Director, Investor Relations

Opportunity

Brunswick Group is seeking a Director to join our Investor Relations and Financial Situations team in New York.

Brunswick was founded in 1987 as a financial communications firm and this work remains deeply engrained in our DNA. Our global Financial practice has unparalleled experience developing and implementing campaigns to advise clients on both long-term positioning to enhance valuation and navigating complex capital markets transactions.

Members of our Financial practice are deeply experienced and focus their client work on strategic investor relations (IR) advisory, mergers & acquisitions, shareholder activism, IPOs, and financial communications. These specialists partner with colleagues in our global sector teams and other practice areas to bring a powerful and complementary combination of perspectives to help clients manage their reputations during critical financial events and with financial stakeholders.

For nearly four decades, Brunswick has consistently ranked at the top of our industry’s league tables on a country, regional, and global basis. Over the last five years alone, the firm has advised on more than:

• 1,000 M&A transactions totaling $2 trillion in value;
• 100 high-profile and complex IPOs; and
• 100 publicly disclosed activist defense mandates with an aggregate market capitalization of almost $2 trillion and dozens more that remain private.

We are seeking to a Director, Investor Relations in New York to help build our strategic IR business and provide advice to Brunswick’s leading corporate clients.

Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:

Client Contribution

• Providing insight, guidance and advice on strategic investor relations and financial situations to clients across industries
• Advising clients to effectively communicate to investors at critical moments, as well as earnings, conferences, investor days, and financial transactions
• Developing and executing plans to advocate the client’s point of view to the investors, media, employees, regulators and other critical stakeholders
• Playing an integral and entrepreneurial role in building Brunswick’s strategic investor relations business including thought leadership and new business development

Team Management

• Serving as client’s day-to-day contact alongside Partners
• Actively and effectively managing teams and driving day-to-day activities for multiple accounts at a time
• Managing and mentoring team members
• Managing the development of key client deliverables by playing a vital role in overseeing, planning, editing and drafting
• Overseeing research assignments on fast-moving situations with tight deadlines; distilling a large amount of information into the most impactful and helpful points

Networking

• Actively cultivating relationships with clients and potential clients
• Developing relationships with the analyst and investor community
• Fostering a network of journalist contacts and relationships
• Maintaining relationships with financial and legal advisors

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• 10+ years of relevant work experience in an IR, research, or financial advisory role with strong knowledge of the capital markets and a range of financial situations involving U.S. public companies
• In-house investor relations, sell-side research, buy-side or investment banking experience is highly valued
• Energetic team player with strong self-motivation
• Ability to operate with discretion and maintain confidentiality at all times
• Deep understanding of business, finance and markets
• Capability to understand multiple stakeholder positions (investors, analysts, and media) – and incorporate that understanding into strategy and messaging for the client
• Deep understanding of financial statements, ability to recognize market expectations, and translate the investor perspective into effective communications
• Ability to rapidly learn new sectors and companies, and operate with imperfect information
• Ability to operate effectively in an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment
• Ability to multitask, prioritize and think strategically and creatively
• Exceptional written and verbal communication ability, including on complex issues
• Experience managing teams and passionate about mentoring junior staff

About Brunswick

Brunswick is a strategic advisory firm focused on critical issues and critical stakeholders. Our purpose is to help our clients play their role in the world successfully.

We advise on critical issues and critical stakeholders at the center of business, politics and society, and help our clients – the leaders of large,