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Corporate Governance Analyst - Proxy Voting

Employer
T. Rowe Price
Location
Baltimore, Maryland (US)
Salary
Commensurate with experience
Closing date
Dec 11, 2019

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Job Function
Other
Industry Sector
Asset Management
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors

Job Details

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION

The Governance Analyst is a member of the ESG team within the Investments division. The primary responsibilities of this position include sharing responsibility for serving as our governance and engagement specialist for companies under coverage; making recommendations to Portfolio Managers for proxy-voting decisions; representing the firm on ESG topics at the industry level; contributing to our external ESG communication initiatives; serving as a member of the Proxy/ESG Committee; and assisting with other related projects as needed.

 

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of the position would be:

  • Serve as TRP’s lead corporate governance specialist for certain sectors and regions. Geographic coverage: Americas. Develop specialized regional/sector expertise for the purpose of assisting Analysts and Portfolio Managers with governance-related research in these areas.
  • Review all upcoming votes in the covered sectors, and make voting recommendations in our online proxy system.
  • Cultivate relationships with TRP-US investment teams.
  • Participate in engagement meetings with companies regarding governance or Responsible Investment issues. Communicate and coordinate with analysts, as appropriate, to ensure consistent messaging.
  • Maintain records and share notes promptly from these meetings in RMS platform.
  • Build relationships with regional Legal & Compliance teams, and develop expertise of relevant subject areas such as shareholder activism. Serve as central coordination point when situations arise that need participation of Governance, Compliance and Investment teams.
  • Coordinate consistently with Responsible Investment team on coverage of particular companies, regions or issues with high overlap of governance and Responsible Investment issues. The Governance Analyst should be sufficiently familiar with the RI team’s messaging and process that he/she can stand in for the Director of Research -- RI as needed, such as client meetings and internal presentations.
  • Write periodic research pieces on governance issues, both for internal and external distribution.
  • Serve as a member of the TRP Proxy/ESG Committee, and assist with preparation for this group’s annual meeting.
  • Take ownership of TRP’s positioning on ESG issues with external bodies such as regulators, quasi-regulatory agencies, trade groups and the like. Coordinate closely with TRP’s Regulatory Affairs team in establishing our positions. Proactively update the ESG team and other internal stakeholders on regulatory developments.
  • Selectively participate in thought-leadership initiatives such as industry panels, white papers, and academic conferences.
  • Assist ESG Business Manager as needed with external reporting projects: RFPs, CDP, PRI Assessment, stewardship code statements, TRP board reports, ESG Annual Report and the like.

 

QUALIFICATIONS

  • 8+ years governance or voting experience
  • Up-to-date knowledge of significant corporate governance issues and regulations
  • Thorough understanding of the institutional proxy voting process
  • Able to travel occasionally
  • Responsive to the needs of our global research team, responding to requests within a reasonable time frame.
  • College degree required. Advanced degree and/or CFA designation preferred.
  • Working knowledge of the investment industry
  • Interpersonal skills necessary to interact effectively with analysts and portfolio managers
  • Ability to work on multiple projects at once while adhering to process and deadlines
  • Well organized
  • High attention to detail
  • Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
  • Public speaking experience (e.g. industry panels)

Company

T. Rowe Price, headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, is an investment management firm offering individuals and institutions around the world investment management guidance and expertise. The T. Rowe Price investment approach strives to achieve superior performance but is always mindful of the risks incurred relative to the potential rewards. Our consistent investment philosophy helps mitigate unfavorable changes and takes advantage of favorable ones. We provide our clients with world-class investment guidance as well as attentive service. Founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr., the company offers separately managed investment portfolios for institutions and a broad range of mutual funds for individual investors and corporate retirement programs. In founding his firm, Mr. Price followed a very simple business principle: What is good for the client is also good for the firm. Rather than charge a commission, as was then the practice in the securities business, Mr. Price charged a fee based on the assets under management. If the client prospered, so did T. Rowe Price. Mr. Price is best known for developing the growth stock style of investing. Although he was trained as a chemist, he had a passion for investing. Mr. Price believed that investors could earn superior returns by investing in well-managed companies in fertile fields whose earnings and dividends could be expected to grow faster than inflation and the overall economy. The core of Mr. Price’s approach, proprietary research to guide investment selection and diversification to reduce risk, has remained part of the firm’s bedrock principles. Today, growth stock investing is one of the many investment styles the firm currently follows. T. Rowe Price also employs value-oriented, sector-focused, tax-efficient, and quantitative index-oriented approaches in managing mutual funds and institutional portfolios.

Company info
Telephone
410-345-4816
Location
100 East Pratt Street
Baltimore
MD
21202
US

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