Vice President, Investment Guidelines Compliance

About this role

About this role

Want to elevate your career by being a part of the world's largest asset manager? Do you thrive in an environment that fosters positive relationships and recognizes outstanding performance? We know you want to feel valued every single day and be recognized for your contribution! At BlackRock, we strive to empower our employees and effectively engage your involvement in our success. With just under USD $11.6 trillion of assets, we have an outstanding responsibility: our technology and services empower millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home, and improve their financial well-being.

Team Overview

BlackRock is currently seeking professionals to become part of our Portfolio Compliance team.

The Portfolio Compliance Group (PCG) is a global group which sits within Global Accounting and Product Services ('GAAPS'), one of the core functions within the Business Operations & Technology Group at BlackRock. Portfolio Compliance is responsible for implementing controls & processes to ensure we are aligned with all applicable regulatory and portfolio issued guidelines.

Role Responsibilities:

• Manage intake and process development required for new regulations and updates to existing regulations

• Develop accurate rules coding and robust processes to ensure compliance with regulations

• Manage regulatory stakeholders across the business

• Manage expectations and preparedness of stakeholders impacted by regulations and regulatory changes

• Monitor regulations, measure progress across the business and communicate out

• Translate sophisticated views, and regulatory restrictions into straightforward analyses

• Understand the coding requirements of the regulation and successfully oversee the testing and coding release, with key established handoffs and communications .

• Oversee the regulatory change queue, on delivery, including inquiries of coding and op events in regulatory matters

• Determine PCG role for new regulations and updates to existing regulations across the PCG Function

• Ensure documentation of regulatory rules/processes to identify key risk areas, and gap analysis is established

• Participate in efficiency and improvement initiatives by providing ideas and suggestions on possible enhancements to systems, processes, and communication methodologies.

• Lead role in strategic projects and initiatives

• Responsible for regulatory related technology requests, and driving the regulatory technology solutions

Skills / Competencies:

• Possesses advanced project management skills, ensuring consistent updates and feedback to all impacted parties and management. Demonstrates effective and timely management of ongoing projects, including monitoring progress across various working groups.

• Experience working horizontally at all levels of seniority to build relationships with key global partners to drive execution

• Ability to prepare, organize, and manage productive meetings and presentations

• Ability to produce management-level quality presentations

• Comfort with ambiguity

• Flexible, responsive, and self-starting personality with keen attention to detail

• Demonstrated experience working both independently and as part of a team in a highly collaborative environment

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including ability to prepare and deliver presentations, coordinate with team members and senior leaders across the firm

• Proactive approach to risk mitigation and ability to apply good judgement as to when to raise issues

Knowledge:

• Experience in the investment management industry, investment products, with focus on regulatory matters, and polices, such as the Investment Company Act of 1940 (40 Act) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).

• Experience presenting to Fund Boards and internal committees preferred (not essential)

• Experience leading regulatory implementations and projects

• Experience with Aladdin suite of applications preferred, not essential

For Wilmington, DE Only the salary range for this position is USD$108,000.00 - USD$153,000.00 . 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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BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.