About this role
Function Overview:
Finance & Strategy (F&S) is BlackRock’s global finance partner, delivering insight-driven analysis and financial discipline to support decision-making, resource allocation, and sustainable growth. Within F&S, Corporate Strategy & Development (CS&D) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) form Strategic Finance, partnering with senior leadership to guide long-term direction, financial performance, and enterprise priorities.
The Aladdin & Tech & Ops FP&A team sits within Strategic Finance, supporting:
- Aladdin – BlackRock’s operating system for managing investment portfolios. Aladdin unites data, technology, and people to enable transparency, risk management, and informed decision-making across the investment lifecycle.
- Technology & Operations (Tech & Ops) – the group responsible for the firm's worldwide operations across all asset classes and geographies.
Position Overview:
This VP-level role sits within the Technology & Operations FP&A team. Tech & Ops is the backbone of BlackRock’s global platform - a diverse team of 4,000+ professionals who design, build, and run the systems that support every aspect of our business. From trade execution to client experience, employee enablement to platform innovation, we drive operational excellence across the firm. Within Tech & Ops is our Enterprise Services team, which is responsible for managing corporate Real Estate Services, Enterprise Resilience, Workplace Experience, and Executive Operations to deliver a safe, resilient, high-performance workplace and related services. Digital Workplace strives to provide robust and resilient technology solutions to our end users that enhance the employee experience.
This role partners closely with Enterprise Services leadership, Digital Workplace leadership, and Finance stakeholders to provide end‑to‑end financial oversight, cost planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across operating and investment spend. The successful candidate will lead financial analysis, reporting, and governance to support disciplined cost management, investment decision‑making, and delivery against financial targets. This role requires a highly disciplined, commercial thinker with exceptional analytical abilities, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record in financial analysis and forecasting.
Key responsibilities:
- Own FP&A accountability for Enterprise Services and Digital Workplace costs, with primary focus on real estate (operating, capital and project spend) and technology, providing single‑point accountability for financial outcomes
- Establish clear financial ownership, expectations and accountability across business and FP&A teams
- Ensure disciplined planning, forecasting and management of cost bases and investment spend
- Implement clear, repeatable FP&A processes, standards, and cadences to reduce reliance on manual intervention and ad‑hoc escalation. Embedding AI capabilities where possible
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify key business challenges and opportunities, develop actionable insights, and drive strategic decision-making
- Partner with leadership to develop long-term strategic plans, financial targets, and performance metrics aligned with business and corporate objectives
- Mentor a team of FP&A professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning and excellence
- Provide guidance, feedback and coaching to team members to enhance their technical skills, business acumen, and professional growth
Knowledge and experience requirements:
- Significant FP&A experience (7+ years) within a large, complex organization, ideally spanning technology, operations, real estate, or other enterprise cost environments
- Demonstrated track record of owning and managing large, complex cost bases, including operating expenses, capital expenditure and project‑based investment spend
- Proven ability to operate with authority and sound judgment, holding senior business stakeholders and finance teams accountable to financial commitments
- Deep experience leading planning, forecasting and in‑year cost management, with clear articulation of drivers, risks and corrective actions
- Strong financial modeling and analytical capability, with experience supporting investment decisions, scenario analysis and trade‑off discussions
- Experience strengthening financial processes, controls and ways of working, particularly in environments with varying levels of maturity
- Ability to communicate financial insights clearly, directly and confidently to senior leaders, including where challenge and course correction are required
- Strong understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles, with the ability to identify issues, challenge assumptions, and ensure appropriate financial treatment of costs and investments
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial systems; experience with planning and reporting tools (e.g., TM1/Cognos) and data visualization platforms (Tableau, Power BI) strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or professional qualification a plus
Competencies:
- Able to work effectively in a constantly evolving environment to meet deadlines
- Focused attention to detail and high standards for quality and accuracy in their work product
- Professional, positive demeanor. Collaborative orientation; relationship-builder who is solutions-oriented
- Organized with strong follow through and execution
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 significant FP&A experience within a large, complex organization
- Experience owning and managing large, complex cost bases, including operating expenses, capital expenditures, and project investment spend
- Experience leading planning, forecasting, and in-year cost management
- Strong financial modeling and analytical capabilities, including scenario analysis and investment decision support
- Experience strengthening financial processes, controls, and ways of working
- Ability to communicate financial insights clearly and confidently to senior leaders
- Strong understanding of accounting and financial reporting principles
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial systems
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience spanning technology, operations, real estate, or enterprise cost environments
- Experience with planning and reporting tools such as TM1 or Cognos
- Experience with data visualization platforms such as Tableau or Power BI
- Advanced degree or professional qualification
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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