Associate Director, Investor and ESG Communications

Overview

Businesses are under more scrutiny than ever to explain how they create value – financially, strategically and sustainably. At Black Sun Global, we help some of the world’s leading organisations tell that story in a way that earns trust and inspires action.

We are looking for an Associate Director to join our Insights and Advisory team – an experienced consultant who can sit confidently at the intersection of investor communications, corporate reporting and sustainability/ESG. You will act as a key advisor on developing best practice reporting on complex annual report programmes for FTSE 100, FTSE 250 and international clients, shape their value creation narratives, and help them navigate an evolving landscape that includes UK Company law and Listing Rules, Corporate Governance requirements, sustainability reporting requirements such as UK SRSs/ISSB and CSRD among other national and industry-specific reporting frameworks.

This is a role for someone who loves the craft of compelling communications through corporate reporting, is energised by regulation rather than daunted by it, and wants to play a visible part in how the market’s most watched companies communicate with investors and wider stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be a senior member of our 6‑strong team, focusing on Corporate Reporting (particularly Annual Reports) but also increasingly on sustainability reporting and companies’ wider reporting suite. They will also work closely with all parts of the Black Sun business – helping to win new business, inform award‑winning design and digital reporting and contributing to Black Sun’s thought leadership and leading industry events for clients and prospects.

Attracting and retaining the right people for our team is an absolute priority for us and we take their career development seriously from day one. You will work closely with experienced directors and consultants to help you find your feet and will have plenty of autonomy to develop new skills and contribute ideas. We take every aspect of the work we deliver for clients seriously and we work to maintain the highest possible standards in everything we do for them and for the company.

But as well as being passionate about our work, we are supportive, collaborative and positive, always looking to make what we do enjoyable and rewarding.

By joining us you will be working on a hybrid model and have a wonderful opportunity to explore our picturesque offices in Bishops Park, Fulham.

Black Sun Global is the founding agency of The Positive Change Group – a collective of specialist agencies advising some of the world’s most ambitious businesses on stakeholder engagement, brand, culture, reporting and ESG. Together with our offices in Singapore and South Africa, we work with over 20 of the FTSE
100 including:
Nat West, Burberry, Diageo, Rightmove, Compass, Rio Tinto, Standard Chartered and Prudential as part of a unmatched client portfolio that spans the UK, Europe, Asia and beyond.

• Work at the sharp end of the market, advising leading listed businesses on annual reports, sustainability/ESG communications and regulatory change.
• Shape thinking, not just deliverables – advising clients to shape best practice narrative frameworks for annual reports to transition plans and roadmaps for ISSB and CSRD.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of strategists, analysts, creatives, digital specialists and stakeholder engagement experts across our global network.
• Join a supportive, growth‑minded culture that combines professional challenge with genuine flexibility, personal development and a strong sense of purpose.

If you want to work for an award‑winning strategic communications consultancy, working on cutting edge corporate reporting with some of the world’s leading companies, this is the role.

As an Associate Director, you will take the lead for Advisory services as a key member of the client team and help grow our business. Your remit will span four main areas:

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of specialist reporting advice on complex annual report…