About this role
Team Overview:
The Finance & Strategy (F&S) team partners with businesses and enterprise leaders across BlackRock to drive long-term, margin-accretive growth. Within F&S, the Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team serves as a trusted partner to businesses across the firm, leading budgeting, forecasting, and business planning, while developing the financial frameworks, performance metrics, and strategic insights that guide decision-making. Operating at the intersection of strategy, finance, and execution, FP&A works closely with senior leadership to assess growth opportunities, evaluate cost and revenue drivers, and advance high-impact initiatives that shape BlackRock’s long-term direction.
The team is a valued and integral part of the firm’s management function, offering broad exposure, senior influence, and the opportunity to help drive the financial success of the firm.
Position Overview:
This Vice President role serves as a senior FP&A partner to BlackRock’s Active Fixed Income platform, leading multi-year planning, forecasting, and strategic initiatives that support business growth and performance. Working closely with investment leadership and partners across Finance & Strategy, the role translates business priorities into financial plans, performance targets, and progress tracking. The successful candidate will help shape executive decision-making by developing financial frameworks, leading high-impact initiatives, and delivering clear, actionable insights on growth, investment, and business performance. This is a high-visibility opportunity for a strategic finance professional seeking to work closely with senior leaders and influence the direction and performance of one of BlackRock’s most important investment platforms.
Responsibilities:
Serve as the FP&A partner to Active Fixed Income senior leadership, supporting strategic planning, business performance management, and decision-making
Lead the development of growth plans, budgets, forecasts, and financial frameworks aligned with business priorities and long-term firm objectives
Translate strategy into actionable financial targets, investment priorities, and execution plans
Build and maintain robust financial models to support scenario analysis, forecasting, and strategic planning
Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders by bringing together financial expertise, market awareness, and competitive insight
Partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including Controllers, Human Resources, Investor Relations, Corporate Strategy, and other Finance teams, to advance key initiatives and manage the business effectively
Lead, coach, and develop team members while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment
Development Value:
Significant exposure to global, regional, and business leadership across BlackRock
Direct involvement in firm decision-making and cross-functional initiatives that drive business value
Opportunity to shape strategy, investment decisions, and financial outcomes for a key investment platform
Positions candidates for broader leadership opportunities across Finance & Strategy
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a quantitative field; MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred
7–10+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or a related field, preferably within asset management or broader financial services
Strong interest in markets and investing, with Fixed Income knowledge or experience preferred
Proven ability to communicate clearly and influence senior stakeholders through written materials, presentations, and verbal communication
Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects and driving outcomes in a fast-paced environment
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to decompose complex issues and develop practical, high-impact solutions
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI and automation to improve efficiency, streamline workflows, and enhance business processes
Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required; familiarity with IBM Planning Analytics and Microsoft Power BI is a plus
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a quantitative field; MBA, CPA, or CFA preferred
- 7-10+ years of relevant experience in FP&A, strategic finance, or related fields
- Strong interest in markets and investing; Fixed Income knowledge preferred
- Proven ability to communicate and influence senior stakeholders
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional projects
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to leverage AI and automation for efficiency
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills required
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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