Associate Director, Analyst Relations

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KPMG is currently seeking an Associate Director, Analyst Relations to join our Advisory Strategy & Markets organization.

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain robust relationships with key industry analysts, including a regular schedule of interactions
• Organize and participate in briefings, interviews, and events with analysts to effectively communicate our firm's strategy, investment roadmaps, and market positioning
• Provide insights and feedback from analysts to internal teams to support internal decision-making processes
• Actively seek insights from analysts on market trends, competitive landscapes, and customer needs, as well as analyst thought leadership in support of market development and business planning
• Present to leadership and other internal teams on analyst relations activities, progress against goals, and market/analyst perceptions
• Promptly update analyst relations portal content, CRM databases, and other archives shared by the AR team or with internal stakeholders as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum six years of recent experience in analyst relations, advisory, industry analysis/research, marketing, media relations or corporate communications with a minimum of ten years professional services experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in business or a related field
• Ability to demonstrate exceptional interpersonal skills that have resulted in business relationships of trust, confidence and results
• Solid understanding of professional services, IT services; ability to articulate that with external clients
• Excellent internal and external client relationship management skills and solid communication and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and collaborate from a remote location with global contacts, both inside and outside of KPMG
• Enthusiastic presence, highly responsive and collaborative; team player with the ability to earn trust and respect
• Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)

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