PR/Marketing Executive

A fantastic, challenging and varied role has arisen for a high energy, hard working and creative PR/Marketing executive to join us to drive our PR/Marketing activities, lift our profile/brand and to develop and execute the PR/Marketing strategy for a fast growing technology company.

In this role you will be working directly for the CEO and will have a large amount of freedom to undertake PR/Marketing activities, all of which should be focussed on developing our profile/brand and driving leads for our sales teams.
There will be a strong focus on social media to build a community of followers and supporters online, using blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc. There will also be a range of more traditional activities, particularly organising campaigns and events, ensuring leads data is maintained in a CRM system and building relationships with key journalists, bloggers and other influencers in our space.

The successful candidate will have the following profile:

• Be able to demonstrate experience as a blogger/tweeter
• Have experience in the technology and/or financial services industry
• Have experience/background as a journalist
• Have a formal PR/Marketing/Journalist related qualification
• Preference will be given to a English literature graduate 

This is a varied role and one that offers the successful candidate a range of opportunities for developing their career, skills and capabilities and to take on more responsibilities in the future.

Salary will depend on experience and expertise.

This position will be based in Waterloo, London.

Please contact andrew[dot]smart[at]stratexsystems[dot]com with your CV and short covering letter.

The CRO and Risk Management Function as an Enabler of Risk Taking – Aligning Risk Appetite and Strategy to Build Competitive Advantage

One of the key challenges for the CRO and the executive teams of many large financial services organisations to emerge over the last couple of years has been the alignment of risk appetite to strategy and ensuring that the business is ‘operating within appetite’. This means operating within the appetite of the board and by implication, the regulator. Meeting this challenge can have a transformational effect on the role of the CRO and the risk function, but also on the role of risk management – transforming it from a compliance driven activity to a source of competitive advantage.

On a continuing basis the CRO should seek to ensure that risk originators in individual business units within the entity are fully aware of and aligned with the board’s appetite for risk.

The Walker Review into corporate governance of UK Banks and other financial industry entities, completed in July 2009 raised risk appetite as a key issue for boards and executives within the financial services industry.

Section 6.17 explicitly states that the CRO has a duty to ensure that the risk takers are taking risks in alignment with the organisational strategy.

To quote directly from the Walker Review 

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New look for Stratex Risk Events

Preview of the new look being adopted within StratexPoint. This overview dashboard for Stratex Risk Events is the first dashboard to get a facelift.

 

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