Senior Manager, Financial Communications

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What you’ll be doing…

As a member of the Corporate Communications team, the Senior Manager, Financial Communications will focus on media relations and create and drive integrated communications strategies in all Finance related areas, including quarterly earnings, M&A, treasury. 

Responsibilities include:

• Working with financial communications team colleagues on quarterly earnings, including creation of press releases, messaging, infographics, and social media assets.

• Writing disclosure press releases for executive investor conferences, earnings date announcements and quarterly dividend declarations. 

• Partnering closely with Investor Relations (IR), Legal, Corporate Finance, and Strategy teams to translate complex financial metrics and business drivers into compelling narrative arcs.

• Acting as a media contact for financial press, maintaining strong relationships with tier-one business media (WSJ, Bloomberg, CNBC, Reuters, etc.).

• Managing proactive and reactive communications strategies around market fluctuations, regulatory filings, and unexpected financial developments.

• Collaborating across the Corporate Affairs team to ensure organizational alignment on financial results and overall company strategy.

• Aggregating media and social media news, features, mentions and discussions about Verizon, competitors and industry developments.

• Developing comprehensive monthly and quarterly media and analyst reports.

• Creating post copy for LinkedIn handles of CFO and Head of IR.

• Participating in maintenance of Wikipedia pages.

• Assisting in preparing materials for the annual report and annual shareholder meeting. 

What we’re looking for…

You’ll need to have: 

• Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Corporate or financial communications experience.

• Direct experience working with C-level executives and advising senior leaders on high-profile announcements.

• Knowledge of financial markets, corporate finance concepts, SEC disclosure norms, and the earnings calendar cycle.

• Experience with and/or willingness to learn to utilize AI tools.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience in a large, publicly traded telecommunications, media, or tech enterprise.

• Agency and in-house corporate communications hybrid experience.

• Proven track record of managing crisis or sensitive M&A communications under tight deadlines.

• Strong presence with the ability to lead tough conversations, navigate complex organizations and influence decision making

• Proven track record of developing and implementing integrated communications plans beyond traditional public relations.
   

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office, which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to vet