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Vice President, Investor Relations

The Equity Group, a longstanding investor relations firm and a subsidiary of Ruder Finn, is seeking an experienced and highly motivated IR professional with familiarity in the tech or industrials sector, to join its firm as a Vice President. Candidates must be based in the New York metropolitan area.

The position is to work closely with an SVP in the development and execution of strategic IR programs for public and going-public client companies. The position offers meaningful growth over time.

Responsibilities include:

• Developing and implementing strategic investor relations programs for a group of clients.

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with clients' senior management teams, and key stakeholders.

• Developing and maintaining strong knowledge of clients' businesses, financials, and markets/peers.

• Drafting and editing clients' quarterly earnings news releases, conference call scripts, and Q&A prep memos, as well as other corporate announcements and letters to shareholders.

• Developing and editing PowerPoint investor presentations, investor factsheets and IR website content.

• Developing and managing relationships with clients' current investors and analysts and interacting with them to discuss client developments.

• Introducing clients' stories to new investors and analysts to build awareness and interest, address questions, and arrange meetings/calls with client management teams.

• Interacting regularly with client management teams to provide counsel.

• Developing and managing client IR plans and calendars.

• Supervising additional work being done by other members of your team.

• Reporting to clients on activities.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• 7+ years of public company investor relations experience - this can include being employed by an investor relations firm and/or working in internal IR for a publicly traded company. Years spent working in sell-side equity research can be included, but the candidate must have direct IR work experience.

• Bachelor's degree in Business/Finance/Accounting or related discipline preferred.

• Understanding/interest in finance and the capital markets.

• Strong analytical skills; ability to analyze and understand businesses in different industries.

• Strong writing skills, including experience writing financially-oriented news releases and presentations.

• Experience and comfort interfacing with CEOs and CFOs.

• Organized and detail-oriented; ability to multi-task effectively.

• Strong interpersonal and verbal skills.

• Capacity and interest in working in a team environment, while also being proactive and self-motivated, and able to work well independently.

• Ability to think critically and demonstrate good judgment.

• Adept at Microsoft Office, particularly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

The Equity Group offers:

• Competitive salary and annual performance-based bonus.

• Comprehensive benefits package.

• Collaborative, entrepreneurial culture that fosters growth; an open opportunity for advancement.

The anticipated salary range for this position, at the time of posting, is $120,000 - $160,000. The salary of the applicant selected for this role will be based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, education, relevant years of experience, skills, abilities of the selected applicant, and other job-related qualifications.

More on The Equity Group:

The Equity Group specializes in strategic investor communications, investor outreach, and advisory for public and going-public companies across industries. The Equity Group's long client relationships, which often span 10 - 20 years, reflect the firm's high level of service and commitment to clients. The firm offers a challenging and collaborative work environment, and opportunity for advancement limited only by an individual's performance and development. Average employee tenure is approximately 12 years.

The Equity Group is part of Ruder Finn, one of the world's largest independent global communications and integrated marketing agencies, leading the industry in AI strategy and implementation.

Ruder Finn provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Ruder Finn will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Ruder Finn believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as a global company, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.