Investor Relations Specialist

at  Hitachi America Ltd

SUMMARY:

Hitachi America is looking for an Investor Relations Specialist who possesses effective communication skills and is a dedicated team player. Our ideal candidate will be able to answer questions, provide respectful, consistent follow-through, and have a desire to help investors understand Hitachi.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study.
• 3+ years of investor relations, finance, strategy and / or communication experience.
• An interest in/passion for working with investors.
• Excellent verbal, interpersonal communications, and business writing skills.
• Strong in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to analyze financial statements and perform effective benchmarking and competitive analysis.
• Understanding of valuation and modeling techniques used by investors and analysts.
• Comfortable traveling and working across time-zones.

• Communicate with potential and current investors, taking inbound calls, making outbound calls, and following up on leads/tasks. No cold calling.
• Understand potential and current investors’ needs and identifies sales opportunities.
• Arrange and support investors visits and meetings.
• Develop and maintain investor target lists.
• Attend conferences and meetings as needed. Keep meeting notes and coordinate all follow-up materials.
• Monitor, analyze and report on industry and peer company information and practices by tracking research reports, news, earnings calls and other relevant sources.
• Complete market analysis and support building out materials in advance of investor meetings.
• Work internally across finance, accounting, public relations, and other areas to ensure coordination and consistent communication and disclosures with headquarters IR team in Japan.
• Manage external vendor relationships including IR agency, stock surveillance, website/conference call provider.
• Work other related duties as assigned.