Portfolio Management Support, Investments, Associate

Your Team:   

Fundamental Equities (FE) sits within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (PMG), which encompasses Fundamental and Systematic investing across Fixed Income, Equities and Multi-Asset Strategies.   

The FE business is a key division at BlackRock with over $260bn of assets under management, across 90+ strategies and over 200+ investment professionals. FE teams use traditional analytics to pick stocks and assemble coherent, deliberate and diversified portfolios. Through cutting edge technology, sophisticated models and embedded research, our investment management approach provides outstanding performance for our clients and is an important part of the BlackRock brand!   

Your Role & Impact:   

BlackRock has an opportunity for a Core PM to join the firm’s FE business in Gurgaon. We are responsible for a wide array of tasks within the FE investment process including equity order implementation, cash management, hedging strategies and compliance monitoring across the FE book. The role will act as support both vertically into investment teams within EMEA while also servicing the broader platform by administering key start of day or end of day tasks and order implementation for investment teams outside of the region.   

Working closely with other members of the investment team, candidates should possess strong analytical and quantitative skills, as well as a proven track record to work in collaboration with a wide range of partner teams. Successful candidates will possess outstanding attention to detail, excellent interpersonal skills, and have a passion for thinking critically.    

Responsibilities          

• Implementation of equity, derivative & FX orders across a range of active strategies and partner with trading desks to target efficient execution of these strategies 

• Manage cash flow activity and overall cash allocations through derivative equitization, basket orders, and single-stock transactions  

• Execute FX hedging strategies to manage foreign currency risk   

• Monitor funds to ensure investment strategy is implemented effectively across applicable accounts and in accordance with client guidelines   

• Produce daily, periodic and ad hoc reporting and analytics to support the investment teams’ processes using Aladdin tools (Explore, ATX/ATP, etc.) and vendor systems (Factset, Bloomberg) 

• Be an Aladdin "super-user" and facilitate training and usage within the investment teams 

• Manage enquiries on behalf of the various FE investment teams and resolve issues by escalating matters to relevant parties including operations, compliance and RQA in a timely fashion 

• Ad hoc, platform related project tasks to assist business-unit executives (COO/CIO), business managers, heads of research, and other senior-level leaders 

• Be a student of the markets and become an essential player in the investment teams’ generation of alpha 

Qualifications     

• Keen interest in equity instruments and markets, ETF experience a plus, CFA candidate (or willingness to work towards) preferred   

• 4-6 years of relevant experience in the relevant domain

• Advanced understanding of Aladdin tools & infrastructure 

• Strong analytical, organizational and project management skills along with outstanding communication, sound judgment, integrity and discretion  

• Understanding of and dedication to encouraging an inclusive, diverse, and equitable culture   

• Flexible, responsive and self-starting personality. Proven experience working both independently and as part of a team in a highly collaborative, global, demanding and dynamic environment   

• Thorough with an exceptional attention to detail.  Ability to navigate a demanding and dynamic environment  
  Shift Timings : 2-11 pm IST