About the Role
FormativGroup is seeking an Aladdin Front Office Consultant to join our growing Financial Services practice. In this role, you'll work closely with investment and trading teams, leveraging BlackRock Aladdin Front Office capabilities to support daily trading operations, optimize workflows, and reduce operational risk. The ideal candidate brings hands-on Aladdin experience, a strong understanding of investment operations, and the ability to collaborate across front, middle, and back-office teams in a fast-paced environment.
What You'll Do- Support and oversee front-office trading activities within the BlackRock Aladdin platform.
- Coordinate and monitor the complete trade lifecycle, ensuring accurate execution from order creation through settlement.
- Perform cash, position, and transaction validations using Excel and SQL to identify discrepancies and mitigate operational risk.
- Utilize Aladdin Front Office functionality, including Order Management (OMS), pre-trade compliance, trade blotters, exposure monitoring, and portfolio analytics.
- Review post-trade activity, including allocations, trade matching, confirmations, and settlement status, proactively resolving issues before they impact operations.
- Partner with Trading, Operations, Compliance, and external counterparties to resolve trade exceptions and improve operational efficiency.
- Identify emerging operational risks and communicate issues quickly to the appropriate stakeholders.
- Hands-on experience working with BlackRock Aladdin Front Office, including OMS, trade blotters, IBOR views, cash management, matching, and operational dashboards.
- Solid understanding of investment operations, trade processing, and front-to-back trade lifecycle management.
- Strong analytical skills with proficiency in Microsoft Excel and SQL for reconciliation, validation, reporting, and operational analysis.
- Experience troubleshooting trade or operational issues in a fast-paced investment management or capital markets environment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to work effectively across Trading, Operations, Technology, and external partners.
- Ability to prioritize multiple activities while maintaining accuracy in a high-volume trading environment.
Location
The location preferred for this remote with 50% travel within the US.
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa now or in the future.
- To be considered for this position, candidates must reside in one of the following U.S. states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, TN, TX, VA, WI, and Washington DC. Candidates residing outside these states are not eligible for consideration currently.
We are committed to pay equity and transparency. The compensation range for this position represents our good faith estimate of the range we reasonably expect to pay for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered will be determined based on factors such as the candidate’s experience, skills, education, work location, and internal equity.
In addition to base pay, employees may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, commissions, or other incentive programs, as well as a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, etc.
FormativGroup operates within the critical middle layer of business technology, where applications and systems connect infrastructure to business processes. We are specialists who help the middle market take full advantage of their technology investments with deep, industry-centric expertise, all in one place, to unify fragmented systems. With deep technical expertise across cloud architecture, system integration, AI, and data strategy, we bridge the gap between business goals and modern platforms.
FormativGroup is an equal opportunity employer providing opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.
ADA Specifications: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
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Skills Required
- 5-7 years of experience in building enterprise-level solutions
- Minimum of 3+ years of Aladdin hands-on experience
- At least 4 years of experience with Agile Development
- Experience with SQL, Snowflake, JIRA, Confluence
- Knowledge with IBOR/ABOR implementations
What We Do
Modern organizations depend on business systems that work in concert. FormativGroup enables our clients by connecting their processes and workflows, applications, and layers of data in ways that reflect how the business needs to operate. We help organizations knock down technology barriers, integrate workflows, and design connected data ecosystems, so information is available where and when they need it most. We are industry-centric consultants with expertise in design AND execution, working across your ecosystem to future-proof your business environment. See how you can transform possibility into progress with FormativGroup.
