Financial Advisor IQ Reporter

Financial Advisor IQ, the leading publication covering wealth management, is looking for an experienced financial journalist who can thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven newsroom.

The ideal candidate will be able to join a team of highly motivated and skilled journalists and quickly establish themselves as a leader in the newsroom. We want an energetic reporter who will throw themselves at the financial advisor space and develop the inside sources and know-how to produce exclusive, must-read stories. We seek team players who thrive in a work environment that offers both collegiality and healthy competition.

FA-IQ is an FT specialist publication, focused on informing and educating advisors with daily news and features focusing on the wealth management business, practice management and other content relevant to their day-to-day jobs and longer term careers. Daily news emails cover trends around running a practice, managing client relationships, technology and operations, legal and compliance and more. FA-IQ is produced by a team of in-house journalists and is shaped to help advisors build their practices by reporting through the lens of the advisor-client relationship. 

Duties

The job requires a reporter who can work on a daily deadline and write and report three or more in-depth articles a week. You will be expected to quickly learn as much as you can about the registered investment advisor (RIA) and broker-dealer businesses. We want someone who has a nose for news, can develop a network of sources and manage a pipeline of enterprise stories. You will be expected to interview top industry executives to generate exclusive stories covering wealth management.

The role could be at the reporter or senior reporter level, depending on domain expertise, experience and qualifications.

You will contribute to all sections and formats of Financial Advisor IQ editorial including video interviews and features, online discussions, webcasts, and whatever else comes up. There are occasional opportunities to contribute to the Financial Times and travel to conferences.

Every reporter and editor at Financial Advisor IQ is held to fundamental standards of integrity, honesty and journalistic ethics.

Qualifications/Attributes

• Passion for delivering readers fresh news and sophisticated insights
• An engaging interview style that promotes confidence and open dialogue with seasoned business leaders
• Proven experience in financial or business beat, or similar reporting and in writing longer analytical articles
• Experience with content in multiple formats (e.g. photo, video, charts & graphs, etc.) and reworking stories from concept to publication
• Ability to generate and pitch story ideas
• A high personal standard of excellence and sense of pride in your work
• Excellent editorial judgment
• Attention to detail
• Curiosity and a desire to learn. Flexibility and resilience.

 

About Us

The FT has an uncompromising mission: delivering independent, quality information, news and services to individuals and companies around the globe. It’s the cornerstone of our reputation and the heart of our ambitions for the future. But for our people, the FT offers so much more than what we do. FT people come from all kinds of backgrounds and work across a huge range of disciplines and locations, and find an empowering, warm and welcoming culture that values curiosity and rewards smart, ambitious thinking. Those who are willing to unite around our mission and live our values will find plenty to challenge, inspire and interest them. Like the audiences we serve, no two FT people are the same; but together we help our audience be better informed and understand the world around them. It’s a job that’s never mattered more, and a career that can take you anywhere you want to go.

Our commitment to diversity and inclusion in the workplace

At the FT, we aim for employees across all regions to have a voice so that diverse perspectives are heard and valued. We believe that a supportive workplace is one where employees feel they can be themselves at work and have the flexibility they need to meet their personal needs. We'll continue to remove barriers for all, and in particular barriers facing employees from underrepresented groups.

What’s in it for you

We’re a stable and profitable publishing company with the majority of revenues being subscription based. An equal opportunity employer as part of Nikkei, we offer great benefits in a supportive and collegial working environment and the opportunity to work with others who are passionate about their jobs. This position would be located in our New York offices in lower Manhattan.

A reasonable estimate of the salary range for this role is $71,000-$87,500, depending on whether the candidate has the qualifications to join at a reporter or senior reporter level. To ensure pay fairness, the successful candidate will be offered a salary within the estimated salary range based on a number of considerations including but not limited to: skill set; experience and training; certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate is for our NYC office and has not been adjusted for other locations. This position is represented by the Writers Guild of America East.