FIG Strategy and Business Management Associate

About this role

Business Overview

The Financial & Strategic Investors Group (FSIG) is transforming BlackRock’s global relationships with large asset owners such as insurers banks and sovereign wealth funds by supporting their evolving investment portfolio and business needs. The platform helps draw the best of BlackRock’s capabilities to advise sophisticated clients through their most complex challenges including. Today FSIG comprises three areas: the Global Financial Institutions Group (FIG) Insurance Solutions and Financial Markets Advisory (FMA). FMA delivers a range of capital markets balance sheet management and risk & analytics advice to banks insurance companies and official institutions. FIG is the world's leading insurance asset management business. Insurance Solutions is an insurance specialist product agnostic investment strategy and structuring team.

Position overview

The COO team is responsible for articulating and executing the strategic direction of FSIG and leading the operating cadence of the business. The team supports leadership to develop a deep understanding of our business performance and competitive landscape communicate the story of the business to internal and external constituencies build and execute on business and resourcing plans and lead a range of initiatives to shape the forward trajectory of FSIG.

We are seeking a high-energy self-motivated Associate excited to work in a fluid fast-paced environment. Given the broad range of projects the candidate should feel comfortable working with various stakeholder teams and engaging across functional areas. The ideal candidate must deeply understand the strategic initiatives business financials and provide strategic and operational support - including project management supporting critical day-to-day business processes resource allocation talent practices culture and communication initiatives. Effective execution and exceptional attention to detail are critical.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Strategic planning and tracking: Collaborate with key stakeholders across the business in objective setting establishing and tracking business KPIs supporting the budgeting and forecasting processes and driving communications

• Team Governance: Organize and drive key team meetings such as Leadership Meetings Town Halls Offsites and weekly team updates

• Talent management & communications: In partnership with HR and FSIG executive team create and embed a global talent management and communications model that enables FSIG to recruit retain and develop high performing engaged people; manage processes that enable FSIG to onboard and train people and monitor their employee engagement effectively and at scale

• Business partnership: Drive further integration of FSIG with partner teams across COO network Finance HR L&C RQA T&O investments and Aladdin to support FSIG's strategic and risk management agenda

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree 2+ years of experience

• Highly innovative with a commercial outlook – always looking for ways to improve and enhance delivery exuding a “can-do” attitude

• Excellent project management skills covering project set-up through execution implementation and closeout with a strong orientation towards detail and an ability to recognize and solve problems.

• Self-motivated flexible and proactive team player willing to go the extra mile every time

• Ability to work efficiently in a very fast-paced environment seeking to learn and improve as you go

• Strong financial and quantitative abilities including attention to detail and ability to work with large quantities of different data to identify and present trends and information to executive leadership

• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both written and verbally across geographies and work with multiple stakeholders

• Mature outlook with the ability to handle highly sensitive data in a discrete manner

• Superb organization time and project management skills with a proven ability to prioritize and ability to function effectively under tight deadlines and constraints

• Experience in roles with a business analysis focus is useful as is exposure to complex matrixed financial management and investment management organizations

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.

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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What We Do

As the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock partners with investors around the globe to help them (and those on whose behalf they invest) plan for life’s most important goals – like retirement home ownership and their children’s education. Our clients range from governments foundations and other large institutions to those investing on behalf of individuals including firefighters nurses teachers and factory workers. BlackRock was founded with the idea of creating a better asset management firm — one that was purpose-driven focused on clients and risk management and propelled by data and technology. Our breakthrough Aladdin® platform is BlackRock’s technological backbone helping investors see and manage their whole portfolios in one place – from constructing investments to monitoring risk and executing trades. Used by hundreds of external institutions around the world Aladdin combines powerful analytics and a common language to help investment teams make faster more informed decisions across public and private markets. It’s a key part of our business and one of the reasons we’re trusted to manage more assets than any other investment manager today. At BlackRock we challenge conventions and raise the bar for what’s possible. We harness technology to unlock new solutions simplify complexity and deliver investment strategies that meet people where they are. Whether it’s retirement planning wealth building or navigating market shifts we’re here to help clients invest more easily more affordably and with more choice as we chart a path toward financial well-being together. Learn more: Careers.BlackRock.com

Why Work With Us

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