About this role
YOUR TEAM
The Investment Accounting Group provides accounting and regulatory data services to financial institutions. The team delivers asset accounting and reconciliation services, monthly accounting packages, regulatory schedules, and related reporting. Working across investment products and accounting frameworks, the team helps clients address evolving financial reporting and regulatory requirements while maintaining effective processes and controls.
YOUR ROLE AND IMPACT
As a Vice President in the Investment Accounting Group, you will support the delivery of accounting and reporting services while responding to the evolving needs and priorities of our clients. You will help oversee the monthly accounting close, lead client and departmental initiatives, strengthen processes and controls, and coordinate capabilities from across BlackRock to deliver business and client objectives. The breadth of the team’s services provides opportunities to expand your knowledge across investment products, accounting complexities, regulatory requirements, technical capabilities, and client-facing business areas.
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 combine the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies with the rigor to challenge the results. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities:
Develop detailed knowledge of BlackRock’s capabilities, products, and services for financial institutions. Stay current on the evolving regulatory landscape and new accounting pronouncements, and clearly communicate their implications to support client compliance across multiple bases of accounting, including United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and United States statutory accounting.
Apply knowledge of derivative concepts and derivative accounting to support investment accounting processes, analysis, reconciliations, reporting, and client deliverables.
Support business growth, new-client implementations, and client retention within the insurance sector by partnering with teams across BlackRock and representing accounting on cross-functional projects and working groups.
Lead the continued development of investment reporting production and control processes to improve efficiency, mitigate operational risk, incorporate business and product changes, and maintain procedures that reflect current practices.
Partner with vendors to communicate development priorities, support delivery, and help ensure that accounting and reporting solutions meet business and client requirements.
Serve as a senior point of contact for clients on accounting-related matters, conduct training for the Investment Accounting team, review quarterly National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and other regulatory reconciliations, support audits, and recommend control enhancements based on review findings.
YOUR EXPERIENCE
Demonstrated investment accounting experience within investments or financial markets, typically gained through at least six years of relevant professional experience.
Knowledge of insurance companies or statutory accounting, including the regulatory and accounting requirements under which insurance organizations operate.
Familiarity with product-specific financial reporting requirements and disclosures, including the application of accounting guidance to investment products.
Demonstrated focus on operational improvement, accounting controls, risk mitigation, and the continued enhancement of reporting processes.
Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish, with the ability to engage effectively with clients, auditors, regulators, vendor partners, and internal stakeholders across global teams.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with strong Microsoft Excel skills.
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 Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.
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
- At least six years of investment accounting experience within investments or financial markets
- Knowledge of insurance companies and statutory accounting, including regulatory requirements
- Familiarity with product-specific financial reporting requirements and disclosures for investment products
- Knowledge of derivative concepts and derivative accounting
- Demonstrated focus on operational improvement, accounting controls, and risk mitigation
- Fluent verbal and written communication in English and Spanish
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, with strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Experience supporting audits and performing NAIC and other regulatory reconciliations
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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