BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to 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 Data Integrity Group (DIG), a member of the Aladdin Data organization, is entrusted with the management of security, market, and credit data that is integral to the investment decision process for BlackRock and its BlackRock Solutions (BRS) business. DIG closely partners with its stakeholders, such as Portfolio Management, BlackRock Capital Markets, Relationship Management, Portfolio Compliance, Risk Analytics, Regulatory Reporting, and others, with the goal of supplying accurate data, timely and efficiently, throughout BlackRock’s proprietary Aladdin® Trading system.
Aladdin Data philosophy is anchored on BlackRock’s cornerstone principles: Innovation, Fiduciary focus, Passion for Performance, and the unified purpose of One BlackRock. Through that lens, we strive to build value for our clients by understanding their needs, the markets, and using technology to create best in class solutions. DIG is a global team, with presence across 7 offices in 4 countries
Responsibilities:
• Model new holdings for terms and conditions as well as time series data in the Aladdin Investment System for BlackRock and BRS Clients.
• Resolve Security and Issuer modelling related issues for stakeholder groups in the investment decision process, including trade confirmation, projected vs realized cash flows, risk analytics, compliance and regulatory adherence, collateral management, credit exposures, and others.
• Ad hoc data analysis for key projects, sales opportunities, and new client implementations.
• Liaise with internal and external clients as subject matter experts in Aladdin security, issuer, and credit data.
• Partner with business analysts and developers in innovation to improve the Aladdin product, build process efficiency and scale, improve data quality, reduce operating risk, and navigate the changing market
Qualifications / Requirements:
• Bachelor’s Degree with 1-5 years or equivalent experience is required, with preference to business disciplines such as Finance, Accounting, or Economics, and technical disciplines such as Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering.
• A “Student of the Markets” mentality: Intellectually curious with a passion for learning about the global financial markets and the investment management business.
• Basic knowledge of fixed income, equity and derivative instruments.
• Ability to work in an entrepreneurial, fast paced, and team-oriented environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills combined with agile critical thinking and a problem-solving mindset.
• Base knowledge of technical tools such as SQL, UNIX, or Python is a plus.
