Senior Consultant, Financial Communications | Strategic Communications | Singapore
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 work side-by side with leaders who have shaped history, helping solve the biggest challenges making headlines today. From day one, you’ll be an integral part of a focused team where you can make a real impact. You’ll be surrounded by an open, collaborative culture that embraces diversity, recognition, professional development and, most importantly, you.
Are you ready to make your impact?
About the Role
Our Strategic Communications team in Singapore provides our clients with a comprehensive view of strategic communications that leverages our integrated suite of services, including financial communications, corporate reputation and public affairs in all the major markets around the world.
We are looking to hire a Senior Consultant to join an ambitious, dynamic growth-minded team in Singapore. As one of our Senior Consultants, you will have the opportunity to learn and implement a full range of strategic communications services. Our Senior Consultants play a key role in advising FTI's international and domestic clients across a number of different industries. In this role, you will work closely with our financial services and financial communications teams to support on ongoing communications programmes as well as contribute towards other industry sectors teams.
We take career progression seriously and seek candidates who wish to learn and develop their own career while becoming a key long-term member of our team.
Our Senior Consultant role is both challenging and highly rewarding, with client service and account management at its core. The successful candidate will be able to join a number of exciting and challenging client accounts, serving a range of leading corporate names from day one.
What You’ll Do
- Provide input into and draft various communications materials for client programmes including communications strategies, press releases, client memos, stakeholder and issues mapping, articles and commentary and briefing documents.
- Build and develop relationships with the key with financial and business press, analysts and fund managers, where relevant.
- Deliver high-quality work within project teams.
- Under guidance and supervision, lead various tasks related to client engagements.
- Assist senior team members in developing new business initiatives (e.g. conducting research on prospects, developing strategic approaches and ideas, reviewing presentations and proposals, etc.).
- Actively contribute to both internal and external meetings by offering strategic and creative insights.
- Maintain a self-driven passion to stay abreast of client issues and related industry trends, participate in industry networking events and inform team leaders of potential new business opportunities.
- Understand and live by FTI’s values, Code of Ethics and the Strategic Communications Rules of Practice, and work with junior staff to embed these concepts within the firm’s culture. (Additional information about FTI’s values, Code of Ethics and the Strategic Communications Rules of Practice can be accessed here.)
How You’ll Grow
- You will have the opportunity to be part of a growing team of leading experts in the financial and corporate PR space, and develop a deeper understanding on areas including corporate reptation management (profile raising, market positioning, multi-market communication campaigns, crisis and issues management, etc.), transaction communications (M&As, IPOs, privatisations, shareholder activism, takeovers, etc), investor relations, and public relations for our suite of clients in the financial space.
- You will build your professional skills in a variety of project experiences by assisting the clients to understand the complexities of issues they face, and by implementing solutions to help them remediate identified issues.
- We aim to promote continuous learning and individual skills development through on-the-job learning, and self-guided professional development courses. FTI offers professional milestones programmes and other internal learning courses to ensure you are prepared and empowered to take on your next role.
Basic Qualifications
- Prior financial services and/or financial communications experience will be needed for this role; candidates should be able to display a strong track record of serving financial institutions (private equity, asset management, family offices, wealth management, etc) MNCs and listed companies.
- Minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience at a financial communications agency/ consultancy
- Prepared to learn and utilise new and emerging approaches to communications as part of a leading global communications consultancy business.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Experience mentoring and coaching junior team members.
- Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
- A collegiate and collaborative team player that also has the ability to work independently, take initiative and set priorities.
- Ability to work with senior team members and the client in demanding, deadline-driven situations.
- A collegiate approach to working in a diverse team across the Asia region and also globally to handle requests from international clients.
- An aptitude and desire for learning and ongoing development.
- Regional/Global travel to client office(s) and/or FTI regional office(s) as needed.
- Able to attend early/late hours’ regional/global meetings as needed.
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Our Benefits
Apart from the well-structured career path and collaborative team environment, our employees enjoy a variety of perks and benefits. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Comprehensive leave policy
- Health care benefits including dependents
- Education subsidy with study and examination leaves
- Annual paid volunteer hours
- Corporate matching for corporate charitable event donations
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 8,000 employees located in 33 countries and territories, 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 recognized as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms by Forbes. 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.
