Client Delivery, Aladdin Wealth Tech, Associate

Business Unit Overview 

BlackRock Aladdin is uniquely positioned to address the industry’s risk management, portfolio construction and financial technology demands. The various business departments within Aladdin are focused on providing clients with highly scalable portfolio analytics, risk management, liability-driven investing, pension solutions,regulatory advice, and balance sheet strategy.

The Aladdin Wealth Tech team partners with wealth management clients to help them oversee their enterprise risk, build better portfolios, and enhance their value proposition to clients. This is achieved by leveraging risk analytics - powered by Aladdin® - to equip wealth management clients with model construction capabilities, risk monitoring tools, and portfolio construction & analytics

The Aladdin Wealth Techteam is part of the wider BlackRock Aladdin business. BlackRock Aladdin is uniquely positioned to address the industry’s risk management, portfolio construction and financial technology demands.This is an exciting opportunity to shape the Wealth Management industry while helping to build a growing business within BlackRock.

Position Description 

The successful candidate will be an integral part of the team and take responsibility forservicing our clients across a range of activities includinganalytics support, product management, implementation of Aladdin capabilities, and delivery and training of Aladdin products. The role is dynamic by nature and will evolve over time as the business and industry continues to develop – an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in working at the intersection of Technologyand Wealth Management.

Key Responsibilities  

• Manage the relationships with client business and technologyteams at our clients to support the implementation, servicing, and adoption of Aladdin Wealth. 

• As a partner to internal Business Development and Relationship Management teams, be responsible for representing and technical servicing of the Aladdin platform to existing clients and prospects. 

• Develop strategy and provide oversight and execution capacity for the technical delivery of Aladdin Wealth.

• Function as the internal representative for clients by driving alignment between the Aladdin Wealth offering and client needs

• Design and develop technical analysis for clients and support the development of core Aladdin models and risk systems

Skills and Qualifications  

The ideal candidate will possess some combination of all the following:

• Education: undergraduate degree (bachelor’s degree), business or technical discipline preferred, Master’s degree a plus

• Language: Fluent in English, fluency in Chinese is highly preferred

• Experience: four to seven years of broad technical and/or financial services experience

• Strong background in risk management, analytics, and technical analysis

• Strong client management skills: ability to engage client stakeholders to understand and solve their most critical business challenges. 

• Strong project management and coordination skills; able to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

• Superior communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex concepts simply and clearly to clients

• Experience within the Wealth Management industry is a plus

• Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, SQL, R, Linux) are a plus