Associate, Strategy

Associate, Strategy and Communications - Singapore

The Opportunity

As Teneo continues to grow its operations in Asia-Pacific, we are looking for a high calibre candidate to join our dynamic and professional Strategy and Communications team as an Associate based in the firm's Singapore office.

As an Associate you’ll be responsible for providing the highest quality of service to our clients and play a pivotal role in driving forward activity across multiple account teams, delivering regular insight and analysis, and supporting clients’ reputational and strategic objectives. You will support a wide range of activity including narrative development, financial calendar communications, executive profiling, restructuring and M&A transactions, crisis management, media relations and ESG, government relations, stewardship and governance issues.

This is a unique opportunity for a driven, self-motivated candidate to develop a successful career in a dynamic, growing international advisory company.

Responsibilities:

As an Associate with the Strategy and Communications team, your role will include:

• Research, Analysis and Advisory – Conducts in-depth research and analysis to uncover market dynamics, geopolitical developments, and business trends. Translates insights into actionable advisory for clients, supporting strategic decision-making and risk mitigation.
• Media Monitoring and Advisory – Leads the monitoring of news and media coverage related to client activities and relevant sectors. Synthesizes findings into strategic insights that inform communications planning, and produces concise, high-impact reports for client teams and leadership.
• Media Landscape and Engagement – Maintains a strong understanding of evolving media trends, platforms, and influential voices. Builds targeted media lists and journalist networks to support client engagement. Contributes to the development of media engagement strategies as part of broader communications initiatives.
• Content Development – Leads the creation of compelling, audience-centric content across traditional, digital, and social media channels. Collaborates with internal teams to produce client-ready materials such as presentations, reports, thought leadership pieces, and campaign assets.
• Supporting Account Management – Provides essential support to account teams in managing client relationships. Assists with meeting preparation, note-taking, project tracking, and the development of client communications materials to ensure seamless delivery and client satisfaction.
• Financial Communications & Investor Relations - Contributes to the ideation, messaging, and content creation for financial communications. Supports the development of investor-facing materials including earnings releases, Q&A documents, presentations, and strategic reports.
• Supporting New Business Development - Supports senior team members with new business initiatives. Conducts research and develops insights to inform proposal development, contributing to the creation of persuasive pitch materials and strategic recommendations.

Furthermore, you will be expected to:

• Cultivate strong client and team relationships, fostering trust, collaboration, and long term partnership through consistent engagement and high-quality delivery.
• Provide strategic support and insight to client teams by proactively identifying opportunities, flagging potential risks, and contributing to the development of thoughtful, forward-looking solutions.
• Build and maintain a robust network of internal and external relationships to enhance connectivity, influence, and access to relevant market and stakeholder intelligence
• Commit to continuous professional development, actively seeking formal and informal learning opportunities to strengthen expertise and contribute to collective growth across the team.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree ideally in business, journalism, communications, public policy, finance or economics. A postgraduate degree is an advantage
• 2-4 years’ experience in corporate & financial communications, journalism, banking/financial services, management consulting or public policy is preferable;
• Possessing excellent verbal and written skills in English is essential for this role. additional language competencies at a business communication level would be an advantage
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including proficiency in PowerPoint and Excel

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated leadership in managing multiple stakeholders while maintaining good relationships
• Strong ability to grasp clients’ business objectives to enable drafting of messaging and communications materials
• Familiarity and experience with social media and creatives would be a strong advantage
• International experience (study and/or work) a plus
• Have a strong appetite for geopolitics, macroeconomic/finance events
• Candidate needs to be confident, mature and outgoing. An entrepreneurial spirit, can-do attitude and being a team player is essential
• Must display a strong work ethic, high standards and commitment to the role

About Teneo

Teneo is the global CEO advisory firm. We partner with our clients globally to do great things for a better future.

Drawing upon our global team and expansive network of senior advisors, we provide advisory services across our five business segments on a stand-alone or fully integrated basis to help our clients solve complex business challenges. Our clients include a significant number of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100, as well as other corporations, financial institutions and organizations.

Our full range of advisory services includes strategic communications, investor relations, financial transactions and restructuring, management consulting, physical and cyber risk, organisational design, board and executive search, geopolitics and government affairs, corporate governance, ESG and DE&I.

The firm has more than 1,700 employees located in 40+ offices around the world.

Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Teneo is an equal opportunity employer and promotes a diverse and inclusive workplace. Teneo considers all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, genetic information, or sexual orientation or any other status protected by applicable law.