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Manager, Corporate Communications
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)
Washington, DC, United States
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We Work to Protect Investors. Join our Team.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is seeking a well-qualified individual for our Manager, Corporate Communications opening in Washington, D.C. To be considered for this position, please submit your resume through our career site at www.finra.org/careers – no phone calls, please.
Job Summary:
Plans, develops and executes communications in support of corporate initiatives. Provides communications and media relations support and develops communications plans to meet business needs/goals.
Essential Job Functions:
• Responsible for all facets of media relations: writes and disseminates press releases; fields routine media requests; researches information to respond to inquiries; develops media materials including media briefings, talking points and Q&As. Serves as a spokesperson for FINRA.
• Develops and executes corporate communications initiatives and messages to promote the company and its mission. Monitors and analyzes FINRA media coverage. Helps position senior officials prominently in media. Prepares senior leaders for media interviews.
• Provides communications support for various corporate activities impacting investors, broker-dealers and various stakeholders. Serves as primary point of contact and manages discussions with clients; partners with business groups and recommends appropriate strategies and tactics based on business goals, client objectives and best communications practices. Keeps abreast of industry, compliance and regulatory issues as well as communications/media trends to help ensure effectiveness of each project or campaign.
• Role includes independent research, production of outlines/drafts for review, coordination of feedback and production of finalized communications, which may include web pages, webcast/podcast scripts, speeches/talking points, articles and other forms of communication (e.g., social media). Writes articles and other material on behalf of senior management. Also manages select corporate communications projects, including development, research, writing, editing and proofreading. Adapts, as needed, materials for delivery in different media (print, electronic, broadcast).
Other Responsibilities:
• Manages production of daily news summary.
• Other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education/Experience Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications or related field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 - 10 years of communications experience, preferably including financial services and/or securities industry experience with a strong knowledge of financial services regulation and capital markets.
• Ability to manage multiple projects on an ongoing basis.
• Experience working closely with reporters.
• Demonstrated superior writing and editing skills.
• Ability to convey complex information in clear, engaging ways.
• Energetic self-starter and constant learner who is proactive, resourceful, collaborative and works well under pressure.
• Ability to produce copy quickly and meet tight deadlines. Strong relationship management skills.
Working Conditions:
• Standard office environment.
• Travel may be required.
To be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter and resume. A writing sample may be required as part of the submission.
The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.
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www.finra.org/careersinto your browser to reach our site directly.
FINRA strives to make our career site accessible to all users. If you need a disability-related accommodation for completing the application process, please contact FINRA’s accommodation help line at 240.386.4865. Please note that this number is exclusively for inquiries regarding application accommodations.
In addition to a competitive salary, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, and incentive compensation, FINRA offers immediate participation and vesting in a 401(k) plan with company match. You will also be eligible for participation in an additional FINRA-funded retirement contribution, our tuition reimbursement program and many other benefits. If you would like to contribute to our important mission and work collegially in a professional organization that values intelligence, integrity and initiative, consider a career with FINRA.
Important Information
FINRA’s Code of Conduct imposes restrictions on employees’ investments and requires financial disclosures that are uniquely related to our role as a securities regulator. FINRA employees are required to disclose to FINRA all brokerage accounts that they maintain, and those in which they control trading or have a financial interest (including any trust account of which they are a trustee or beneficiary and all accounts of a spouse, domestic partner or minor child who lives with the employee) and to authorize their broker-dealers to provide FINRA with duplicate statements for all of those accounts. All of those accounts are subject to the Code’sinvestment and securities account restrictions, and new employees must comply with those investment restrictions—including disposing of any security issued by a company on FINRA’s Prohibited Company List or obtaining a written waiver from their Executive Vice President—by the date they begin employment with FINRA. Employees may only maintain securities accounts that must be disclosed to FINRA at one or more securities firms that provide an electronic feed (e-feed) of data to FINRA, and must move securities accounts from other securities firms to a firm that provides an e-feed within three months of beginning employment.
As standard practice, employees must also execute FINRA’s Employee Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement without qualification or modification and comply with the company’s policy on nepotism.
About FINRA
FINRA is an independent, non-governmental regulator for all securities firms doing business with the public in the United States. FINRA works to protect investors and maintain market integrity in a public-private partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), while also benefiting from the SEC’s oversight. In its role as investor guardian, FINRA is informed, but not influenced, by the industry that it regulates. FINRA’s independent regulation plays a critical role in America’s financial system–all at no cost to taxpayers.
FINRA touches virtually every aspect of the securities business—from registering and educating industry participants to examining securities firms; writing rules; enforcing those rules and the federal securities laws; informing and educating the investing public; providing trade reporting and other industry utilities; and administering the largest dispute resolution forum for investors and registered firms. FINRA uses technology powerful enough to look across markets and detect potential abuses. Using a variety of data gathering techniques, we work to detect insider trading and any strategies firms or individuals use to gain an unfair advantage.
In today's fast-paced and complex global economy, FINRA is a trusted advocate for investors, dedicated to keeping the markets fair and proactively addressing emerging regulatory issues before they harm investors or the markets. FINRA operates from Washington, DC, and New York, NY, with other offices around the country.
Find out more about us and how we work—and view our current openings—at www.finra.org/careers.
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FINRA is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, disability, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status or any other classification protected by federal state or local laws as appropriate, or upon the protected status of the person’s relatives, friends or associates.
FINRA abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-741.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified individuals on the basis of disability, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities.
FINRA abides by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a). This regulation prohibits discrimination against qualified protected veterans, and requires affirmative action by covered prime contractors and subcontractors to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans.
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