Senior Director, Corporate Communications

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The Senior Director of Corporate Communications at Armanino plays a dynamic and pivotal role, driving alignment across strategic communications and purpose-driven initiatives. This multi-faceted position requires a blend of visionary leadership and operational excellence to support the firm's mission and values while navigating an evolving business landscape.

Key responsibilities include shaping and leading executive communications, crafting and managing change management strategies, and driving initiatives that amplify Armanino's organizational purpose and cultural ethos. This leader will function as a trusted advisor to the executive team, ensuring that messaging resonates across internal and external audiences and reflects the firm's core values.

The Senior Director of Corporate Communications will collaborate closely with the CEO and other senior leaders, maintaining a high level of confidentiality, visibility and influence within the organization. This partnership-oriented role is essential in advancing Armanino's reputation, employee engagement, and purpose-driven strategy while fostering a unified and forward-thinking organizational narrative.

Job Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of internal communications, ensuring consistency of messaging and brand identity across various platforms and media.

• Manage team to deliver strategic and effective communications that reinforce Armanino’s differentiated business and employee value proposition, thereby supporting the firm’s high growth culture 

• Write and edit executive communications on behalf of a diverse team of leaders, including internal announcements, talking points, speeches, video scripts and email/newsletter correspondence, to support the firm’s rapidly scaling, high-growth business model

• Oversee production of social media, multimedia and video featuring the CEO 

• Maintain editorial quality, timely distribution of announcements, and service level agreements that support leaders in the execution of strategic initiatives

• Support leadership, internal brand/marketing team, and external PR agency in crisis management and post-crisis recovery

• Lead all communications and event management deliverables for strategic events, including annual Partner Rally, merger and acquisition announcements, quarterly firmwide webinars, and more

• Track communications trends and identify new opportunities for increasing effectiveness and impact of messages

• Harness data on employee engagement and execute on communication initiatives that affect key reputation drivers

• Develop and monitor budgets as well as provide appropriate tracking and trending reports in areas of responsibility, including management of consultant relationships

• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or related field

• Eight or more years of progressively responsible experience in executive and strategic communications

• Experience leading change management, crisis communications, and rapid response efforts in a fast-paced environment

• Strong writing, editing, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex business management concepts into clear, compelling messages for diverse audiences 

• Proven leadership abilities, with the capacity to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams and collaborate effectively with internal and external partners

• Professional services and/or corporate experience preferred

Armanino has a robust offering of benefits, including:   

• Medical, dental, vision  

• Generous PTO plan and paid sick time  

• Flexible work arrangements  

• 401K with Profit Sharing  

• Wellness program  

• Generous parental leave  

• 11 paid holidays  

For positions based in San Francisco, consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance, an arrest and conviction record will not automatically disqualify a qualified applicant from consideration.    

For Individuals who would be working within the City of Los Angeles, Armanino will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance   

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