Job Summary
- Company
- CEB
- Location
- Arlington, VA 22201
- Industries
- Management Consulting Services
- Job Type
- Full Time
- Employee
- Career Level
- Executive (SVP, VP, Department Head, etc)
- Job Reference Code
- 42408
*Executive Advisor, Finance Practice
About the Job
Executive Advisor, Finance Practice
Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD)
www.EXBD.com
The Corporate Executive Board Company drives faster, more effective decision-making among the world’s leading executives and business professionals. As the premier, network-based knowledge resource, it provides them with the authoritative and timely guidance needed to excel in their roles, take decisive action and improve company performance. Powered by a member network that spans over 50 countries and represents more than 80% of the world’s Fortune 500 companies, The Corporate Executive Board offers unique research insights along with an integrated suite of members-only tools and resources that enable the world’s most successful organizations to deliver superior business outcomes. Based in Arlington, Virginia, the Company employs more than 2,000 professionals in ten offices around the world. For more information on our company, please visit www.exbd.com and to learn more about our research, check out our award winning article, “When Growth Stalls”, in the Harvard Business Review.
We are currently seeking Executive Advisors in our Finance Practice. The Executive Advisor is responsible for interacting almost continuously with members to foster deep, broad intimacy with assigned memberships and/or customer segments; applying and packaging our resources to meet member challenges; and sensing patterns among customer needs to influence the rolling research and event calendar.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
A successful candidate will possess:
Superior customer/member service ethic:
Communication and Presentation Skills:
Analytic and Research Skills:
Organization and Time Management Skills:
Management Skills:
Professional/Miscellaneous Skills:
Education/Experience Requirements:
Corporate Executive Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Corporate Executive Board (NASDAQ: EXBD)
www.EXBD.com
The Corporate Executive Board Company drives faster, more effective decision-making among the world’s leading executives and business professionals. As the premier, network-based knowledge resource, it provides them with the authoritative and timely guidance needed to excel in their roles, take decisive action and improve company performance. Powered by a member network that spans over 50 countries and represents more than 80% of the world’s Fortune 500 companies, The Corporate Executive Board offers unique research insights along with an integrated suite of members-only tools and resources that enable the world’s most successful organizations to deliver superior business outcomes. Based in Arlington, Virginia, the Company employs more than 2,000 professionals in ten offices around the world. For more information on our company, please visit www.exbd.com and to learn more about our research, check out our award winning article, “When Growth Stalls”, in the Harvard Business Review.
We are currently seeking Executive Advisors in our Finance Practice. The Executive Advisor is responsible for interacting almost continuously with members to foster deep, broad intimacy with assigned memberships and/or customer segments; applying and packaging our resources to meet member challenges; and sensing patterns among customer needs to influence the rolling research and event calendar.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Speak with and advise members on their primary challenges
- Demonstrate “practice-best” expertise in key industry/terrain areas and apply expertise with multiple audiences.
- Establish external recognition as expert (industry and/or terrain)
- Interact with members through written communications, check in calls, phone consultations, short-term engagements, in-person briefings, webinars and meetings
- Design and execute on full day meetings, blue-chip/tier-one meetings and facilitate portions of cross-finance/strategy conferences
- Responsible for final editing/sign off on content for key events/deliverables
- Use client intelligence to drive the creation of innovative service strategies and/or product across multiple constituencies
- Partner with Insight Channels to create the rolling research and event calendar
- Responsible for driving innovation in ExA/ Insight Channel partnership
- Commission insight from the IC based on member feedback and market intelligence; helps scope projects
- Provide feedback to the Insight Channels on ongoing research and product creation projects; participates in and provides feedback during checkpoint meetings and other stages of the strategic research process
- Surface potential tactics and new terrain areas and communicate them to Strategic Research
- Support revenue functions
- Work with PS/Revenue to create and execute effective strategies that help program or stack achieve optimal CV outcomes
- Participate on calls with members and prospects to diagnose issues and deliver insight and value “in the moment”. Go-to person for MRT & Tier One calls
- Related duties as assigned
A successful candidate will possess:
Superior customer/member service ethic:
- Excellent relationship-building skills
- Willingness to work outside the strict job description parameters, thinking creatively about how to provide the highest level of customer/member service
Communication and Presentation Skills:
- Superior interpersonal skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills and an ability to engage a variety of audiences ranging from small groups to an audience of hundreds
- Excellent meeting facilitation skills
- Ability to conduct substantive content discussions with senior-level contacts at member organizations
- Exceptional ability to immediately establish one’s credibility with senior executives
Analytic and Research Skills:
- Strong analytic skills
- Strong editing skills
- Superior problem solving ability
- Ability to learn substance of research quickly
- High proficiency in distilling massive amounts of data
- Intellectual curiosity and dedication to mastering complex terrain
Organization and Time Management Skills:
- Effective time management skills and ability to meet deadlines
- Excellent organization, multitasking, and prioritization skills
Management Skills:
- Demonstrated poise and grace under pressure
- Demonstrated initiative and resourcefulness
- Superior judgment
- Ability to work independently and with a team
- Ability to build relationships and work well across functions
Professional/Miscellaneous Skills:
- Strong work ethic
- Strong attention to detail
- Basic computer skills (knowledge of Microsoft Office)
Education/Experience Requirements:
- Graduated with exceptional performance in undergraduate/graduate academics
- MBA, JD, or other graduate degrees preferred
- 8-10 years experience in related field/position/industry
For more information on other exciting opportunities, please visit http://www.executiveboard.com/careers/index.html .
Corporate Executive Board is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
