Associate, Client Onboarding

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Description

About this role

About BlackRock

BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services too institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions - from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world's capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

Team Overview

The Regulatory and Risk team is part of the broader Americas Onboarding-Contracting organization. The primary focus of the team is regulatory oversight of existing processes, risks and controls (e.g., internal audits, regulatory reviews), the design and implementation of new processes to support regulatory changes, and leading remediation efforts in response to identified gaps and or issues. The team maintains a close relationship with Legal and Compliance, the broader Onboarding teams, as well as other teams focused on Regulatory Oversight.

Role Description

• Analyze current processes and workflows and provide input on changes to improve risk mitigation and/or in response to regulator or internal requests
• Perform remediation work on a large scale, including reconciliation of metadata across multiple systems vs legal documentation
• Project manage remediation projects and/or coordinate seamless hand-off to other internal groups
• Extract contract terms for existing relationships
• Identify in-scope populations for analysis and remediation efforts
• Work closely with other partner groups on new processes and process development
• Participate in related working groups
• Develop expertise on regulatory drivers behind processes and procedures impacting contracts
• Serve as resource to the Contracting team for related queries
• Assist the team in analyzing and responding to audits and operating events

Experience/Qualifications:

• Familiarity with, or curiosity about learning about, legal contracts used in the asset management industry
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
• Proven skills in successfully handling competing demands
• Strong communication skills - written and oral
• Knowledge of the asset management industry (fund types, client base and strategies, operational set up and products) and applicable law and regulations
• Comfort in working with multiple data systems
• JD or equivalent experience is a plus

Proficiencies:

• Ability to independently run tasks and workload with some mentorship and oversight
• Ability to think out of the box, to navigate complex internal processes and functions, and be able to offer practical solutions
• Proven ability to balance client needs with BlackRock policies and operational procedures; possess regulatory and technical awareness in order to understand associated risks and provide innovative, risk-free and compliance friendly solutions; improve the client experience
• Ability to be a great teammate is crucial
• Possess the ability to adapt to internal processes and requirements
• Open to new challenges; able to work effectively and efficiently on multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining the highest standard and attention to detail
• Strongly proficient in standard software (e.g. Microsoft Office) and interested in new technologies

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.