About this role
Team Overview
The mission of the Finance Platform Strategies (FPS) team is to ensure optimized operating models within Finance, consistent across our global functional teams as appropriate. To promote this objective, we connect key Finance resources with relevant functional specialists from across BlackRock, identify and document business requirements and manage the implementation and subsequent maintenance of platforms and processes designed to address those requirements. FPS team members serve as internal change management consultants who apply knowledge of BlackRock’s resources - people, processes, and technology - to ensure concepts become reality in support of both new business initiatives and ongoing business process enhancement.
The FPS team has a global footprint. Team members are responsible for managing projects that drive Finance objectives forward through initiatives that can have either regional or global focus. Responsibilities include coordinating project team activity, supporting effective and timely communication among project team members and subject matter experts from across the firm, drafting clear and comprehensive business requirements and project management documentation, designing sound processes and workflow models, partnering with internal or third party resources to drive design specification sign-off, oversee technical development progress and coordinate quality unit testing, providing ongoing project updates to all relevant stakeholders, facilitating user training services and, ensuring timely delivery of effective, well designed solutions.
In addition to project oversight, the team works to manage, on an ongoing basis, the platforms supporting Finance’s day-to-day operating model to ensure our technologies remain optimized and our operational processes are sustainable, efficient and support a robust control environment. The team provides level one support for Finance operational platforms and as required, will assess/trouble-shoot and identify actionable opportunities to address complex issues related to the suite of technology solutions Finance employs including Oracle Cloud SaaS platform, Financial Consolidations and Close (FCCS), IBM Cognos Planning Analytics (TM1), IBM Cognos Analytics (BI) and our proprietary BlackRock Aladdin platform.
Role Responsibility:
Development and Maintenance: Develop and maintain TM1 models and applications, including budgeting, forecasting, and actual reports. Provide ongoing maintenance and enhancements to existing models
Data Processing: Manage daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly data processing to support actuals and forecast/budget close processes for the TM1 platform
Requirements Gathering: Lead the development and enhancement work for various TM1 models throughout all phases, from requirements gathering to build, user testing, go-live, and support
Cloud Migration: Play an active role in cloud migration and model transformation initiatives
Report Conversion: Lead report conversion from TM1 perspectives to Planning Analytics for Excel (PAfE) and Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW)
User Support: Provide day-to-day user support for the TM1 application, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data and reports
Documentation: Create and maintain process documentation to ensure it stays current as the process evolves
Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand business
Experience:
4-6 years of relevant experience working as IBM Planning Analytics (TM1) developer
Proficiency in TM1 Rules, Feeders, Turbo Integrator processes, and system configuration
Experience with SQL queries and stored procedures
Bachelor's degree in finance, IT, or similar fields are preferred. Knowledge of financial instruments and markets is beneficial
Good understanding of Finance / Asset Management industry
Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial for this role
Natural curiosity and interest in finance data and technologies to optimize finance processes from end to end
Master's Degree in Finance or IT
Personal Qualities:
Strong work ethic and accountability owner
Self-starter able to drive positive progress proactively with limited manager direction
Solutions and service oriented
Focused attention to detail; high standards for quality and accuracy in work product
Professional, positive, collegial demeanor; collaborative relationship builder
Comfortable interacting with all levels of management and able to thrive in a fast paced, innovative environment
Our benefits
To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.
Our hybrid work model
BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.
About BlackRock
At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.
This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.
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BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.
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What We Do
As the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement, home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments, foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals, including firefighters, nurses, teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven, focused on clients and risk management, and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone, helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world, Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster, more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock, we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions, simplify complexity, and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning, wealth building or navigating market shifts, we’re here to help clients invest more easily, more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com
Why Work With Us
Without our people, technology is irrelevant. When we combine the power of people with the power of technology, we amplify our ability to create better outcomes for our employees, clients, shareholders and society alike.
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