VP Financial Communications

Description and Requirements
Position: VP, Financial Communications
Location: New York, NY
Setting : Hybrid
Reports to: SVP, Chief Communications Officer
Travel: Regular travel required (~25%)
The Team You Will Join
A results-oriented global team that's committed to demonstrating how thoughtful and effective communications can drive strategic value and growth for the company. As strategic partners, we translate complex strategies into narratives that resonate, strengthen our culture, and drive impact across the enterprise. We continuously evolve to meet the changing needs of MetLife's stakeholders and best enable the company in executing and achieving its New Frontier strategy and commitments.
The Opportunity
The VP Global Financial Communications is a strategic communications leader responsible for shaping and delivering the company's financial narrative to external stakeholders, including investors, analysts, media, regulators, and employees. Partnering closely with Investor Relations, Finance, Legal, and the Executive Leadership Team, this role will ensure consistent, transparent, and compelling communication that reinforces MetLife's financial strength, business strategy, and long-term value creation.
The successful candidate will bring a demonstrated track record of developing and executing holistic external and internal communication strategies with measurable outcomes, successful partnership with C-suite executives and their leadership teams, with passion for enhancing employee engagement, fostering collaboration and embracing agility and inclusion.
How You'll Help Us Build a Confident Future:
Strategic Leadership

• Develop and execute the company's global financial communications strategy in alignment with corporate strategy and investor relations objectives.
• Serve as a senior advisor to the CEO, CFO, and executive team on financial communications, disclosure practices, and reputation management.
• Enhance and build financial communications with a focus on engagement of generalist investors through owned, earned, and social media channels. Support efforts to engage and influence analyst and investors positioning MetLife as growth focused to be more attractive to a broad set of investors.

External Communications

• Lead messaging development for quarterly earnings announcements, analyst calls, annual reports, investor days, and financial press releases.
• Manage relationships with financial media, ensuring accurate and consistent representation of the company's financial performance and strategy.
• Partner with Investor Relations to ensure alignment between investor messaging and broader corporate communications.

Internal Communications

• Translate complex financial performance into clear, accessible messaging for employees to build engagement and understanding of the company's results and strategy.
• Partner with HR and internal communications to cascade financial results and strategy to global teams.

Content Development & Oversight

• Oversee preparation of executive scripts, Q&A documents, financial fact sheets, and investor presentation materials.
• Drive consistency and clarity across all financial narratives, ensuring compliance with disclosure regulations.

Reputation & Issues Management

• Anticipate, monitor, and respond to market and media sentiment on financial issues.
• Support executive leadership during crisis or market-sensitive situations requiring financial disclosure or clarification.

What You Need to Succeed (Required Qualifications):

• 15+ years of experience in financial communications, investor relations, corporate communications, or related fields within financial services or a global publicly traded company.
• Proven track record leading financial communications at scale, ideally within the insurance, financial services, or related industry
• Strong understanding of capital markets, financial statements, SEC reporting requirements, and corporate governance.
• Exceptional writing, messaging, and storytelling skills, with the ability to simplify complex financial information.
• Executive presence with experience coaching and preparing senior leaders for external communications.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Investor Relations, and senior leadership.
• Bachelor's degree in Communications, Finance, Business, or related field (MBA or advanced degree preferred).

Location Expectation: This is a hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in office.
The expected salary range for this position is $213,200 - $284,300. This role may also be eligible for annual short-term incentive compensation and stock-based long-term incentives. All incentives and benefits are subject to the applicable plan terms.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces™, as well as the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For®, MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by our core values - Win Together, Do the Right Thing, Deliver Impact Over Activity, and Think Ahead - we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
$213,200 - $284,300
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