Group Investor Relations Analyst

Investor targeting/analyst engagements
- Contributes, maintains, monitors and assists with the coordination of the company's investor relations plan, calendar and database of investors/analysts and of interactions together with the GIRM noting gaps in activity
- Keeps abreast of conferences and other events which management may choose to attend in order to provide regular contact with shareholders and key underweight and non-holding investors
- Maintain a database of common queries, themes frombuy-side and sell-side analysts including responses to ensure consistent messaging and to brief GIRM for Q&A deck
- Use of analytical skills and competencies
- Utilize technical competencies to monitor and analyse sell-side analyst reports, fact check and summarize for review by the GIRM. Interrogate report for accuracy and relevance
- Maintains a thorough understanding of the performance drivers behind Company’s financial results to provide input to analysts forecasts of future company performance
- Monitor Company peer group activity and issues impacting the sector including reviewing key financial, strategic and operational fundamentals of Company peers to ensure relevant peer group is maintained and for sector reporting to the Board
- Understand Company’s relative performance to support communication with the sell-side
- Assist in updating the Company’s internal financial model
- Event management: planning and coordination of conferences,road shows, earnings conference calls, and investor meetings
- Communicate with brokers/sponsors regarding the scheduling of meetings in accordance with investor targeting strategy in order to ensure events are an efficient use of management time.
- Coordinate with internal travel and events desk to ensure logístical requirements of all events are met according to the Investor Relations specification.
- Together with the Group Communications Manager, maintain the stakeholder database/distribution list for events in order to manage the communication of invites & RSVP’s for events.
- Coordinate with Group Communications manager the timely distribution of Investor Relations supporting materials for all events on relevant platforms (Company website)
- Ongoing management of IR activities & reporting
- Contribute to the production of all annual reports
- Propose communication materials for external distribution or for internal use to address standard queries and also more material queries for consideration by the GIRM to ensure timely, accurate and consistent disclosure to the investment community and internal stakeholders
- Assist in drafting quarterly Board report by summarising share price performance, sector related news and relative valuation input of Company peers
- Maintain the CRM system to manage engagement with the investor community and for quarterly Board reporting
- Contribute to broader team success
- Monitor IR best practices and identify opportunities to enhance and improve internal and external processes.
- Monitor ESG Investor Relations best practice, for inclusion into the IR strategy
- Contribute to IR section of the website
- Build relationships and collaborate across the broader finance and corporate communities as well as with different business units

Certifications/registrations
- BCom Finance/Business Science or related qualification
- Studying towards CFA/CA preferred

Overall Experience
- Finance, stakeholder engagement, results processes and preparation of financial communication, co-ordination of events

Specific experience, knowledge and registrations
- 3-5 years of post B degree in an analytical role. Equity research or banking experience preferred

Work-specific skills & exposure
- Excellent written, verbal and communication skills
- Strong computer skills (excel, powerpoint, word)
- Strong understanding or and experience with spreadsheet modelling
- Good knowledge of data management and financial statement analysis

Technical competencies & skills

Skills and attributes
- Extremely reliable and customer centric
- Ability to manage projects
- Enthusiasm for the task, personal drive and an initiative to learn and offer ideas;
- Practical and hands-on approach to problem solving, taking ownership of issues and driving timely resolution;
- Ability to handle pressure and dealing calmly with demanding counter-parties;
- Strong analytical, financial skills;
- Detail-oriented with ability to step back and challenge data and results;
- Passion for business and stock markets.
- Excellent interpersonal & organization skills.
- Performance driven, results orientated, accountability and ownership;
- Communicates and manages conflict effectively;
- Demonstrates a passion for Aspen and the industry;
- Desire to continuously grow and develop;
- Good project management and administrative capabilities

Knowledge
- Financial markets, Desktop valuations, industry and business,

Between 3 - 5 Years