Investor Relations Specialist

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From our welcoming, inclusive, and supportive culture to our globally diverse business, we offer opportunities not only to help you reach your potential, but also to contribute to our clients’ success.

We are looking for an Investor Relations Specialist to join the Franklin Templeton office in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

About the department

The UzNIF (National Investment Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan JSC) Investor Relations team supports clear, timely communication with global investors, advisers, exchanges, government agencies, and other stakeholders as the National Investment Fund of the Republic of Uzbekistan Joint Stock Company enters its next chapter as a publicly listed company.

Working closely with the Investor Relations Manager and senior stakeholders, the team combines capital markets insight, disciplined execution, and cross-functional collaboration. Joining the team offers exposure to institutional investors, listed-company reporting, emerging markets reform, and Uzbekistan’s capital market development.

How will you add value?

Core Responsibilities:

• Prepare investor presentations, factsheets, briefings, investor and stakeholder responses consistent with approved public disclosures

• Maintain investor calendars, stakeholder lists, meeting trackers, and follow-up logs

• Summarize investor feedback, market themes, recurring questions, and meeting actions

• Support quarterly NAV, Trustee, Board and management reporting, including performance updates and investor engagement reports

• Prepare accurate meeting notes and track follow-up actions

• Assist in public announcements, website updates and LSE/Tashkent Stock Exchange materials

Strategic Responsibilities:

• Coordinate input from internal teams, counsel, banks, exchanges, and advisers

• Manage document reviews, version control, approvals, and disclosure deadlines

• Maintain approved language, disclaimers, restrictions, and published communications

Team & Collaboration:

• Support investor events, meetings, agendas, briefings, and post-event summaries

• Coordinate logistics, speakers, materials, branding, videos, and communications

• Draft event letters and invitations in English and Uzbek

What will help you be successful in this role?

Education & Experiences:

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, business, accounting, or a related discipline

• 2-4 years’ relevant experience across investor relations, finance, markets, research, or consulting

• Strong understanding of financial statements, capital markets, listed-company communications and basic valuation concepts

• Familiarity with public-company disclosure and Uzbekistan’s economic and reform context

Technical Skills:

• Strong financial analysis, research, writing, editing, and presentation skills

• Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and data management

• Excellent spoken and written English; Uzbek and Russian proficiency is highly desirable

Soft Skills:

• Proactive, organized, analytical, collaborative, and comfortable managing competing deadlines

• Strong attention to detail, judgment, discretion, and confidentiality

• Confident coordinating stakeholders and supporting execution-focused tasks

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry, age, color, disability, genetic information, gender, gender identity, or gender expression, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, and any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation.