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Nielsen Director of Investor Relations in New York, New York
At Nielsen, we believe that career growth is a partnership. You ultimately own, fuel and set the journey. By joining our team of nearly 14,000 associates, you will become part of a community that will help you to succeed. We champion you because when you succeed, we do too. Embark on a new initiative, explore a fresh approach, and take license to think big, so we can all continuously improve. We enable your best to power our future.
Nielsen shapes the world’s media and content as a global leader in audience measurement, data, and analytics. Through our understanding of people and their behaviors across all channels and platforms, we empower our clients with independent and actionable intelligence so they can connect and engage with their audiences—now and into the future. We operate in over 55 countries and empower our clients with trusted intelligence that fuels action.
We’re driven by our purpose of powering a better media future for all people and three core values: Inclusion: Be open, begin with trust, respect everyone and appreciate every contribution; Courage : Show grit and drive to a decision with feedback that helps us grow and; Growth : Go big, act with increasing velocity and purpose, be curious and develop yourself and others.
Our 14,000 employees power our business globally and we have 14 employee-led Business Resource Groups that cultivate and champion a diverse, equitable and inclusive Nielsen. Named one of Newsweek’s Most Loved Workplaces for 2021, we’ve also been honored in recent years to be recognized as one of Fortune’s “Best Workplaces” and “100 Best Workplaces for Millennials,” Diversity Inc’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” and Corporate Responsibility’s “100 Best Corporate Citizens.” We’ve also earned top scores on The Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and 100% scores on both the Disability Equality Index (DEI) and Corporate Equality Index as a “Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality.”
Activities and expectations:
Help represent Nielsen to debt investors, by articulating one of the most exciting stories in media and technology
Effectively articulate Nielsen’s financial performance, technology roadmap and strategy in order to provide appropriate transparency and positioning to lenders
Coordinate quarterly financial result releases and conference calls, including developing key/critical themes and issues to be presented, working closely with the executive team to communicate strategies, drafting conference call scripts, decks and Q&A materials
Manage communications with existing and prospective investors, including phone calls, company visits, non-deal roadshows, and conferences
Partner with financial reporting, FP&A, legal, executive team members and private equity sponsor teams on developing consistent, accurate messaging across constituencies
Track and provide insights to the executive team on key developments in Nielsen’s lender community
Support the development of the cash flow forecast
Competencies/skills:
Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, science, or related field with a strong academic record; MBA or equivalent experience preferred
8+ years of experience in finance with prior investor relations experience preferred
Strong analytical skills, including financial modeling
Ability to develop constructive relationships with executives and colleagues across the organization
Strong work ethic, self-motivated work style, attention to detail, effective communicator
Experience working in a private equity owned company a plus
Position can be hybrid in greater New York area or remote with regular travel to Nielsen’s NY office
Our comprehensive benefits package (including health & wellness plans for full-time employees, 401(k) retirement coupled with a Nielsen match, a generous paid time off policy, and if eligible, a discretionary incentive/bonus) is designed to be inclusive for all employees and families, and we take pride in ensuring that employees are rewarded holistically for the role they are doing and their performance.
A reasonable estimate of salary range for a new employee to be offered this role would be between $66,000 - $225,000, which would be adjusted based on each employee's geographic location. The position of each employee within a compensation range at Nielsen is dependent on several individual circumstances, such as experience, training, certifications, and other business requirements/needs.
Nielsen is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other protected class.
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