Bank Finance Reporter

Delinian; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial news organization in London is seeking a Bank Finance Reporter to cover public sector bond markets. The role involves producing editorial content, maintaining relationships with key players, and contributing to market analysis. Candidates should have deep knowledge of bond markets and experience in managing reporters. The position offers a competitive benefits package and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Employer matching retirement plan

Flexible work arrangements

Paid vacation time and holidays

Tuition reimbursement and learning resources

Qualifications

• Experience covering primary bond markets.
• Proven ability to manage and train reporters.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to bond market coverage.
• Maintain relationships with market players.
• Write editorial content to tight deadlines.
• Support the editor with content updates.

Skills

Deep knowledge of primary bond markets

Ability to build trusted relationships

Attention to detail

Comfortable working with numbers and data

Job description

We are the leading provider of insight and analysis for the primary capital markets community.

For over 35 years, we have been helping investment banks, issuers, investors, law firms, rating agencies, tech platforms, and regulators keep pace with the most important trends, challenges, and opportunities in the industry.

As a trusted and reputable voice for capital markets participants, we work together to deliver independent news and data products that provide transparency into primary DCM activity, all guided by our core values.

Bank Finance Reporter

GlobalCapital, the capital markets news and data service, is looking for a journalist to contribute to its coverage of the bond market for public sector issuers. They will work alongside a section editor covering the financial institutions bond market, producing the full range of editorial content for that section. They will also be an ambassador for the organisation within the capital markets.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to GlobalCapital’s financial institution bond market coverage, covering the latest deals, trends, themes and news of key people within the market as well as providing accurate, timely data to our proprietary datasets.
• Get to know the market and its key players to maintain GlobalCapital’s reputation in what is one of the most important markets it covers.
• In time, contribute opinion pieces, longer features and analysis and make appearances on our podcasts as required.
• Be the voice of the FI bond market within the newsroom, pitching story ideas, championing special report ideas, and writing for them, and providing insight and a source of collaboration for the rest of the editorial team to make sure GlobalCapital is at the forefront of the newest trends and ideas in capital markets.
• Write with accuracy in the house style and to tight deadlines, to maintain GlobalCapital’s distinctive editorial voice and its reputation as a reliable and indispensable part of working in capital markets.
• Build a broad number of deep relationships with key people in the FI bond market and become part of the daily fabric of that market to ensure the newspaper understands its subject and its readers better than any of its rivals and has as many sources for stories as possible.
• Represent the newspaper at industry events to provide coverage, build contacts and to enhance GlobalCapital’s reputation as part of the fabric of the markets it covers.
• Support the Bank FInance Editor in seeing that the relevant news and data sections of the GlobalCapital website are kept up to date and that relevant email news alerts are well presented with fresh content each day and distributed to deadline.
• Provide cover from time to time for other sections as required

Reporting Lines

The Bank FInance Reporter will report to the Bank Finance Editor

Key Relationships

Works with reporters and editors covering the bank finance markets to produce coverage.

Has strong relationships with key people in and around capital markets to provide the sharpest and most insightful coverage. That means having the ability to call people in the market directly rather than having to rely upon press teams and other such gatekeepers.

Works with the marketing and production teams to make sure their coverage reaches the biggest possible audience, presented in the best way achievable.

Works with subscriptions sales team to help drive GlobalCapital’s subscriber growth, within appropriate boundaries of editorial independence.

Candidate Profile/Requirements

Deep knowledge of and experience of covering the primary bond markets.

A proven ability to build trusted relationships with sources.

Experience of running a section within a newspaper or perhaps a mini-site as part of a larger brand, including training and managing other reporters with a track record of developing successful journalists.

Ability to lead from the front in driving market leading coverage

Attention to detail and impeccable standards of accuracy.

Comfortable working with numbers and data.

Ability to work under own direction.

Willingness to travel abroad and work outside of regular hours when required.

Eligibility to work in the UK.

We offer a competitive compensation package which empowers our employees to thrive both professionally and personally. Our benefits package includes medical, dental and vision coverage, employer matching retirement plan, flexible work arrangements, vacation time & paid holidays, tuition reimbursement & learning resources.
GlobalCapital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, colour, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.