Director, Investor Relations

About the role

The Director of Investor Relations at Adient develops and executes the company's investor relations strategy and acts as a key link between the company and the investment community. The role combines capital-markets judgment, financial analysis, executive communications and investor engagement, and works closely with executive leadership, Finance, Accounting, Legal, Communications, IT and external service providers.

Key responsibilities

• Build long-term relationships with institutional investors and sell-side analysts, and plan and run investor meetings, roadshows, site visits and conferences
• Capture investor and analyst feedback and turn it into market-perception insights for leadership and the Board
• Manage the end-to-end calendar for quarterly earnings, investor conferences and other financial communications, including conference calls, webcasts and earnings releases
• Partner with Communications, Legal, Finance and Accounting on news releases, approvals, distribution and archival
• Own the IR technology stack (Capital Access, AlphaSense, Bloomberg, IDX, CRM, webcast and website platforms), data quality, dashboards and vendor coordination
• Evaluate and adopt new technologies, including AI and automation, with appropriate governance and confidentiality controls
• Analyse industry trends, peer performance, analyst research, shareholder activity and investor sentiment, and maintain peer benchmarking and targeting analyses
• Develop the IR strategy, annual engagement plan and shareholder-development priorities, and ensure compliance with SEC, stock-exchange and Regulation FD disclosure requirements

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or a related field
• 7-10 years of experience in Investor Relations, FP&A, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Corporate Development, Equity Research, Investment Banking or a related capital-markets role
• Strong understanding of capital markets, financial statements, valuation and public-company disclosure
• Project management, attention to detail and discretion in a fast-paced public-company environment
• Preferred: experience supporting earnings calls, investor conferences, roadshows, IR websites and news-release processes

Required skills

• Proficiency with financial-data, research, CRM, analytics, collaboration and content-management platforms
• Hands-on experience with, or quick ability to become proficient in, Capital Access, AlphaSense, Bloomberg and IDX
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, able to explain complex financial and strategic information clearly