Senior Consultant, Financial Communications - Healthcare & Life Sciences

Full Time
New York, NY 10036
Posted
Job description
Who We Are

FTI Consulting is the world's leading expert-driven consulting firm. Over the last 40 years, FTI Consulting experts have served as the trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies and the world's leading law and private equity firms when they are facing their greatest opportunities and challenges. Our strong performance and continued success are a direct reflection of the ambition, energy, and commitment of our talented professionals across the globe to make a positive impact for our clients and communities.

At FTI Consulting, you'll be inspired and empowered to make an impact on headline matters that change history. Working side by side with the world's leading experts in your field, you'll be surrounded by an open collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and most importantly, you.

There's never been a more exciting time to join FTI Consulting and this is where you will do the most exciting and fulfilling work of your career.

Are you ready to make an impact?

About The Role

We are currently looking for a Senior Consultant to join our Financial Communications team with a focus on Healthcare and Life Sciences, where you will primarily support team members in the execution of financial communications and Investor Relations ("IR") programs. In this role, you will build the necessary subject matter expertise and proper skillset to service and advise clients ranging from startups through Fortune 500 companies on a range of company events, milestones, and complex issues. By doing so, you will learn the necessary subjects and processes to service and advise clients. You will conduct a variety of capital markets-related research projects and assist in the development of programs related to ongoing IR advisory and event-driven work including M&A, IPOs, spin-offs, SPACs, shareholder activism, C-suite transitions, ESG-related projects, and business transformations. The individual will collaborate within and across FTI's Strategic Communications practices to support and advise clients. As a Senior Consultant, you will be tasked with staying up to date on key issues and current events for their clients, as well as generally in the financial markets and relevant industries. Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, the following:

What You'll Do

For Clients:
  • Have a thorough understanding of each client's business, narrative, investment thesis, shareholder base and sell-side analyst coverage
  • Perform detailed and accurate research to underpin all client projects and deliverables and formulate opinions or recommendations based on findings
  • Incorporate both quantitative and qualitative analysis and work with senior team members to make recommendations for companies' messaging and investor outreach strategies
  • Contribute to the strategic planning and messaging to support key financial, clinical, and corporate milestones (e.g. quarterly earnings, clinical trial readouts, regulatory approval, business development announcements)
  • Research and report key findings around peer and industry best practices
  • Monitor and report on broad financial markets, healthcare industry trends, peer companies, client stock movements and media coverage
  • Develop investor messaging to differentiate clients within their peer group
  • Complete targeting exercises and set up institutional investor meetings for clients
  • Obtain detailed feedback from institutional investors and work with senior team members to translate the commentary into useful advice for clients
  • Draft client materials such as press releases and presentations under the direction of senior team members
  • Handle the logistics surrounding the distribution of press releases, set up of earnings conference calls and webcasts, investor conference presentations, corporate access events, etc.

For New Business Development:
  • Provide tactical support to team members as needed, including conducting research for new business pitches, participating in select new business pitches, etc.
  • Work with colleagues to produce new business pitch materials

For the Healthcare and Life Sciences and Financial Communications Teams:
  • Assist in building efficiencies within the broader Healthcare and Financial Communications practice teams by utilizing resources and leveraging prior relevant work for new projects that arise
  • Continuously build out and improve the Healthcare and Financial Communications' internal processes and market intelligence functions
  • Assist Healthcare and Financial Communications Practice leaders to elevate FTI's Strategic Communications standing within these respective fields

Additional Tasks:
  • Efficiently utilize research tools including but not limited to Factiva, FactSet, Capital IQ, Bloomberg, EDGAR and AlphaSense
  • Keep up to date with major stock market, business, economic and regulatory news
  • Demonstrate a high level of integrity and ask the necessary questions to manage firm and client data responsibly
  • Understand FTI's values, Code of Ethics and the Strategic Communications Rules of Practice and demonstrate a strong commitment to applying these concepts in daily interactions with colleagues and clients. (Additional information about FTI's values, Code of Ethics and the Strategic Communications Rules of Practice can be accessed here .)


How You'll Grow
  • Direct access to leadership with defined long-term career planning to ensure continued development of your skills as a strategic communications practitioner.
  • Partner with internal teams in various specialty areas to tackle a myriad of high visibility client challenges across industries, with an emphasis on a collaborative team approach.
  • Learn from others and share diverse perspectives and ways of working to best meet client challenges and continue to grow the firm.


What You Will Need To Succeed

Basic Qualifications
  • 2 years of experience working in sell-side research, equity asset management, investment banking, investor relations, or other communications roles at a publicly listed company within the healthcare industry
  • Experience analyzing public company financial data via 10-k / 10-Q documents, earnings reports, investor presentations and other company materials
  • Strong quantitative and qualitative research skills
  • Excellent written and oral presentation skills
  • Ability to learn new concepts quickly and possess a service-oriented attitude
  • Developed ability to multi-task while maintaining strong attention to detail
  • Ability to absorb constructive feedback and grow from a variety of experiences
  • Ability to stay well organized, remain adaptive under pressure, and manage multiple project timelines / deadlines effectively
  • Proficient skills in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
  • Demonstrated proficiency in some financial and investor relations systems
  • Travel required to clients and to FTI office(s)

Preferred Qualifications
  • Ability to recognize, explore and use a broad range of ideas and practices, thinking logically and creatively without influence from personal bias
  • Ability to establish positive relationships with a wide variety of individuals
  • Ability to manage priorities between multiple client assignments
  • Ability to connect the dots and leverage existing materials to create efficiencies in deliverables
Our Benefits

Our goal is to support the well-being of you and your families-physically, emotionally, and financially. We offer comprehensive benefits such as the following:
  • Competitive total compensation, including bonus earning potential
  • Full package of benefits plans, including health, dental, vision coverage, along with life and disability insurance
  • Generous paid time off
  • Company matched 401K
  • Potential for flexible work arrangements
  • Generous paid parental leave and flex return support
  • Family care benefits, including back-up child/elder care
  • Employee Wellness Platform
  • Employee Recognition Programs
  • Paid time off for volunteering in your community
  • Corporate matching for charitable donations most important to you
  • Make an impact in our communities through company sponsored pro bono work
  • Professional Development and Certification Programs
  • In office free snacks and drinks
  • Free smartphone and cellular plan (if applicable)
  • FTI Perks & Discounts at retailers and businesses
  • Upscale offices close to public transportation
  • Pet insurance


About FTI Consulting

FTI Consulting is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping clients with their most significant opportunities and challenges. With more than 7,500 employees located in 30 countries, our broad and diverse bench of award -winning experts advise their clients when they are facing their most significant opportunities and challenges. At FTI Consulting, we embrace, cultivate and maintain a culture of diversity, inclusion & belonging, which are fundamental components to our core values. FTI Consulting is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and has been named the #1 Professional Services Firm on Forbes List of America's Best Employers and the best firm to work for by Consulting Magazine . For more information, visit www.fticonsulting.com and connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn .

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

#LI-VF1

#HYBRID

#HYBRID

jjbodyshop.com is the go-to platform for job seekers looking for the best job postings from around the web. With a focus on quality, the platform guarantees that all job postings are from reliable sources and are up-to-date. It also offers a variety of tools to help users find the perfect job for them, such as searching by location and filtering by industry. Furthermore, jjbodyshop.com provides helpful resources like resume tips and career advice to give job seekers an edge in their search. With its commitment to quality and user-friendliness, jjbodyshop.com is the ideal place to find your next job.

Intrested in this job?

Related Jobs

All Related Listed jobs