Portfolio Compliance Associate - Delaware
BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, seeking a Portfolio Compliance Implementation Associate to join their team. The role involves implementing controls and processes to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and coding investment guidelines into the compliance system.
Responsibilities
- Interpreting and analyzing the investment guidelines of our clients and coding them into BlackRock’s compliance system
- Supporting the process through which a client may change their investment guideline provisions over time, based on their preferences or market conditions
- Maintain restrictions on behalf of Legal & Compliance
- Crafting new system rules, improving existing compliance coding, and investigating or trouble shooting potential errors when needed
- Coordinating the implementation of Manual tests, where a rule cannot be implemented in Aladdin
- Becoming acquainted with BlackRock’s various Aladdin applications, trade flow process, and data environment
- Participating in efficiency and improvement initiatives by providing ideas and suggestions on possible improvements to systems or processes
- Leading or running strategic projects and initiatives
Skills
- Experience of working in the investment management industry and knowledge of investment products is desired, along with a background in finance or similar fields
- Strong technical knowledge will be a significant advantage. Specifically, knowledge of programming languages (such as Visual Basic, C++, or Java) and an understanding of relational database concepts (including SQL)
- Proven interpersonal skills
- Strong multi-tasking skills and attention to detail
- Dedicated approach to issue resolution
- Ability to handle complexity and not being afraid to ask difficult questions
- Aladdin suite experience
- Coding experience within Compliance Monitoring tools (Aladdin, Sentinel, Charles River, thinkFolio, or In-House systems) (preferable)
- Strong Microsoft Office knowledge
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Healthcare
- Leave benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Strong retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
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