Speaker Associate

CFO Insights; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance forum in London is seeking a motivated Speaker Associate to join their team. This role offers the unique opportunity to lead research, develop industry content, and build relationships with senior executives. Ideal candidates will have a strong drive, excellent communication skills, and a passion for fostering relationships. Training is provided, and there are opportunities for growth and international travel. The role is onsite from Monday to Friday at Buckingham Gate, with a flexible start date.

Benefits

Operational experience in a startup

Guidance from high-performing team members

Unlimited growth potential

International travel opportunities

Transferable skills development

Qualifications

• Relentless drive and desire to excel in the role.
• Possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency.
• Ability to take ownership of responsibilities and follow through.
• Curiosity about people and ability to build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead research to identify rising trends in the industry.
• Create content programs for engaging conference experiences.
• Develop relationships with senior executives globally.
• Prepare for delivery of high-quality content on stage.

Skills

Excellent verbal communication

Excellent written communication

Organizational skills

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment, where you gain a tremendous amount of responsibility? Do you want to be part of an exceptional entrepreneurial team with young, motivated and extremely driven people? And are you curious or passionate about people? If so, you might be our next Speaker Associate.

About us

CFO Insights is Northern Europe’s largest CFO forum and aims to connect and develop CFOs, finance leaders, and tomorrow's innovators by addressing the issues of the future CFO. We are connecting more than 11,000 professionals from more than 15 countries.

CFO Insights is part of United Media which focuses on building large scale industry media and conferences products in sectors such as insurance, HR, private equity, retail, etc. As of today, we have organically launched 8 media companies and acquired one.

What we offer you

As our Speaker Associate you get the unique opportunity to take ownership of one of our key business areas. You’ll be working in-person in your HQ in London where you will constantly be pushed out of your comfort zone. To ensure a never ending growth curve, we provide you with:

• Opportunity of having a real impact - You’ll be getting operational experience in a start-up where both your work and the results are highly tangible and matter to the business.
• Inspiration and guidance - A chance to work closely with our high performing team as well as with the CEO and founder of our company.
• Unlimited growth potential in our company - we strongly believe in and have a track record of promoting internally.
• Travel opportunity: You would be joining our conferences overseas.
• Invaluable transferable skills - boost your interpersonal, research, organisation, outreach and project management skills through experience and training.

Your Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this job will vary however, they will be mostly centred around:

• Leading research to identify rising trends that will define the future of the industry.
• Creating comprehensive content programs with formats that produce best-in‑class conference experience and engagement.
• Maintaining and developing long‑standing and fruitful relationships with industry‑leading companies, new and existing senior executives across the globe.
• Preparing and aligning with such key senior executives at leading companies for the delivery of top quality content and interactions on stage.

What we expect from you

Please note that this job does not require any specific previous work experience as training is provided and we are looking to incorporate candidates across different levels of experience. However, we do require you to have a UK work permit.

Furthermore, we are looking for candidates who:

• Have a relentless drive and desire to be the very best at what they do;
• Possess an unparalleled work ethic with a high sense of urgency;
• Take ownership of everything they do, are proactive and follow through on commitments;
• Are curious about people and love to speak, build and nurture relations;
• Are an excellent communicator (especially) verbally and in writing;
• Are well‑organised and display the ability to structure and prioritise their work.

Start date

Flexible

The role is onsite, Monday to Friday, based in our offices at Buckingham Gate. It is essential we work at a fast pace and collaborate in person to create market‑leading, unmatched events throughout the calendar year. It will be great to have you as part of our team.