Associate, FSIG Strategy and Business Management

About this role

Business Overview

The Financial & Strategic Investors Group (FSIG) is transforming BlackRock’s global relationships with large asset owners such as insurers and sovereign wealth funds by supporting their evolving investment, portfolio, and business needs. The platform helps draw the best of BlackRock’s capabilities to advise sophisticated clients through their most complex challenges including. Today, FSIG comprises three areas: BlackRock’s relationships with worlds most sophisticated Asset Owners (i.e. central banks, multilateral development banks and sovereign wealth funds), Financial Markets Advisory (FMA), and the Global Financial Institutions Group (FIG). FMA delivers a range of capital markets, balance sheet management, and risk & analytics advice to banks, insurance companies and official institutions. FIG is the world's leading insurance asset management business. FSIG has a unique opportunity to anticipate clients' needs and reinforce BlackRock’s reputation with governments and large corporations, by better connecting investors and asset owners.

Position overview

The COO team is responsible for articulating and executing against the strategic direction of FSIG and leading the operating cadence of the business. The team supports leadership to develop a deep understanding of our business performance and competitive landscape, communicate the story of business to internal and external constituencies, build and execute on business and resourcing plans, and lead a range of initiatives to shape our business’ go-forward trajectory.

We are seeking a high-energy, self-motivated Associate excited to work in a fluid, fast-paced environment. Given the broad range of projects, the candidate should feel comfortable working with teams and engaging across functional areas. The ideal candidate must deeply understand the strategic initiatives, business financials, and competitive landscape across FSIG, and provide strategic and operational support - including project management, supporting critical day-to-day business processes, resource allocation, culture and communication platforms.  Effective execution and exceptional attention to detail are critical.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Strategic planning: Support the annual budgeting and forecasting processes and drive communications and collaboration with stakeholders
• Reporting & performance tracking:  Develop and maintain system for monitoring KPIs and generating executive-level reporting; partner with firm stakeholders to further automate client and management reporting; drive development and execution technology strategy, spearheading efforts to use data, technology, and marketing to better target and execute sales activities
• Risk management: Set and reinforce policies that enable FSIG to manage risk; embed intelligent, consistent schemes for risk management (pricing, op risk / event remediation, KYC, RCSA, BCPs, conflicts, permissions, invoicing) and ensure timely completion
• Talent management & communications: In partnership with HR and FSIG executive team, create and embed a global talent management and communications model that enables FSIG to recruit, retain, and develop high performing, engaged people; manage processes that enable FSIG to onboard and train people and monitor their employee engagement effectively and at scale
• Business partnership: Drive further integration of FSIG with partner teams across GCB COO network, Finance, HR, L&C, RQA, T&O, investments, and Aladdin to support FSIG's strategic and risk management agenda

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree, 3+ years of experience
• Highly innovative with a commercial outlook – always looking for ways to improve and enhance delivery, exuding a “can-do” attitude
• Excellent project management skills covering project set-up through execution, implementation and closeout, with a strong orientation towards detail and an ability to recognize and solve problems.
• Self-motivated, flexible and proactive team player willing to go the extra mile every time
• Ability to work efficiently in a very fast-paced environment seeking to learn and improve as you go
• Strong financial and quantitative abilities, including attention to detail and ability to work with large quantities of different data to identify and present trends and information to executive leadership
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally across geographies and work with multiple stakeholders
• Mature outlook with the ability to handle highly sensitive data in a discrete manner
• Superb organization, time and project management skills with a proven ability to prioritize and ability to function effectively under tight deadlines and constraints
• Experience in roles with a business analysis focus is useful as is exposure to financial management and investment management organizations

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $105,000 - $137,500. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, 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.

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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