Senior Corporate Affairs Manager - Financial Services

Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Senior Corporate Affairs Manager for a 6 Month Day Rate Contract based in London. Please note this is a hybrid working model.

Job Description - The Role

We're seeking a Senior Corporate Affairs Manager to lead our clients Corporate Affairs through an acquisition, shaping the narrative, safeguarding reputation, engaging colleagues and stakeholders, and ensuring high‑quality governance across the programme.

You will be a visible leader who can translate complex, time sensitive developments into clear, compelling communications and engagement activities for customers, colleagues, regulators, media, and community partners.

Responsibilities of the role:

• Lead and develop the Corporate Affairs team, setting direction, and standards while overseeing the communications strategy for the acquisition. This includes owning the M&A narrative, preparing messaging and leadership materials, and managing media engagement, stakeholder relations and reputation risks.
• Lead internal communications and employee engagement activity for the integration, ensure two‑way feedback mechanisms and accessible resources across all channels.
• Oversee events linked to the acquisition, including leadership roadshows, regulator briefings, customer forums and brand transition moments, ensuring smooth logistics, consistent messaging and measurable impact.
• Manage Corporate Affairs governance, disclosure controls and regulatory alignment in partnership with Legal, Risk, Compliance and HR. Maintain audit ready documentation and support regulatory communications throughout the transaction lifecycle.
• Lead issues and crisis response, ensuring rapid cross channel coordination for sensitive topics, and maintain robust incident response plans.
• Drive content and channel strategy across internal platforms, ensuring consistency, accessibility, inclusive language and strong brand alignment. Partner closely with Marketing and Customer teams on brand transition activities and customer facing communications.
• Oversee measurement, reporting, agency management and budgets defining success metrics, providing executive insights and ensuring all activity delivers value for money and supports the organisation's integration objectives.

The skills you'll need:

• Previous Corporate Affairs experience within Financial Services, Banking, or Asset Wealth Management.
• Significant Corporate Affairs leadership experience, including managing teams and operating within regulated, complex environments.
• Proven expertise delivering communications and stakeholder engagement for M&A activity, major transformations, and integration programmes from announcement and beyond.
• Strong understanding of banking and regulatory expectations, including conduct, consumer duty and the communications implications of regulatory milestones.
• Deep experience in internal communications, change delivery, colleague guidance and culture‑building initiatives across hybrid and geographically dispersed workforces.
• Skilled in media relations, message development and issues/crisis management, with confidence preparing and coaching senior spokespeople.
• Strong events leadership experience, overseeing high‑profile internal and external events with full accountability for logistics, suppliers and audience experience.
• Robust governance and controls experience, including approvals, disclosure management and working closely with Legal, Risk, Compliance and HR.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, able to influence senior leaders and engage regulators, colleagues, customers and external partners.
• Comfortable using data, analytics and reporting to inform decisions, demonstrate impact and drive continuous improvement.
• Strong project and budget ownership capabilities, managing multiple priorities and delivering high‑quality outputs at pace.

Next Steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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