About this role
The APAC Wealth Client Business partners with leading banks, digital wealth platforms and intermediaries to deliver BlackRock’s full suite of investment solutions—indexing, active funds, ETFs, alternatives, model portfolios and managed accounts. The COO team enables this business through strategy, sales planning, market intelligence, business management, and technology & data enablement across the region.
We are seeking an analytically strong, highly organized Associate to support APAC Wealth’s strategy, market intelligence, strategic client initiatives, business management, and technology/data transformation.
The role requires curiosity about the Wealth industry, strong level of drive and ownership to get things do, and the ability to multi-task in a highly dynamic work environment, engaging effectively stakeholders across functions and Wealth sales teams based across Greater China, Southeast Asia, Australasia and Japan.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategy & Market Intelligence
- Support in shaping the 3–5 year commercial strategy of the APAC Wealth business, including product, channel, and market prioritization.
- Conduct industry and competitor analysis covering private banks, local banks, digital wealth players, fintechs, and asset managers.
- Track macro trends, regulatory shifts, product innovation (e.g., DPM/SMA, alternatives, retirement, ETFs), and consumer/wealth flows impacting the business.
- Produce benchmarking deliverables (AUM growth, flows, market share, platform capabilities, pricing, digital tools, sales models).
- Coordinate strategic planning cycles (annual strategy review, mid-year refresh, budget governance).
2. Business Management
- Partner with Sales on budgeting, forecasting, and distribution strategy development.
- Coordinate with Marketing, Platform, Core COO, and GPS teams on regional initiatives and operational exercises.
- Support tracking execution progress against KPIs, strategic priorities, and sales targets.
3. Data & Analytics and Processes automation
- Work with broader Wealth COO, Finance and Regional Sales Support (RSS) teams on supporting the business with data management and insights, including sales dashboards, CRM / MS Dynamics, Aladdin, and other platforms
- Drive automation and process redesign to improve speed, consistency and insightfulness of reporting and other data processes
- Drive process enhancements / automation to increase efficiency and effectiveness of sales-related processes. This includes support testing, rollout and uptake of:
- AI tools (Co‑pilot, Briefing Memo AI, translation tools)
- Firmwide dashboards and workflow automation initiatives
- Sales and reporting digital enhancement projects
- Partner with Technology & Data partners to ensure Wealth-specific needs are represented in platform roadmaps.
Key Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, with strong academic performance.
- 4–5 years of experience in financial services, strategy, consulting, market intelligence, business management, or analytics.
- Strong interest in Wealth & Distribution, including industry drivers, digital trends, and product innovation.
- Excellent analytical skills, with comfort working with large and complex datasets.
- High proficiency in Excel (VBA preferred); exposure to SQL, Tableau, and/or Python is a plus.
- Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to produce clear, senior‑ready materials.
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams under tight deadlines.
- Team‑oriented, proactive, and comfortable working across geographies.
- Fluency in English required; Asian language skills are a plus.
- Qualified applicants, including people with disabilities, are welcome to apply.
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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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
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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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