects forward, look for ways to improve processes and procedures, and demonstrate creative problem solving and sound judgement.
 

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Marketing, Communications, or equivalent field.

• 5+ years of relevant experience.

• Financial services/wealth management acumen is required. Public company experience a plus.

• Ability to manage critical communications during challenging situations. M&A experience is a plus.

• Proven experience as a project manager.

Preferences:

• Experience working with cross-functional project teams.

• Highly organized and attentive to detail.

• Ability to make decisions in a changing environment while anticipating future needs.

• Ability to work independently or in a team-oriented environment.

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Pay Range:

$75,900-$126,500/year

 

Actual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

 

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) was founded on the principle that the firm should work for advisors and institutions, and not the other way around. Today, LPL is a leader in the markets we serve, serving more than 23,000 financial advisors, including advisors at approximately 1,000 institutions and at approximately 580 registered investment advisor ("RIA") firms nationwide. We are steadfast in our commitment to the advisor-mediated model and the belief that Americans deserve access to personalized guidance f