Investment Associate, Event Driven

BlackRock • New York, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Investment Professional, Event Driven - Associate BlackRock’s Event Driven team manages a suite of event driven funds for both institutional and retail clients. The team manages three funds: a Cayman Hedge Fund, a UCITS fund, and a 1940 Act mutual fund. The strategy focuses on catalyst driven situations, including announced mergers and acquisitions, spin/split offs, management changes, financial/strategic restructurings, synergistic acquisitions, and collaborative activism. The Fund will invest across the capital structure allowing the team to generate alpha by implementing best ideas within a flexible risk-aware framework. The Event Driven team is seeking an Associate to support the team’s research and investment process.

Requirements

• High performer with 3 to 5 years investment banking and/or buyside experience
• Strong financial modeling, analytical and research skills and written/verbal communication
• Strong work ethic, self-starter, intellectually curious, organized and clear thinker
• Ability to manage multiple projects/tasks in a constantly changing market environment
• Team player, willing to help and learn from others in a collaborative and flat organization

Responsibilities

• Perform deep modeling, fundamental analysis and research for event-driven investments
• Conduct due diligence into and monitoring of new investments and existing positions
• Interact with company management teams via meetings, calls and conferences
• Synthesize and communicate analysis, conclusions and recommendations
• Otherwise assist the team to best leverage overall return on time

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
• Education Level: No Education Listed