Vice President, Equity Research Analyst - Mining & Gold (Sector & Thematics Team)

Locations: London, United Kingdom

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Our investment professionals thrive in a culture that pushes them to question the status quo, overdeliver for clients, and work together to shape the future of the industry. At BlackRock, you’ll forge meaningful relationships within your team and across the firm – expanding your network as you tackle complex challenges with a collaborative approach, integrated research and risk management. In an environment that feels welcoming and inclusive, you’ll discover opportunities to hone your skills, develop new expertise, gain mentorship, and build the investment career you envision.

Job description

About this role

About our Platform

BlackRock is a global leader in investment management, risk management, and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. We aim to deliver better financial outcomes for our clients through disciplined investing, rigorous research, and a culture grounded in intellectual curiosity and accountability.

Fundamental Equities invests through style- or sector-specific, research-driven strategies, combining the breadth of a global platform with the autonomy of specialist teams. Investment teams operate with discretion within a robust risk framework and are accountable for delivering consistent outperformance.

About our Team

BlackRock’s London-based Sector & Thematics equity team is a long-established specialist platform within Fundamental Equities, focused on natural resources and thematic equity strategies. Founded in 1988, the team manages approximately US$37 billion in predominantly long-only assets across mining, gold, agriculture, energy and new energy strategies, and has won more than 100 industry awards for investment performance.

The teaminvests globally across the market-cap spectrum, applying a bottom-up, high-conviction investment approach. It is made up of 18 people with over 100 years of combined investment experience and is broadly organised into two specialist investment pods: Materials and Energy / Energy Transition.

The investment team includes 11 portfolio managers and analysts. Within this group, five cover mining and gold, two are dedicated to agriculture, and four cover energy and new energy. Portfolio managers are responsible for both fundamental research and portfolio management, supported by analysts who contribute investment ideas, company research and sector insight. Four of the team’s portfolio managers have technical backgrounds or relevant industry experience, which is important in natural resources investing, where differentiated views often depend on understanding geology, project quality, reserve life, capital intensity, cost curves, permitting, operational execution and commodity-cycle dynamics.

The team is supported by significant dedicated non-investor and portfolio management resources, allowing portfolio managers and analysts to remain focused on research, portfolio management and investment debate. These include nine product strategists responsible for client queries and investment communications, a business manager focused on team management priorities and operating discipline, a core portfolio management function that supports the operational aspects of portfolio implementation and oversight, and a portfolio management assistant who provides administrative support to the whole team. The team also benefits from BlackRock’s broader Fundamental Equities platform, including risk management, trading, corporate access, technology and global research resources.

About this Role

We are seeking a Research Analyst to cover the mining and gold sector within the Materials pod.This individual will be responsible for developing differentiated investment views and generating high-conviction ideas that directly inform portfolio investment. The role requires a combination of technical domain expertise and rigorous financial analysis and modelling skills, alongside the ability to influence decisions in a collaborative, debate-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities

Generatehigh-conviction investment ideas within mining and gold sectors, with clear portfolio relevance

Own end-to-end fundamental research: company analysis, valuation, and investment recommendations

Build and maintain robust, decision-grade financial models grounded in clear assumptions and logical frameworks

Develop differentiated views by identifying key value drivers, inflection points, and risks

Monitor holdings and update investment theses with speed and discipline

Partner closely with portfolio managers on position sizing, timing, and portfolio construction

Contribute to team discussions, articulating investment arguments in a logical and consistent manner and shaping sector views and broader investment strategy

Work with AI tools to enhance company and commodity analysis and investment decision-making.

Knowledge/Experience:

Domain & Technical Expertise

Strong financial modelling and valuation capability.

Academic background and industry experience as a geologist or mining engineer required.

Investment Judgment

Demonstrated ability to form independent, evidence-based views in complex environments

Track record (or clear potential) in generating actionable investment ideas and originating investment ideas across the market cap spectrum.

Analytical & Intellectual Profile

Strong academic foundation with evidence of analytical rigour and structured thinking

Ability to distil complexity and focus on key drivers of value

Working Style

Clear, concise communicator able to articulate investment views with conviction

Collaborative and effective in a high-performance, debate-oriented team

High levels of curiosity, ownership, and learning agility

Additional

5–12 years of relevant experience

Combination of mining industry and buy-side experience (public or private equity) preferred

CFA or equivalent beneficial

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.

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.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

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.

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Our people drive our business forward every day. That's why we're committed to helping you build an extraordinary career at the firm. In addition to supporting your vertical growth along corporate titles, we’ll help you expand your horizons across the firm – with opportunities to collaborate with unexpected colleagues, take on unique assignments outside of your regular business, and even move internally within BlackRock.

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Benefits

We care about your overall well-being and design our benefits package to support you in various aspects of your life.

Financial well-being

We offer resources designed to help you build a sound financial future for you and your family, like retirement savings plans and tuition reimbursement.
Pay for performance

Our pay-for-performance philosophy includes a base salary and a discretionary annual bonus.
Physical well-being

Our healthcare plans and resources help you focus on your physical health, so you and your family can feel your best.
Emotional well-being

We support our people's mental health and emotional well-being by providing access to an Employee Assistance Program and a network of Mental Health Ambassadors.
Life management

You'll be able to focus on moments that are important to you with benefits designed to support life in and outside of work with Flexible Time Off, parental leave and more.