Vice President, Reconciliations / Investigations

BlackRock•Wilmington, DE

3d•$117,500 - $173,500•Hybrid

About The Position

The Outsourced Platform Services Asset Reconciliations team is responsible for delivering a robust reconciliation operating model that safeguards the integrity of BlackRock’s investment data across critical processes, including investment management, analytics, compliance, and regulatory reporting. The team oversees reconciliation across a broad range of asset classes, including equities, fixed income, derivatives, collateral, and related cash activity, partnering closely with internal teams, external service providers, custodians, and clients to ensure timely resolution of exceptions and a strong control environment. This Vice President role is a senior leadership position accountable for driving operational excellence, strengthening risk and governance frameworks, leading strategic transformation initiatives, and developing a high-performing team in support of scalable, resilient service delivery.

Requirements

The ability to prioritize and balance multiple requests without losing sight of our overall objectives.
Strong decision-making skills to make well-thought-out decisions based on the information provided and to obtain further assistance/clarification when vital.
Ability to multi-task and perform in a high performance, high demand environment.
Take the initiative to follow up on issues – identify what needs to be done and act.
Ability to multi-task, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced and evolving team.
Organized and detail oriented with strong time management skills.
Ability to work in a multifaceted and team oriented environment and quickly adapt to a constantly evolving business.
Contributor to the leadership team ensuring appropriate staffing model, depth charts and succession plans are assessed across the location.
Social skills to effectively articulate solutions to internal and external partners.
Capability to assist in creating a team vision, planning and executing steps to ensure a consistently robust team.
Thrive in a team environment and build strong relationships with colleagues and external contacts such as custodians, counterparties and other third-party providers.
Strong knowledge of equity and fixed income securities and derivative products.
Proficient in Microsoft Office and have an aptitude for learning new applications.

Nice To Haves

Understanding upstream processes is impactful to reconciliation and develop ability to correlate the effect of change
Flexible and open to accepting new challenges; able to work effectively and efficiently on multiple projects at a time in a dynamic, demanding and constantly evolving environment while maintaining the highest standard and attention to detail
10+ years of investment / fund accounting / Reconciliation work experience or equivalent, including review experience for at least a portion of that time.
Strong leadership and management skills and ability to collaborate across many teams.
Dynamic individual with very strong communication skills, both written (presentations/policies/process documents) and verbal.
Positive attitude with very strong problem-solving skills.
Great multi-tasking skills, great project management skills and deadline focused.
Knowledge of technical and regulatory issues affecting the alternatives investment fund industry, including knowledge of investment company accounting/reporting, US GAAP and IFRS. (Infrastructure/Private Equity/Valuation experience a plus.)
Standout colleague with excellent interpersonal skills including ability to collaborate with a broad network of colleagues to help resolve issues.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills – ability to interact and clearly communicate complex concepts to a wide variety of partners.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end operating model for OPS Asset Reconciliations, ensuring accurate, timely, and controlled reconciliation of positions, cash, and related activity across portfolios, platforms, and counterparties.
Own the risk and control framework for the function, including escalation management, exception governance, root cause analysis, remediation oversight, and continuous strengthening of the control environment.
Drive strategic initiatives to improve scalability, automation, data quality, and operational resilience, reducing manual dependency and enhancing service delivery across a growing and complex business.
Partner with internal stakeholders, external administrators, custodians, and service providers to resolve complex issues, influence outcomes, and ensure alignment on priorities, controls, and client commitments.
Provide leadership in governance forums by communicating material risks, service issues, performance trends, and key decisions clearly and promptly to senior management and relevant partners.
Oversee delivery against service level expectations and business priorities, ensuring issues are identified early, appropriately prioritized, and resolved in a timely and sustainable manner.
Lead organizational development for the team through coaching, performance management, succession planning, and talent development, building strong leadership depth and a high-performance culture.
Assess capacity, operating model design, and resource allocation to ensure the function is positioned to support business growth, platform change, and evolving client and regulatory demands.
Champion process standardization, documentation quality, and best practices across the team to improve consistency, transparency, audit readiness, and knowledge transfer.
Use data, trend analysis, and operational metrics to identify emerging risks, inform decisions, and drive measurable improvements in accuracy, efficiency, and client experience.