Job description

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Retail Banking and Wealth Management serves more than 50 million customers worldwide with a complete range of banking and wealth management services to enable them to manage their finances and protect and build their financial futures. It is a global business that brings together management responsibility for Retail Banking, Wealth Management, Insurance and Asset Management with a focus on customer-centric propositions and innovative and efficient distribution channels.

We are currently seeking an ambitious individual to join our team as an Investment Writer – Research and Insight, working together with colleagues to define, manage and achieve divisional business targets.

Role Purpose

As part of the Content Team – sitting within the Research and Insight team – investment writers are responsible for the production of regular and ad hoc investment commentary, articles, white papers, marketing texts, website pages, video scripts and others across a full range of investment capabilities and targeted audiences – pension funds, sovereign investors, insurance companies, consultants and retail clients. Investment writers are also contributing to the editorial direction in line with the Business needs.

You will have responsibility for maintaining the ongoing quality and consistency of the content produced by the wider team. This involves working closely with multiple stakeholders, including Investment and Business Teams. The individual will be responsible for developing and maintaining strong relationships with his stakeholders in order to facilitate the delivery of high quality content within the relevant timeframe.

You should demonstrate a solid investment knowledge and a deep understanding of financial markets globally. She/he should have the ability to write new content or edit content produced by others. It requires an open mind set and collaborative skills. All content to be produced in English.

In this role, you will:

• Support the development and execution of the Content strategy globally, working with stakeholders to prioritise and support key strategic initiatives.
• Supporting idea generation for regular publications and articles by keeping up to speed with industry news.
• Being proactive in identifying market trends that could form the basis of thought leadership publications.
• Contribute to ad hoc business projects and team projects.
• Maintain strong relationships across the Investment teams to ensure content reflects the strengths of our investment platforms and support our business priorities.
• Contribute to team development, effectiveness and success by, working collaboratively with others to create a productive, diverse and supportive working environment.

Requirements

To be successful in the role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Experience in finance / content-related roles.
• Strong writing skills (all documents to be produced in English).
• Deep understanding of the industry and of client needs across regions and segments.
• Extensive knowledge of the full scope of asset management products from core through to alternatives.
• Working knowledge of communication processes and content production/delivery methodologies.
• Excellent ability to interact at senior levels with key stakeholders.
• The job requires to be able to edit documents in Word and PowerPoint – following our Brand guidelines.

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