Director, Corporate Communications - Finance & Legal S&P Global

Director, Corporate Communications - Finance & Legal

S&P Global’s Corporate Communications team oversees external and internal communications programs for key corporate/enterprise functions and stakeholders in Finance, Legal, Government Affairs, Security, Risk & Compliance, Digital Solutions (Technology), and the newly established Chief Client Office (CCO), including Enterprise Marketing, Client Coverage and Commercial functions.

The Corporate Communications team is responsible for developing and implementing S&P Global’s overarching corporate narrative, reporting to the Chief Communications Officer and working alongside the company’s Public Relations and Internal Communications Centers of Excellence, Divisional Communications, and business partners.

The Director of Corporate Communications will report to the New York-based Global Head of Corporate Communications and will be a trusted and strategic communications advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Legal Officer (CLO), both based in New York, and their global leadership teams.

Specifically, this role will be responsible for the strategic management and successful execution of internal and external communications programs for two very important corporate functions – Finance and Legal, Government Affairs and Security (LGAS) and Risk & Compliance (R&C).

As the communications lead and partner for these functions, this individual will serve as a communications advisor to Finance, Legal and Risk executives, ensuring that these leaders and their teams’ initiatives are appropriately and effectively positioned at the company.

This role will help ensure that communications activities for these functions are elevated both within the S&P Global organization and externally (where appropriate) and are aligned with the broader corporate story or narrative.

The Director of Corporate Communications will work in lockstep with the Global Head of Corporate Communications and a seasoned team of global communicators to establish and drive enterprise best practices in corporate reputation, issues/crisis management, financial and M&A communications.

For more than 160 years, S&P Global and its divisions have provided essential intelligence to financial institutions, companies, governments, and market participants to make informed decisions. This role will help define and shape S&P Global’s corporate narrative as the company begins its next chapter of growth and innovation.

As the communications lead and partner for S&P Global’s offices of the CFO and CLO, this role will be responsible for:

• Providing strategic communications guidance and tactical support for the CFO, CLO and their respective leadership teams.
• Developing and implementing comprehensive communications plans to support these two key functions and broader enterprise goals.
• Creating clear and compelling messaging that increases enterprise-wide understanding of these two functions’ strategic priorities and significant contributions to S&P Global and in advancing the corporate narrative.
• Strengthening internal communications channels (e.g., intranet, newsletters, town halls, fireside chats, round tables, etc.) to effectively amplify these two functions’ critical mandates, key initiatives, successes, and milestones across the S&P Global organization.
• Collaborating with S&P Global’s enterprise Internal Communications Center of Excellence team to further drive people engagement by leveraging internal communications tools and best practices.
• Consistently tracking, measuring, and analyzing the impact and effectiveness of internal communications in partnership with the enterprise Head of Corporate Communications and Head of Internal Communications, including soliciting feedback and assessing the resonance of internal messaging/positioning and communications campaigns for continuous improvement.
• Collaborating with internal procurement teams to manage contractual relationships with Communications vendors, ensuring alignment with operational needs.

• In close partnership with the Finance function including…