Communications Specialist (under Legal, Compliance, Risk & Assurance)

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 10 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

Job Description

In this Communications Manager role, your responsibilities would be focused on internal communications for the Legal Compliance Risk and Assurance area (LCRA) as well as administrative support tasks for the General Counsel. You will be working closely with the Head of Internal Communications and supporting with internal communications matters for the LCRA business area – such as town halls, newsletters, blogs - with the aim to translate LCRA updates into engaging messages for our global colleague audience and cascading company-wide messages for LCRA colleagues. The role also supports the General Counsel with the preparation of messaging and content for key meetings, in addition to the logistics and tracking of actions. As part of your work, you will also accompany internal projects of the LCRA team, perform administrative project activities and prepare the presentation of project results.

You would be part of the LCRA team based in Manila and aligned with the Internal Communications team led from Zurich.

Your key tasks 

• Support the General Counsel with regular communications within his business area
• Draft, review and edit communications in line with our style guide
• Ensure content is aligned with overarching business objectives
• Become a trusted advisor to the General Counsel on communication topics
• Create newsletter and email templates according to our brand guidelines
• Organize meetings and support with agenda creation, minute taking and action tracking
• Perform administrative project activities and prepare the presentation of project results
• Coordinate ongoing maintenance of the LCRA SharePoint site
• Provide guidance and support to the General Counsel to ensure company-wide change and engagement initiatives are landed successfully with LCRA colleagues

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in international business environment, preferably in the banking/finance industry, in the IT/software sector or in agencies/consultancy
• Preferably has past work experience as communications officer or a similar role
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills in English, with a high attention for detail
• Strong corporate communications experience with a focus on internal communications
• Accustomed to dealing with C-level executives
• Adept at taking clear meeting minutes and actions
• Well-honed interpersonal skills and confident with senior stakeholder management
• Proven record of delivering and managing multiple projects and deadlines
• Outstanding visual acumen, ability to prepare and hold engaging presentations
• Skilled in O365 applications a must – highly skilled in PowerPoint
• Background in Law is a nice to have

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices. 

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self. 

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way. 

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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