Job Description
AVP, Investor Relations
locations
United States-Remote
time type
Full time
job requisition id
JR0028132
Together we fight for everyone’s opportunity for a better financial future.
We will do this together with customers, partners and colleagues. We will fight for others, not against: We will stand up for and champion everyone’s access to opportunities. The status quo is not good enough we believe every individual and every community deserves access to financial opportunities. We are determined to support both individuals and communities in reaching a better financial future. We know that reaching this future depends on our actions today.
Like our Purpose Statement, Voya believes in being bold and committed to action. We are committed to a work environment where the differences that we are born with and those we acquire throughout our lives are understood, valued and intentionally pursued. We believe that our employees own our culture and have a responsibility to foster an environment where we all feel comfortable bringing our whole selves to work. Purposefully bringing our differences together to positively influence our culture, serve our clients and enrich our communities is essential to our vision.
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Get to Know the Opportunity:
Investor Relations is a strategic function responsible for driving effective two-way communication between our VOYA management team, the company, shareholders, and the broader financial community.
As AVP of Investor Relations, you will play a critical role in supporting Voya’s Finance function, and report into the Head of Investor Relations. In this role you will contribute to IR’s influence on: 1) VOYA’s strategy and priorities, 2) attracting and retaining long-term, high-quality investors and 3) make a meaningful impact on Voya’s long-term valuation
Ideal candidates will thrive in and be energized by a fast-paced, greatly dynamic, and high-visibility role and is for someone looking to build a career within a growing organization. Candidates will also come from former investment and research analyst roles and/or will have direct investor relations experience, either with an agency or in-house IR position. Financial communications experience is preferred. The candidate must be fluent in the capital markets and possess a strong comfort level in counseling senior executives and investor relations teams of publicly traded companies on matters including disclosure, earnings and guidance, governance, marketing, investor targeting and relationship building, capital raises and crisis situations.
The Contributions You’ll Make:
- Provide counsel to clients on messaging and positioning across all external investor and financial communications, including quarterly earnings news releases and conference call scripts, investor presentations and general 1:1 and group communications with the investment community.
- Manage and participate hands-on in team development of messaging and positioning of company business model and corporate developments.
- Co-lead the quarterly earnings process, including the development of key earnings materials and drive conversations with key internal stakeholders.
- Lead the creation of investor communications plans and goals, including development of both tactical and strategic elements to both utilize and manage against them.
- Be comfortable in day-to-day contact with clients, including CFO, CEO, IRO, and other senior leaders.
- Interact directly with client shareholders and covering sell-side analysts, discussing client business attributes, collecting feedback, and reacting to investment community informational needs.
- Monitor sell-side valuation models and provide guidance on effectively setting expectations around future performance.
- Ensure junior staff is trained, supportive of team efforts and paying sufficient attention to detail.
Minimum Knowledge & Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Accounting or equivalent work experience required.
- 7+ years of experience within the capital markets, including either with a sell-or buy-side firm, investor relations agency or in an IR role at a public company. Investor relations-specific or Wall Street experience a must for consideration.
- Strong writing skills, including experience writing financially oriented news releases and presentations.
- Strong analytical skills; ability to analyze financial data sets and understand businesses across multiple industries.
- Excellent at writing and verbally ideating, strategizing and pitching communications strategies.
- Experience with relevant data platforms, including FactSet, IHS Markit as well as proficient in MS Excel and PowerPoint.
- Organized and detail-oriented, multi-task various responsibilities.
- Proactive and self-motivated; anticipate upcoming client projects and deliverables.
- Ability to think critically and demonstrate good judgment.
- Excellent interpersonal and verbal skills; professional phone and email communications.
- Innate desire to provide excellent service to clients.