Director, Financial Institutions Group

<p><strong>Director, Financial Institutions Group</strong></p> <p>Brunswick Group is seeking a Director to join our growing Financial Institutions Group in New York or Washington, DC.&nbsp;</p> <p>Brunswick’s Financial Institutions Group advises the world’s leading financial services organizations on how to solve complex, multi-stakeholder challenges while navigating regulation across geographies in a highly scrutinized and volatile environment.</p> <p>Drawing on our global expertise in media, capital markets, policy, law, research, and crisis and issues management, we develop communications strategies that build and protect corporate reputation over the long term, and through critical moments including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, capital raisings, leadership changes, governance matters, and responses to activist shareholders.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>About the Role: </strong></p> <p><strong>Client Contribution &amp; Handling</strong></p> <ul> <li>Deliver strategic advice to clients, drawing on specialist communications expertise and depth of professional advisory experience</li> <li>Demonstrate deep knowledge of business and strategic communications issues</li> <li>Influentially engage with key stakeholders </li> <li>Monitor level of account profitability and intervene as necessary </li> </ul> <p><strong>Communication Skills</strong></p> <ul> <li>Write thoughtful, well-structured content, considering audience, style and tone for senior-level clients&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Express a point of view in a thoughtful manner; analyze and distil complex information&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Exhibit good judgement and exercise discretion&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Question and challenge in a constructive way; present unpopular ideas confidently</li> </ul> <p><strong>Business Development</strong></p> <ul> <li>Contribute to and assist with new business opportunities; apply knowledge and experience to lead new business development efforts (e.g., pitches, proposal development)</li> <li>Use deep knowledge of key sectors to promote new business approaches and ideas</li> <li>Identify new opportunities to deliver other Brunswick expertise to existing clients; actively pursue and secure extensions of client relationships&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li>Build and maintain strong external networks in order to deliver valuable insight to clients and the Firm&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p><strong>Team Management</strong></p> <ul> <li>Actively and effectively manage account teams; drive the day-to-day account&nbsp;management</li> <li>Keep the p