Business Analysis & Project Management – Associate in Edinburgh, United Kingdom

About this role

Team Overview

This role is part of the Global Web Tech and Engineering (WTE) group at BlackRock. BlackRock’s WTE Group’s core mission is to increase operational scale and regulatory compliance whilst modernizing technology for BlackRock’s public websites and associated fund data. The services leveraging this platform reach millions of end investors every day delivering timely, accurate and reliable fund data. We view our group as central to BlackRock’s future and as a strategic asset to transform the asset management industry.

Job Role

We are looking for a detail oriented, self-motivated, and collaborative Fund Data Business Systems Analyst to join our global WTE team. They will be responsible for the representation of our products across our public websites and services. These products cover an extensive range including iShares ETFs, BlackRock Mutual Funds, Closed End Funds, and BlackRock Indexes. The ideal candidate will use their knowledge of financial instruments and markets to build an excellent understanding of our product offering and technology platform. They will need to have excellent communication and proficient negotiation skills to work with a broad group of often senior executives in Product, Sales, Marketing, Technology, Legal and Compliance to ensure that we represent our product in the best possible way. They will partner with our product teams to help them navigate the firm and enable the setup of data feeds with internal and external providers. Finally, they will need to analyse, manage, document and execute operational and technology changes to support Blackrock’s ever evolving product offering.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Interact with various stakeholders to understand the data needs of their product and deliver solutions which address the specific requirements of a product or business.

• Aid in the formation and execution of platform changes to translate business requirements into scalable technology solutions.

• Manage the delivery of solutions from ideation to completion, including testing and on-going support of applications.

• Manage existing production systems and processes, while implementing strategic solutions that help to create common data products that can be used throughout WTE.

• Be the subject matter expert on Fund data and teach other teams how to navigate the firm and implement scalable changes.

• Liaise with business areas in order to provide end user support and training.

• Partner with WTE team members, Onboarding, Product, Legal, Compliance, and other groups on everyday processes to help meet the channel’s needs.

• Work closely with members of the WTE Engineering team to develop new ideas and concepts, and to constantly identify opportunities to improve existing processes.

Skills/Requirements:

Mandatory

A self-starter who can independently and pro-actively on the following areas:

Stakeholder Management

• Navigate the firm to figure out who is needed to be part of the conversation. Taking minimal guidance and ask around the firm to figure out who needs to be involved to help deliver on an initiative.

• Deliver change by working with a diverse set of stakeholders ranging from L&C/GPG/GAAPS/RegOps/APG/Marketing/WTE Engineering but not limited to this set.

• Keeps all stakeholder regularly informed of status/progress/barriers/risks with status emails and meetings.

• Creates and communicates delivery plans and gains consensus on agreed delivery dates on deliverables and ensures commitments are met.

• All discussions and meetings are followed up with minutes/notes and actions with clear accountable owners for actions and ETA for resolutions.

• Can prioritize workloads and deliverables taking into account prior commitments/resourcing/commercial/regulatory/cost and fiduciary needs.

• Communicates in a transparent way when decisions are made on terms of priority. Especially around de-prioritization and late deliverables.

Requirements Analysis & Gathering

• Analyze and research to come up with solutions to problems and make recommendations or executes solutions based on sound evidence-based decisions which take into account and balance resourcing/commercial/regulatory/cost and fiduciary needs.

• Create and document solutions for processes/projects and guidelines where there is none to begin with.

• Can understand and breakdown complex requirements from the business/stakeholders into simple requirements for technical implementation by engineering teams.

• Investigate options when met with barriers to self-progress on novel problems .

Product Knowledge

• Broad knowledge of Aladdin and the investment process and the various teams and data that supports the investment process.

• BlackRock Product Life Cycle from initiation to sale and what data is managed and produced by which teams and systems as part of that Lifecyle

• FA Data – NAVs, Shares, Distributions, Fee’s

• Performance Data

• Price Data

• Costs Data

• Holdings, Analytics and Exposure data

• Product Content

• Product Static Data

• Internal Fee’s

• Sec Lending

• Morning Star Ratings

• Sustainability Metrics

• Deep knowledge of the Aladdin Product life cycle as implemented on the WTE Platform

• Deep knowledge of investigating and navigating the WTE Tech Stack and how it receives info/data from Aladdin and other teams.

• Detailed oriented and is able to ensure accuracy of change by self-validating and by being conscientious to proofread and cross check against authoritative sources of data i.e. against source material or Aladdin.

• Showing a holistic knowledge view (One BlackRock) of the WTE client delivery across APAC and LATAM i.e. Cross Sold Products and understanding the

• A detailed knowledge of how we scale using the synergistic relationship between Websites/Factsheets/PCD’s/People/Processes and Technology

Preferred

• 3+ years of experience in Financial Services or Investment Management.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics, economics or finance-related field.

• Formal product management or business analysis qualification.

• Experience with Python, SQL, Software Development Life Cycle.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

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 Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.