Job
Title: Investor Relations Manager
Supervises:
2
Location: Marketing & Corporate Affairs
Reports to: Director, Marketing & Corporate Affairs
Job Purpose Summary:Location: Marketing & Corporate Affairs
Reports to: Director, Marketing & Corporate Affairs
Reporting to the Director, Marketing & Corporate Affairs the job holder will take strategic management responsibility for integrating the finance, communication and marketing functions to enable the most effective communication between the Company, its investors, the financial community and other stakeholders.
Nature and Scope:
The
position reports to the Director, Marketing & Corporate
Affairs.
The
jobholder will be accountable for creating and presenting a consistently
applied investment message to the investment community on behalf of the
Company, as well as monitoring and presenting to management the opinions of the
investment community regarding the company's performance.
The position holder must have a strong knowledge of current and upcoming issues that an organization may face, particularly those that relate to fiduciary duties and organizational impact.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
a) Strategic Roles and Responsibilities
The position holder must have a strong knowledge of current and upcoming issues that an organization may face, particularly those that relate to fiduciary duties and organizational impact.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
a) Strategic Roles and Responsibilities
Key
Accountabilities and Key Activities / Decision Areas
Investor Relations Strategy:
Investor Relations Strategy:
- Continuous
management, evaluation and development of the Company’s Investor Relations
Strategy in line with Company’s business strategy and movements in
relevant markets, economies, regulatory and stakeholder developments thus
ensuring that Company’s is optimally positioned as an optimal investment
case at all times.
Build
and maintain the Company’s investor brand equity:
- Work with all
internal operations, leadership and key advisors and service providers to
ensure that long term sustainable brand equity is built around Company’s
from a business standpoint amongst all relevant stakeholders.
Research
and Monitoring:
- Continuous
research, evaluation, reporting and formulation of counter or corrective
strategies for the Company’s investor brand against set benchmarks and the
competition.
b)
Operational / Administrative
- Implement an
Investor Relations strategy for Company’s in line with the overriding
business strategy.
- Manage
information structuring and dissemination regarding Company’s performance
and business developments to the general business community, investors,
media and key stakeholders.
- Work closely
with key management at both operational and holding company level in the
areas of investor updates and briefings together with managing media,
investor and analyst enquiries and structuring responses (both proactively
and reactively).
- Manage and
monitor both the Company’s and competitor investor databases in order to
have a clear movement of the Company’s equity and proactively red flag any
opportunities or threats to the equity.
- Provide support
to the GFD on strategic, financial, competitive, and market study analyses
including provision of regular competitive peer benchmarking by tracking
and reporting comparative financial and operational metrics and
highlighting relevant operational or market changes.
- Build, maintain
and foster cordial professional relationships with all stakeholders
especially the analysts and investor community.
- Actively promote
Company’s investment and business case at every opportunity and help to
formulate and implement interventions that will assist in this regard.
- Work closely
with Company’s appointed agencies and advisors i.e. PR agency, Auditors,
Advertising agencies and other consultants in order to ensure that all
communication and interventions are always in line with the underlying
business and communication strategy.
- Manage the
payment of relevant accounts as well as managing set budgets and compiling
reports and recommendations for Communications Director and Company’s
Exco.
- Keep abreast of
all relevant developments in all areas that may have a direct or indirect
effect on the brand and financial equity of Company’s.
Qualifications,
Knowledge, Experience
- A business
related degree. MBA will be an added advantage.
- Professional
qualification in Finance/Investment e.g. CPA, CFA, ACCA, etc.
- Over 5 (five)
years’ experience in finance 2 of which must be experience in managing
investor relations.
- Previous
experience as a financial analyst and with a good grasp of the global,
regional and local equity and business environment.
- Preferably have
a good grasp of the workings of the media, PR and Brand disciplines.
Key
Competencies for the role:
- Strong
analytical and conceptual skills with strong knowledge of investments.
- Proactive and
outgoing nature and personality.
- Strong
inter-personal skills and ability to work in a team-oriented and
collaborative environment.
- Ability to work
in a fast paced and highly entrepreneurial environment.
- Demonstrated
ability to prioritize and handle multiple critical projects and
assignments.
- Strong attention
to detail and high level of accuracy.
- A high level of
written and verbal communication skills and the ability to and articulate
strategy and financials across all levels in a clear, appropriate and
timely manner.
- Strong team
player with excellent leadership skills.
Performance
Standards
- Relationship
building skills in the investment community.
- Top notch
analytical skills.
- Willingness to
continuously learn and share knowledge.
- Excellent
written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate
with the Executive team.
- A positive and
enthusiastic attitude, willing to "sell" the company to the
financial community.
- Tact, integrity,
patience and highest order work ethic.
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apply, follow this link http://bit.ly/12ouW09 to profile yourself
by 19th June 2013