Emerging Markets Corporate Credit, Vice President

BlackRock•New York, NY

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

BlackRock’s Emerging Markets Corporate Debt team conducts fundamental corporate credit research across emerging markets and develops sector, thematic, and investment perspectives to support portfolio decisions. The team combines issuer-level analysis with sector, macroeconomic, commodity, and market insights to identify opportunities across the emerging markets corporate credit universe. As a Vice President, you will research corporate issuers across Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA), and contribute to the team’s wider research and investment strategy. You will combine bottom-up credit analysis with top-down sector perspectives, act as a senior thought partner to portfolio managers, and help provide leadership and strategic direction for the research platform. BlackRock offers healthcare, leave and retirement benefits, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, support for working parents, and Flexible Time Off. The position follows a hybrid model requiring employees to work in the office at least four days per week, with the option to work from home one day per week. For New York, NY, the salary range is USD $155,000–$210,000, with eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus. Total compensation may vary by role, location, and firm, department, and individual performance.

Requirements

At least 8 years of emerging markets corporate credit experience.
Demonstrated expertise covering corporate issuers across Latin America and/or CEEMEA.
Strong financial modeling, credit analysis, and investment recommendation skills.
Experience interacting with portfolio managers and participating in investment discussions.
Ability to develop differentiated investment views and communicate them effectively.
Demonstrated experience using or helping implement coding, automation, and AI-based solutions (such as Python, SQL, Copilot, or LLM-based tools) to improve research workflows, analyze data, and generate investment insights.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Proficiency in one or more relevant foreign languages.

Responsibilities

Research a portfolio of corporate issuers across Latin America and CEEMEA.
Conduct fundamental credit analysis, including financial modeling, capital structure analysis, covenant review, and scenario testing.
Maintain active dialogue with management teams, banks, advisors, and industry participants.
Develop conviction scores and actionable investment recommendations; work with portfolio managers on investment ideas, portfolio positioning, new issues, and ongoing investment decisions.
Identify catalysts, valuation dislocations, and changing fundamentals that may warrant portfolio action.
Develop sector, thematic, and strategic views across emerging markets corporate credit to support investing and client communication.
Gather and analyze industry, macroeconomic, commodity, and market data to support investment themes and outlooks.
Contribute to client presentations, investment committee discussions, and thought leadership.
Take ownership of selected team-wide analytical and research processes, including conviction tracking, new issue evaluation, research prioritization, and AI-enabled workflow improvements.
Mentor junior analysts and improve consistency and best practices across the research platform.
Apply sound judgment and critical thinking to complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and rigorously assess new approaches and technologies.