Director, Investor Relations
Leonardo DRS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Arlington • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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Lead
About the role
- Communicate the company’s financial results, operations, and long-term strategy to the investment community
- Develop investor and media relations strategies that support shareholder value maximization
- Create and manage investor-facing materials: presentations, tear sheets, talking points, and website content
- Coordinate and manage the quarterly earnings process: material preparation (call scripts, Q&A, press releases, presentations) and logistics
- Collaborate with business segments to gather operating and forward-looking information
- Analyze operating results and compile key statistics and metrics for investor and analyst discussions
- Ensure consistency and regulatory compliance across earnings materials, SEC filings, and investor presentations in partnership with finance, accounting, and legal
- Build and maintain strong relationships with the company’s senior leadership team, the parent company’s investor relations team, institutional investors and sell-side/buy-side analysts
- Respond to shareholder and analyst inquiries; assess disclosure appropriateness and provide timely, accurate information
- Support and attend (as necessary) investor conferences, non-deal roadshows, in-house investor meetings, annual meetings, and analyst days
- Monitor market trends, investor sentiment, peer performance, and analyst models; provide insights to senior leadership
- Review external research and broker reports; summarize findings and implications for senior management
- Assist in the preparation of quarterly board materials with respect to the operational and financial performance of the company
- Lead ad hoc analysis and reporting for the Investor Relations program
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or a related discipline
- Minimum 10 years of relevant financial experience, including corporate finance, investor relations, or investment industry experience
- Experience in capital markets: buy-side, sell-side investment banking, or IR
- Strong financial and valuation analysis skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex concepts clearly
- Professional presence and ability to interact effectively with senior management and investors
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills; strong analytical abilities
- Experience with financial platforms such as FactSet or NASDAQ IR Insight.
- Prior experience in a public company IR role or on the sell-side covering the defense industry (preferred)
- Track record of building credibility with investors and industry participants (preferred)
- Familiarity with SEC reporting and compliance (preferred)
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Company contribution to a health savings account
- Telemedicine
- Life and disability insurance
- Legal insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- Wellness programs that focus on physical, emotional, and financial well-being
- Flexible work schedules with our 9/80 program
- Competitive vacation
- Health/emergency leave
- Paid parental leave
- Community service hours
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
financial analysisvaluation analysiscapital marketsinvestor relationscorporate financeanalytical abilitiesmaterial preparationregulatory compliancepresentation skillsreporting
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillsprofessional presencerelationship buildingcollaborationanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detailstrategic thinkingadaptability