Investor Relations Senior Manager

Overview

We’re Kingfisher, A team made up of over 70,000 passionate people who bring Kingfisher - and all our other brands: B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama and Koctas to life. Guided by our purpose Better Homes. Better Lives. For Everyone. We believe a better world starts with better homes, and we work every day to make that a reality. Join us and help shape the future of home improvement. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join Kingfisher’s Investor Relations team in a highly influential role at the heart of our engagement with the capital markets. Bringing your experience from the sell-side or buy-side, you’ll use deep financial analysis and market insight to shape how Kingfisher’s performance, strategy and value creation are understood by investors and analysts. From results and consensus to valuation, investor engagement and Board reporting, you’ll turn complex financial and operational information into clear, decision-useful insight and play a key role in telling the Kingfisher story to the market.

What's the job?

• Contribute to quarterly trading updates, full- and half-year results, Capital Markets Days and other market-facing communications, including drafting and reviewing announcements, presentations, management scripts, Q&A and supporting analysis, working across the business to ensure messaging is accurate, consistent and delivered to timetable.
• Support investor and analyst engagement across meetings, roadshows, conferences, store visits and analyst briefings, partnering with corporate brokers and corporate access teams on investor targeting and preparing tailored briefing materials for the CEO, CFO and other senior leaders.
• Help develop and continuously refine Kingfisher’s equity story, clearly articulating strategy, financial framework, growth drivers, capital allocation and long-term value creation, while translating complex financial and operational information into clear and credible investor messaging.
• Build and maintain a data-led view of Kingfisher’s valuation and performance relative to peers, analysing multiples, earnings expectations, share-price performance, analyst research and models, sector developments and market themes to identify implications for management and the Board.
• Own or oversee the company-compiled consensus process, maintaining a detailed understanding of Kingfisher’s financial model, accounting, performance drivers and sensitivities, reconciling external analyst models to company-reported metrics and constructively challenging forecasts and assumptions.
• Take ownership of agreed IR workstreams and projects and contribute to the annual IR strategy and calendar, working closely across Group and banner functions to improve information flows, processes, tools, reporting and the effective delivery of results, roadshows, conferences and capital markets activity.

What you'll bring

• Prior experience as a sell-side equity research analyst or buy-side investment analyst is strongly preferred, with a proven ability to analyse listed companies, interpret financial statements, build and interrogate financial models, assess forecasts and form a view on valuation. Retail or consumer-sector experience would be advantageous.
• Excellent financial and accounting literacy, with the ability to work confidently across the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow statement; understand the interaction between operational KPIs and financial outcomes; and identify the drivers of earnings, cash flow, returns and valuation.
• A strong understanding of capital markets and the needs of institutional investors and sell-side analysts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear, concise and credible messages for senior and external audiences.
• Strong analytical capability, attention to detail and intellectual curiosity, combined with the judgement to focus on what is material.
• Confident and credible with senior stakeholders; able to challenge constructively, handle sensitive information and operate calmly under pressure.
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple workstreams, short deadlines and changing priorities without compromising quality.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, including the ability to manipulate and reconcile large datasets, build and review financial and valuation models, and present analysis clearly. Experience of market-data, consensus and shareholder-analysis platforms such as Bloomberg, FactSet, Visible Alpha or equivalent would be advantageous.

How We Work We believe in flexibility and balance. Our hybrid model blends home working for focus with time spent connecting and collaborating - whether in our offices or at offsite locations. On average, around 60% of your time will involve in-person collaboration. 

We value the perspectives new team members bring and encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet 100% of the requirements. 

What We Offer An inclusive environment where your potential is limited only by your imagination. We encourage new ideas, support experimentation, and strive to create a workplace where everyone can be their best self. Find out more about Diversity & Inclusion at Kingfisher here. 

We also offer a competitive benefits package and plenty of opportunities to stretch and grow your career. Scroll down below to find out more about our benefits. 

Diversity & Inclusion Our customers come from all walks of life - and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation. 

Interested? Great, apply now and help us to Power the Possible. 

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