Senior Head of Investor Relations
Overview
Lead the company’s engagement with shareholders, debt investors and rating agencies, acting as the primary external interface for the capital community. The role owns the company’s financial and strategic narrative, ensuring clear, consistent and credible communication aligned to corporate strategy and performance. Working closely FP&A, Treasury, the Comms Team the wider Finance leadership team, the postholder ensures alignment between internal planning and external messaging. The role plays a critical part in maintaining stakeholder confidence and requirements and supporting the company’s funding and capital strategy.
Location: Commutable distance to London / Winchester
What’s in it for you
- Up to £110,000
- 15% Bonus
- Work Life Smarter – our commitment to a flexible and hybrid working culture
- Generous pension scheme starting at 6% rising to 10%
- A unique wellbeing programme that looks after the whole you
- Access to multiple learning platforms to support your individual development
- Active and diverse networks that build community, support wellbeing and advocate for change
- A comprehensive set of benefits including discounts on big brands, gymflex memberships and paid volunteering leave - see our full list of benefits here.
Plus, you’ll play an integral role in protecting the commercial value of Arqiva’s sites - a critical part of how we deliver for our customers.
What you’ll be working on
- Act as the primary point of contact for shareholders, debt investors (bondholders) and rating agencies, managing ongoing relationships and messaging.
- Own and continuously refine the company’s equity and credit narrative, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy.
- Lead the preparation of investor presentations, results materials, briefing papers and comprehensive Q&A documents.
- Ensure timely, accurate and consistent responses to shareholder, investor and rating agency enquiries.
- Define, agree and maintain stakeholders reporting requirements and ensure meeting this requirements in a timely manner. Ensure reporting is aligned to debt documentation obligations.
- Ensure shareholder reporting requirements are delivered accurately and on time.
- Lead rating agency interactions, including annual reviews, ad hoc updates and RES/RAS processes including preparation of materials, answering relevant Q&A and liaising with Treasury and Head of modelling for preparing and providing models.
- Translate financial performance, forecasts and strategic initiatives into clear, concise and compelling external communications.
- Ensure alignment of messaging across Corporate Finance, Treasury, FP&A, Business Finance and Executive leadership.
- Support capital structure initiatives, financing activities and refinancing processes, ensuring external communications are aligned.
- Provide financial insight and support for shareholder strategic initiatives, valuations and due diligence processes.
- Coordinate engagement with external advisors in relation to investor or corporate activity.
What we’re looking for
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capability.
- Commercial acumen with the ability to connect operational performance to financial outcomes.
- Credibility and confidence in senior external-facing environments.
- Strategic thinking with strong judgement and attention to detail.
- Business Acumen.
- Commercial Finance skills.
- Communication and storytelling.
- Influencing and relationship building.
Knowledge & Experience
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) or relevant finance degree.
- Experience in FP&A roles at group level and/or in a company of similar size and/or experience in broader finance manager roles to enable a comprehensive understanding of financial projections, commercial drivers, finance storytelling and general finance concepts.
- Extensive experience in leading development and execution of plans to realise financial strategy and plans at a total company level.
- Good understanding of commercial challenges, understanding of key cost and revenue drivers together with risk and opportunity areas.
If you’re unsure whether you meet every requirement, don’t let that hold you back - your experience may be exactly what we’re looking for.
Why Arqiva
We enable a switched-on world to flow. As the UK’s leader in TV and radio broadcast and the country’s top smart utilities platform, we are shaping the future of connectivity.
Our infrastructure delivers media and data exactly where they’re needed - whether that’s bringing TV and radio to your home or sending smart meter data to your utility provider. Our technology works quietly behind the scenes, connecting millions every day.
But it’s not just what we do, it’s how we do it. At Arqiva, you’ll find real connection: supportive teams, active colleague networks and plenty of ways to get involved and feel part of our community. We’ll give you the space and support to grow – whether that’s developing your skills, trying something new or taking on fresh challenges. And because there is more to life than work, our rewards and benefits are designed to support your wellbeing, your lifestyle and what matters most to you.
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
At Arqiva, we’re committed to building a workplace where everyone feels valued, heard and empowered to succeed. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and experiences, and we work hard to remove barriers so every colleague can thrive. If you need any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process, please reach out to talent@arqiva.com.
If this sounds like the right next step for you!
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