Career Returners Programme - Edinburgh

About this role

About the BlackRock Returner Programme

The Returner Programme is designed to encourage and support a return to full-time work through a six-month paid internship starting in September 2025. The returner programme acts as a feeder to full-time permanent employment (subject to individual performance and market conditions).

How we will support you:

• They will offer a variety of employee networks to help you integrate into the business and culture
• Provide a mentor and buddy for your day-to-day questions
• Provide coaching and peer support

To qualify for the program, participants must have the following:

• A career break of at least 24 months (no upper limit). During your career break you may have been working small-scale around other commitments or have not done any paid work.
• Prior experience in Investment Management or Financial Services
• Must be authorised to work in the UK

About the role

The Aladdin Client Business is growing rapidly, with the volume of new client deals growing each year. We are at the next phase of our growth and are evolving into a business with multiple new product launches. Successful candidates will join in our efforts to help our clients onboard the world’s leading end-to-end operating system to manage investment portfolios and transform their business.
Your Team
The Aladdin Client Transformation is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin, eFront and related products and services, globally. Aladdin and eFront transformations are high-profile initiatives that provide team members with significant client exposure and play an active role in redefinition of investment organizations. A typical transformation project is at least as much about processes and implementing change as it is about investments & technology. We help clients achieve ambitious strategic objectives, which range from streamlining investment workflows to organizational strategy, to unifying their investment analytics & risk reporting framework, to modernizing their overall investment process. We develop advisory partnerships with our clients at the most senior levels, which continue to grow post go live of our solutions.

You will be joining as an implementation specialist within the Client Transformation team focusing on high value deliverables.

Your Responsibilities

• Understand client objectives and goals paired with strong emotional ownership to deliver solutions utilizing Aladdin or eFront capabilities
• Document, standardize and help scale deliverables, such as investment workflow designs and analytics overviews for various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, alternatives, derivatives, etc.
• Consult on behalf of our business primarily through our products
• Aid in developing improved practices to make client transformations more efficient with each new project
• Able to work with various data sources in order to design solutions involving data visualization tools
• Closing date for applications is June 30th 2025

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.