Associate, Financial Communications

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<div class="job-preview__description " data-test-description=""> <h2>Opportunity</h2> <p>Brunswick is seeking to appoint an Associate. This role offers the opportunity to support clients through high-stakes shareholder situations, including activism preparedness, live campaigns, and broader investor engagement.</p> <p>Working as part of an integrated team, the Associate will contribute to advising corporates on how to anticipate, navigate, and respond to activist investors and other critical shareholder dynamics.</p> <p>The role combines rigorous analysis with strategic communications and stakeholder insight, and offers exposure to senior client leaders on complex, often time-sensitive situations.</p> <p>As an Associate, you will also advise clients and drive execution on accounts, focusing on the delivery of workstreams and proactive development of ideas.</p> <p>You will nurture a wide internal network across offices and specialisms to share, develop and deliver the best examples of work for internal and external use; as well as broadening your external network.</p> <h2>About the Role</h2> <ul> <li>Drive execution on client accounts within Financial Practice, managing workflow and leading key workstreams across complex financial communications programmes.</li> <li>Advise listed and private company clients across a range of financial communications and corporate affairs issues, drawing on independent judgement, market insight and the support of Directors and Partners.</li> <li>Lead the development of high-quality client materials, including press releases, investor presentations, shareholder communications, employee and customer communications, Q&As, briefing materials and strategic advisory documents.</li> <li>Develop a deep understanding of complex financial and corporate situations, including mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, shareholder activism, earnings announcements, capital markets transactions and crisis communications.</li> <li>Advise clients on the perspectives of investors, analysts, media, regulators, politicians, NGOs, employees and other key stakeholders, helping shape communications strategies that build trust and support business objectives.</li> <li>Manage complex media and financial stakeholder interactions, using advanced knowledge of the financial media landscape and broader stakeholder environment.</li> <li>Play a key role in team leadership, supporting effective team dynamics, managing workstreams, mentoring junior colleagues and helping ensure the highest standards of client delivery.</li> <li>Work collaboratively across Brunswick’s sector, geographic and specialist teams to bring the firm’s full capabilities to clients as part of our One Firm approach.</li> <li>Contribute actively to business development through drafting proposals, preparing letters of engagement, participating in pitch meetings and identifying opportunities to deepen existing client relationships.</li> <li>Build and maintain a strong network of journalists, analysts, investors, advisers and other external stakeholders, proactively identifying opportunities to strengthen Brunswick’s market profile and develop new business.</li> <li>Work with Partners and Directors to support the continued growth and strategic development of Brunswick’s Financial Practice.</li> </ul> <h2><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">What We’re Looking For</span></h2> <ul> <li>5–8 years’ relevant experience in financial communications, strategic communications, investor relations, corporate affairs, management consulting or a related advisory environment.</li> <li>Experience advising listed companies and financial communications clients, or demonstrable experience supporting organisations on complex corporate and financial issues.</li> <li>Strong understanding of the interaction between corporates, capital markets, investors, regulators, policymakers, media and wider societal stakeholders.</li> <li>Good understanding of listed company disclosure obligations, financial reporting cycles, mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and broader capital markets processes.</li> <li>Strong strategic judgement and an ability to develop corporate positioning and communications strategies that translate into measurable business impact.</li> <li>Knowledge of the financial media landscape, with experience supporting major announcements, earnings communications, capital markets days and other market-sensitive events.</li> <li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce clear, compelling advisory documents and communicate confidently with senior executives.</li> <li>High levels of emotional intelligence, sound judgement and credibility when working with senior business leaders and client teams.</li> <li>Strong project and programme management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.</li> <li>A balance of analytical rigour, creativity, commercial awareness and meticulous attention to detail.</li> <li>A collaborative approach and proven ability to mentor junior colleagues while contributing positively to team culture.</li> <li>A global outlook and the ability to work effectively across international teams, markets and client organisations.</li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Why Join Us</strong></span></p> <p>Whether you are joining a client facing team, a core services team, or starting…