At Enact Mortgage Insurance (Nasdaq: ACT), we understand that there’s no place like home. That’s why we bring our deep expertise, insightful offerings, and extra mile service to work every day to help lenders put more people in homes and keep them there.
We're looking for an Investor Relations Director in Raleigh, NC, reporting directly to the Vice President of Finance and who will serve as the lead of investor relations and competitive intelligence. They will play a critical role in the development of the overall communication strategy that maximizes the company’s long-term enterprise value. This position will engage regularly with investors, analysts and other market influencers to ensure Enact’s strategy for value creation and financial strength is well understood. In addition, the role serves as a secondary source of market intelligence and investor sentiment and primary source of competitive intelligence feedback for the leadership team. This position will manage one analyst.
WHY WORK AT ENACT
• We bring innovative thinking to the situations at hand
• We seek out and incorporate diverse views to strengthen our outcomes
• We work on challenging and rewarding projects
• We offer competitive benefits:
- Hybrid work schedule (shared in-office days Tues/Wed/Thurs)
- Generous Time Off
- 40 Hours of Volunteer Time Off
- Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Repayment
- Paid Family Leave and Flexible Spending Accounts
- 401k with up to 5% employer match
- Fitness and Emotional Wellness Reimbursements
LOCATION
Enact Headquarters, Raleigh, NC – Hybrid Schedule
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Assist in the comprehensive investor relations strategy, framework and tactics that build and enhance relationships with investors, analysts, shareholders, employees and customers.
• Manage and coordinate the quarterly earnings release process. Create strategic, operational, and financial analysis in support of earnings presentations. Work with Senior Leadership Team (SLT) to provide investor community with a timely and accurate view of Enact’s performance and performance drivers.
• Lead the development of a comprehensive competitive intelligence process by transitioning this activity from other finance personnel while implementing process improvements aimed at automation of data gathering, messaging and delivery of key materials. Explore use of RPA, ML and / or AI to enhance gathering and analysis of data.
• Lead the Finance Transformation efforts by implementing existing roadmap efforts and developing, refining and evaluating new efforts while identifying key areas of improvement and assessing technology enhancements.
• Oversee the response to analyst, investor, and competitive intelligence requests. Collaborate across business functions to respond timely, accurately, and comprehensively.
• Monitor the movement in Enact’s stock price daily working to ensure that the stock valuation is aligned with company performance while explaining movement to senior leadership.
• Assist in the coordination and development of message / materials for investor days, shareholder meetings, analyst calls and investor content for SLT and BOD communications and website content.
• Serve as key advisor to VP of Finance regarding the public communication of financial information and other material disclosures as well as provide assessment of key business initiatives’ impact on the markets and shareholders’ perspective of the company.
• Lead the company’s market intelligence efforts, including creating a market feedback process, providing market intelligence for deeper understanding of the near and long-term market dynamics and how they affect the company, and integrating market feedback to assist in the build out of competitor performance comparisons for benchmarking and company positioning.
• Assist in the development of annual report, quarterly statements, and other shareholder materials.
• Assist identifying, targeting, and converting new investors.
YOUR QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Accounting required
• Prefer graduate degree and/or CFA certification
• 5+ years of experience within insurance, financial services and/or mortgage insurance required
• 5+ years of experience dealing with investors and a strong track record of creating positive relations with the investor community and equity research analysts
• Forward thinker with proven analytical and problem-solving skills
• Very strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Experience with AI, RPA, or ML
• Experience with financial modeling techniques and valuation methods used by analysts and investors
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Prefer a strong understanding of SEC laws and securities disclosure requirements and filing requirements
• Understanding of the capital markets, as well as a thorough understanding of industry key performance indicators
• Demonstrated ability to develop strategic business initiatives
• Demonstrated leadership and ability to motivate others to achieve results
• Ability to work collaboratively across all areas of the business
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications
• Travel as required
COMPANY
Enact is a leading publicly traded U.S. private mortgage insurance provider, offering borrower-centric products that enable lenders and other partners across the U.S. to help people responsibly achieve and maintain the dream of homeownership.
By empowering customers and their borrowers, Enact seeks to positively impact the lives of those in the communities in which it serves in a sustainable way. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, we play an active role in supporting a healthier Triangle community. We also support our colleagues’ philanthropic efforts in their home communities across the U.S. Enact values all perspectives, characteristics and experiences, and DEI remains at the forefront of what we do. We strive to create an environment where employees can bring their full, authentic selves to work to help each other and their customers.
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and all hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.