CONSULTANT- FINANCIAL SERVICES

The Brussels office is currently looking for a consultant to join our dedicated financial services team. We are looking for a high-performing and initiative-taking team member who will be responsible for managing client projects, coordinating cross-border activities, delivering client-ready materials and reviewing the work product of junior team members. The candidate is expected to demonstrate an understanding of consultancy business practices and processes, as well as strong tactical and strategic abilities. The candidate would need to possess fluency in English, strong written and oral communication skills, and at least five years of relevant experience in public affairs, advocacy or communications, with emphasis on the financial services sector.

ABOUT APCO:

APCO Worldwide is a global communication, stakeholder engagement and business strategies firm. APCO helps clients anticipate what's next and smartly manage reputational, communication and business opportunities and challenges that affect organizations, products, services or brands. Our diverse and hands-on global team of more than 700 experts comes from the environments clients need to reach, from former elected leaders, journalists and ambassadors to government officials and business executives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintain, grow and effectively deploy knowledge of the key financial services sector issues, Brussels developments, and macro business factors impacting clients;
• Engage directly and regularly with clients to build relationships, identify needs and deliver value;
• Independently manage portions of large client projects or entire small to mid-sized client projects; Prepare client-ready materials and other deliverables, from summary reports to outreach events;
• Review and improve work products of team members, line managing junior staff as appropriate;
• Actively participate in new business generation and pitching;
• Understand APCO's business practices and processes, and act as internal and external advocate for the organization;
• Proactively identify external meetings and training opportunities for self-development and the building of sector knowledge and contacts.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Degree and/or post-graduate degree relevant to the role;
• Solid experience in political or strategic communication (consultancy, in-house or other);
• In-depth financial services sector knowledge and understanding at EU level;
• Experience in developing and executing communication and public affairs programs at EU level;
• Excellent communication and writing skills;
• Fluency in English (spoken and written);
• Excellent command of another EU Member State's language desirable;
• Computer Skills: MS Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel;
• Eligible to work in the EU.

OFFICE ENVIRONMENT:

The physical abilities needed to perform the duties of this position, in addition to the office climate.

• Office environment is general office setting
• Some travel required

APCO WORLDWIDE INC. will make reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities in order to enable them to perform the essential or primary duties for this position.

Thanks for applying using our online tool:http://www.apcoworldwide.com/content/careers/job_opportunities.aspx

(Job opportunity under Brussels: Consultant- Financial Services)

Please note that due to the high number of applications we receive, we will only be contacting successful candidates.