About this role
YOUR TEAM
The Investment Accounting Group (IAG) provides accounting and regulatory data services to clients who have outsourced their accounting function to BlackRock. The team is focused on enhancing its accounting operating platform, expanding asset class coverage, and delivering scalable solutions that support a growing client base. As part of this organization, you will work with colleagues across the firm to help deliver high-quality accounting services and implementation outcomes for clients.
YOUR ROLE AND IMPACT
As a Vice President within IAG, you will play a key role in implementing new business onto BlackRock's accounting platform and supporting the delivery of investment accounting solutions for a diverse client base. Working across multiple functions, you will help develop implementation strategies, coordinate stakeholder engagement, and drive successful onboarding outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to contribute to business growth, strengthen client relationships, and support the continued evolution of the firm's investment accounting capabilities.
YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
In every role at BlackRock, you'll be expected to apply sound judgement and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and embrace the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies while challenging outcomes. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities:
Develop a thorough knowledge of BlackRock's capabilities, products, and services for Investment Accounting clients.
Develop project plans for client implementations with measurable goals, driving consensus and communicating progress to partners and management throughout the implementation lifecycle.
Improve the team's ability to scale implementation efforts and support multiple concurrent initiatives in line with business growth objectives.
Build and maintain relationships with key partners across the firm to support business growth, new client implementations, and client retention.
Represent IAG on cross-functional projects and working groups that support key business and client objectives.
Ensure alignment of additional services with the Investment Accounting offering while supporting effective product integration across the firm.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
7+ years of experience in financial services; familiarity with insurance clients is a plus.
Strong working knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and/or statutory accounting for investments, including securities, alternatives, mortgage loans, and derivatives.
Proven ability to bring together cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives.
Proactive interest in staying current with industry developments, accounting standards, and client product changes.
Strong communication skills and an ability to build effective relationships with clients and internal partners.
Ability to manage multiple requests while maintaining focus on broader business objectives and delivery requirements.
Ability to leverage new technology to support partners and achieve business outcomes
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.
Guidance on AI use for candidates
At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.
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.
To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.
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.
BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience in financial services
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and/or statutory accounting for investments (securities, alternatives, mortgage loans, derivatives)
- Proven ability to bring together cross-functional teams to achieve business objectives
- Strong communication skills and ability to build effective relationships with clients and internal partners
- Ability to manage multiple requests while maintaining focus on broader business objectives and delivery requirements
- Ability to leverage new technology to support partners and achieve business outcomes
- Familiarity with insurance clients
- Proactive interest in staying current with industry developments, accounting standards, and client product changes
BlackRock Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Retirement Support — A 401(k)/Retirement Savings Plan with a stated company match formula (subject to plan caps) alongside an Employee Stock Purchase Plan is prominently featured. Feedback suggests these elements make the financial-wellness offering a notable strength among large employers.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave of at least 16 weeks for primary caregivers, plus adoption support, fertility benefits, and child/elder back‑up care, is highlighted across materials. Offerings are substantial, with specifics varying by location.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible Time Off for many U.S. salaried roles, paired with sick and bereavement leave, provides generous time‑away options. Wellness resources such as free access to Calm and an Employee Assistance Program further support rest and recovery.
BlackRock Insights
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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