Associate

About this role

Company: BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. Job Title: Associate Location: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809

Job Duties: Drive client engagement, scope of work review, requirements collection and project planning for the data management workstream of new Aladdin implementations. Manage data workstream progress and communications with clients and partners to ensure successful delivery of critical milestones along the project plan. Collaborate with client investment, technology, and data professionals to ensure alignment and clarity of data scope, mapping, normalization, and implementation approaches. Educate and guide clients on Aladdin data conventions and target state data management workflows inclusive of on-site training for client data teams. Use standard interfaces and configurable elements to facilitate the onboarding of client data from clients directly and/or third-party data providers. Partner with front-office and investment process practice leads to configure investment portfolio structure, benchmark assignments and establish proper risk analytics deliverables. Manage systematic data reconciliation and reviews and drive the resolution of issues with internal data owners, external vendors and/or the development of solutions with clients and partners. Partner with Analytics stewards to ensure valuation and risk analytics results are comprehensive and up to market and modelling standard. Manage client requirements, provide critical business, and technical analysis to development partners in data stewards, production solutions and engineering functions for new data and solutions development. Provide validation and directly manage the client UAT. Create dedicated client documentation with standard templates and partner with Data Operations to transition new clients into production support.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Quantitative Finance and Risk Management, Finance, Financial Engineering or a related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or as an Analyst or a related role. Must have three (3) years of experience with:

• Python and SQL

• Conducting scope of work reviews and requirements collection

• Project planning, including creating and managing project plans, timelines, and milestones

• Managing project progress and communications with clients and partners

• Standard interfaces and configurable elements for data onboarding

• Apply Risk analytics and valuation standards - Boncalc collections for various financial instrument

• Strong analytical skills to provide critical business and technical analysis

• Managing client UAT processes

• Partner with front-office and investment process practice leads to configure investment portfolio structure, benchmark assignments and establish proper risk analytics deliverables

• Lead and manage complex client implementation projects, ensuring delivery of critical milestones that directly support the execution of business contracts and revenue generation for Aladdin platform

• Performing detailed data analysis and reconciliation between Aladdin outputs and clients’ internal operational systems and databases

• Designing, configuring, and implementing data interfaces, overnight production workflows, and downstream analytics processes to support ongoing operations

• Test, validate, and deploy new products and enhancements into client environments, ensuring adherence to established best practices, quality standards, and regulatory requirements

• Conduct ongoing reviews of client portfolios and datasets during project implementation to assess alignment with market movements; proactively identify data or analytics issues and collaborate with clients to investigate, resolve and remediate discrepancies.

Salary: $96,900 – 125,000

To apply, please click “Apply” on this webpage. For Wilmington, DE Only the salary range for this position is USD$0.00 - USD$0.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

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.

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