Associate

BlackRock • Seattle, WA

13h • Hybrid

About The Position

Publish index risk information through Aladdin investment platform and ensure high quality data is delivered in a timely manner for investment management decisions. Investigate and resolve complex and intricate issues and perform adhoc analysis of large data sets while meeting tight deadlines. Understand risk analytics of fixed income, equity and alternatives products to help our clients and portfolio managers interpret portfolio exposures, strategy, risk and returns. Provide high quality client service externally and internally. Address inquiries and resolve problems from clients and internal BlackRock partners. Initiate and drive Index platform improvements to support new business needs, minimize risk, and enhance quality. Identify and challenge nonstandard/ exception-based processes to facilitate automation within our financial reporting process.

Requirements

• Master's degree or foreign equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field, and 12 months of experience in job offered, or in Business, Accounting, Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related role.
• Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Finance, Accounting, Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, or a related field, and 36 months of experience in job offered, or in Business, Accounting, Management, Data Analytics, Engineering, or related role.
• Performing financial market analysis of stocks, fixed income instruments, securitized products, alternative investments and derivatives
• Implementing tactical solutions in order to improve implementation and demo processes
• Utilizing Perl, Python, SQL, and Unix
• Utilizing financial knowledge including risk analytics related to fixed income, equity and alternatives products and financial risk metrics
• Working with index data and index related products, including index funds, index methodologies, index reconstitutions, and index specific terminology.

Responsibilities

• Publish index risk information through Aladdin investment platform and ensure high quality data is delivered in a timely manner for investment management decisions.
• Investigate and resolve complex and intricate issues and perform adhoc analysis of large data sets while meeting tight deadlines.
• Understand risk analytics of fixed income, equity and alternatives products to help our clients and portfolio managers interpret portfolio exposures, strategy, risk and returns.
• Provide high quality client service externally and internally.
• Address inquiries and resolve problems from clients and internal BlackRock partners.
• Initiate and drive Index platform improvements to support new business needs, minimize risk, and enhance quality.
• Identify and challenge nonstandard/ exception-based processes to facilitate automation within our financial reporting process.

Benefits

• employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including healthcare, leave benefits, and retirement benefits
• strong retirement plan
• tuition reimbursement
• comprehensive healthcare
• support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level