This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing and award winning UK Public Affairs team within a leading integrated communications agency.

Working in this team, you will play a key role in developing and enhancing client relationships while overseeing the overall direction and delivery of strategic UK public affairs client activity. In this role, you will play a leading role in the Financial Services sector, but may also gain exposure to a range of clients and sectors. These sectors span: FS, FinTech, Technology, Energy and Transport and Infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities:

• The ability to motivate and engage account teams to deliver outstanding performance and service to clients.
• Providing strategic overview of accounts and proactively advising clients on new issues/external environment and contributing to strategic planning meetings with the client.
• Building and maintaining key relationships with a broad range of stakeholders and policy makers.
• Overseeing and leading client marketing and retention.
• Identifying and expanding new opportunities for growing existing business and developing new business opportunities
• Managing junior account teams

Key Requirements:

• Experience in a related role with some prior consultancy experience
• Strong parliamentary knowledge and understanding, as well as Financial Services regulatory knowledge and experience
• Highly competent in all written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and the ability to organise regular and timely meetings with colleagues to ensure service levels are maintained.
• The ability and desire to continuously learn new areas of policy