Vice President, Portfolio Compliance - Boston

BlackRock • Boston, MA

3d • $120,000 - $163,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

About this role Portfolio Compliance: Implementations APCG: VP (Global) About This Role BlackRock’s business is investing on behalf of our clients, from large institutions to parents and grandparents, doctors and teachers who entrust their savings to us. We are committed to our clients—period. Our promise is to offer them the clearest thinking about what to do with their money and the products and services they need to secure a better financial future. That’s why investors of all kinds have made us the world’s largest asset manager, entrusting us with trillions of dollars, and it’s why companies, institutions and global governments come to us for help meeting their biggest financial challenges. BlackRock runs on Aladdin. It has always been at the core of BlackRock. Aladdin® is an operating system for investment managers that seek to connect the information, people, and technology needed to manage money in real time. Our investment software combines risk analytics with portfolio management, trading, compliance, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making, effective risk management, efficient trading, and operational scale. Aladdin is used by a community of over 900 clients around the world. There are over 100,000 end users of Aladdin globally. Through Aladdin, the firm offers to clients the same technology and intellectual capital that BlackRock uses to manage investments day-to-day. The Aladdin Client Business is growing rapidly, with the volume of new client deals growing each year. We are at the next phase of our growth and are evolving into a business with multiple new product launches. Successful candidates will join in our efforts to help our clients onboard the world’s leading end-to-end operating system to manage investment portfolios and transform their business. Your Team The Aladdin Portfolio Compliance Group (APCG) is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin, globally. Aladdin transformations are high-profile initiatives that provide team members with significant client exposure and play an active role in redefinition of investment organizations. As a member of this team, you will primarily be responsible for taking the client’s provided Compliance rules, and coding them into BlackRock’s compliance system, Aladdin. APCG places compliance restrictions into the system using BlackRock’s proprietary coding language, which is similar to SQL. We develop advisory partnerships with our clients at the most senior levels, which continue to grow post go live of our solutions. You will be joining as a Compliance implementation specialist within APCG focusing on high value deliverables.

Requirements

• Experience working in the investment management industry and knowledge of investment products strongly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with proven ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Background in finance or similar fields are preferred.
• Knowledge of financial instruments and markets is beneficial.
• Although not required, an understanding of relational database concepts (including SQL) are beneficial.
• Well organized with the ability to manage several priorities with a hands-on approach
• Enjoys a fast paced, high-intensity and complex environment, troubleshooting time critical issues and working with people
• Strong attention to detail; willing to take proactive action, and desire to roll up sleeves

Nice To Haves

• Experience with institutional buy-side investment technology platforms
• Working experience in investment organizations
• Professional designations or pursuit toward attaining (e.g., CFA, CAIA, FRM)

Responsibilities

• Acting as a Project Manager or supporting colleagues in a project management capacity to meet project deliverables
• VPs will support the implementation of compliance rules at scale using BlackRock Query Language (BQL), gaining hands-on experience with Aladdin’s Compliance platform, and developing a foundational understanding of its capabilities.
• Understand client objectives and goals paired with strong emotional ownership to deliver solutions utilizing Aladdin capabilities
• Becoming acquainted with BlackRock’s various Aladdin applications, trade flow process, and data environment
• Participating in efficiency and improvement initiatives by providing ideas and suggestions on possible enhancements to systems or processes

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
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees