Business Manager, Investments, Associate

About this role

Fundamental Equities – Associate Business Manager Gurgaon

Fundamental Equities (FE) sits within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (PMG), which encompasses Fundamental and Systematic investing across Fixed Income, Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies.  

The FE business is a key division at BlackRock with over $260bn of assets under management, across 90+ strategies and over 200+ investment professionals. FE teams use traditional analytics to pick stocks and assemble coherent, deliberate and diversified portfolios. Through cutting-edge technology, sophisticated models and embedded proprietary research, our investment management approach is to deliver consistent outperformance to our clients.  

Role & Impact 

BlackRock has an opportunity for an Associate Business Manager to join the FE COO team, based in Gurgaon. This team is responsible for supporting the delivery across a wide range of tasks, from budget tracking to managing technology implementations, ensuring compliance and coordinating with various stakeholders. This role demands a high level of organization, attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. This role will provide pivotal support to the regional COO team centers, facilitating the seamless delivery of FE’s day to day business operations as well as strategic projects across the platform.

In close collaboration with other members of the COO team, the Business Manager will support the delivery across a wide range of tasks, from budget tracking to managing technology implementations, ensuring compliance and coordinating with various stakeholders This role demands a high level of  organisation attention to detail and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously as well as a passion for problem solving and critical thinking.

This position reports to a Business Manager in London and extends support to the COO team globally. The role, with its broad focus, offers an excellent opportunity to gain a comprehensive understanding of business management and all the supporting functions of an investment team, with exposure to a variety of locations, products, and stakeholders at all levels.

The ideal candidate will bring prior experience from an investment environment and have a demonstrated history of executing and achieving results in complex projects spanning multiple regions and offices.

Key Responsibilities

Support day-to-day business activities for the FE Platform including:

• Reporting: Produce monthly as well as periodic and ad hoc reporting and analytics to support COO team processes. Be a Workday "super-user" for reporting, data updates and ‘how to’
• Financial Tracking & Budget Management: coordinate data updates for monthly compensation visibility and quarterly ExCo notes as well as monitoring team T&E spend to budget, provide reporting and escalate as required
• Market Data Management: review and approve market data tools on ServiceNow (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Morningstar, Factset) as well as monitoring usage.
• Technology & Business Process Change Coordination: partner with Technology and partner teams as platform point for technology, includes deploying new firm initiatives, migrations and rollouts, policy compliance as well as platform projects (OneDrive, MS Teams & SharePoint) and assisting with general day-to-day technology issues to triage for speedy resolution.
• T&E Discipline & Management: conduct first-line reviews of Coupa invoices, flag spend a
• Audit & Compliance: project manage FE audits end to end and point person for compliance ensuring adherence to regulatory responsibilities including updates, correct data tracked and maintained, and issues escalated as appropriate to COO and team
• Data, Risk & Permissions: responsible for managing the vendor risk on Process Unity; onboard and maintain vendors, drive data cohesion across the platform (folder management, FE SharePoint updates, distribution list reviews) as well as reviewing platform permissions quarterly
• Business Continuity: Coordinate initiatives to ensure the platform is prepared to function effectively during any disruptive events
• People & Talent: central coordinator for early careers FE program delivery and FE talent and culture building training programs
• Communication & Connectivity: revive FE channels with a communication strategy as well as coordinating the weekly FE Opps Note
• Ad hoc projects: identify, support and enable initiatives to drive efficiencies and improvements to protect and strengthen the FE platform through continuous review and development of processes and controls

Qualifications   

• Keen interest in equity markets and working in an investment environment
• 4-6 years of relevant industry experience in same domain
• Proven experience in operations management, project management, or a similar role
• Flexible, responsive and self-starting personality. Proven experience working both independently and as part of a team in a highly collaborative, global, demanding and dynamic environment 
• Strong analytical, organisational and project management skills along with outstanding communication, sound judgment, integrity and discretion 
• Thorough with exceptional attention to detail
• Understanding of financial tracking and budget management as well as familiarity with audit and compliance processes
• Excellent communication and team coordination skills
• Degree in Business Administration, Finance, or related field

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.

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