About this role
About This Role
BlackRock’s business is investing on behalf of our clients, from large institutions to parents and grandparents, doctors and teachers who entrust their savings to us. We are committed to our clients—period. Our promise is to offer them the clearest thinking about what to do with their money and the products and services they need to secure a better financial future.
That’s why investors of all kinds have made us the world’s largest asset manager, entrusting us with trillions of dollars, and it’s why companies, institutions and global governments come to us for help meeting their biggest financial challenges.
BlackRock runs on Aladdin. It has always been at the core of BlackRock. Aladdin® is an operating system for investment managers that seek to connect the information, people, and technology needed to manage money in real time. Our investment software combines risk analytics with portfolio management, trading, compliance, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making, effective risk management, efficient trading, and operational scale. Aladdin is used by a community of over 900 clients around the world. There are over 100,000 end users of Aladdin globally. Through Aladdin, the firm offers to clients the same technology and intellectual capital that BlackRock uses to manage investments day-to-day.
The Aladdin Client Business is growing rapidly, with the volume of new client deals growing each year. We are at the next phase of our growth and are evolving into a business with multiple new product launches. Successful candidates will join in our efforts to help our clients onboard the world’s leading end-to-end operating system to manage investment portfolios and transform their business.
We are looking for a candidate to join us in an Analyst role within the Aladdin Portfolio Compliance Group.
Your Team
The Aladdin Portfolio Compliance Group (APCG) is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin, globally. Aladdin transformations are high-profile initiatives that provide team members with significant client exposure and play an active role in redefinition of investment organizations. As a member of this team, you will primarily be responsible for taking the client’s provided Compliance rules, and coding them into BlackRock’s compliance system, Aladdin. APCG places compliance restrictions into the system using BlackRock’s proprietary coding language, which is similar to SQL. We develop advisory partnerships with our clients at the most senior levels, which continue to grow post go live of our solutions.
You will be joining as a Compliance implementation specialist within APCG focusing on high value deliverables.
Your Responsibilities
Acting as a Project Manager or supporting colleagues in a project management capacity to meet project deliverables
Analysts will support the implementation of compliance rules at scale using BlackRock Query Language (BQL), gaining hands-on experience with Aladdin’s Compliance platform, and developing a foundational understanding of its capabilities.
Understand client objectives and goals and take strong emotional ownership to deliver solutions using Aladdin capabilities
Becoming acquainted with BlackRock’s various Aladdin applications, trade flow process, and data environment
Participating in efficiency and improvement initiatives by providing ideas and suggestions on possible enhancements to systems or processes
Your Qualifications
1-3 years of relevant work experience working in the investment management industry and knowledge of investment products strongly preferred.
Outstanding interpersonal skills showcased through the capacity to build relationships with both internal and external partners.
Background in finance or similar fields are preferred. Knowledge of financial instruments and markets is beneficial. Although not required, an understanding of relational database concepts (including SQL) are beneficial.
Well organized with the ability to manage several priorities with a hands-on approach
Enjoys a fast paced, high-intensity and complex environment, troubleshooting time critical issues and working with people
Strong attention to detail; willing to take proactive action, and desire to roll up sleeves
Nice If You Have
Experience with institutional buy-side investment technology platforms
Working experience in investment organizations
Professional designations or pursuit toward attaining (e.g., CFA, CAIA, FRM)
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.
BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email [email protected]. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.
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What We Do
BlackRock is a global asset manager. We help investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients turn to us for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. Our founding mission was to establish a firm that thinks differently about managing investment risks to best serve our clients, and this is still at our core today.
We challenge businesses to reach higher standards. We use technology to think beyond what’s possible. We provide investment solutions for every need. We aim to simplify a complex world. We help chart paths towards financial health. We are BlackRock, and we are invested in your financial well-being.
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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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