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Vice President, Investment Accounting Group

BlackRock Edinburgh, Scotland Hybrid senior full-time

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Description

The Investment Accounting Group provides accounting and regulatory data services to financial institutions. The team delivers reconciliation, asset tracking and accounting, monthly reporting packages, and regulatory schedules.

As a Vice President in the Investment Accounting Group, you will provide leadership and subject-matter expertise across operational risk, controls and governance, maintaining an end-to-end view of the control environment across Investment Accounting and its service partners.

Your responsibilities:

  • Maintain an end-to-end view of operational risk and the control environment across Investment Accounting and its service partners.
  • Act as a senior subject-matter expert and coordination point across operational risk, controls, governance and issue management.
  • Lead and enhance governance, escalation, monitoring and management-information frameworks.
  • Identify and challenge control, process and documentation weaknesses.
  • Lead key risk and control activities, including RCSA, access governance and recertification, business continuity planning, and periodic control assessments.
  • Lead coordination of Internal Audit, regulatory and other independent reviews.
  • Provide risk and control leadership for significant business and technology change.
  • Partner across Investment Accounting, Product, Engineering, Data, Client and Risk teams to ensure new processes and capabilities are introduced with appropriate controls.
  • Analyze incidents, control failures and recurring operational issues to identify broader trends and systemic risks.
  • Lead the Investment Accounting Risk and Control Self-Assessment (RCSA) and Business Continuity Planning (BCP).
  • Provide risk and governance oversight for AI, automation and other emerging technology use cases.

Your experience:

  • Six or more years of relevant experience in financial services, investment accounting, operations, operational risk, controls, audit or a related discipline.
  • Strong understanding of operational-risk and control frameworks.
  • Experience leading or materially supporting Internal Audit, regulatory reviews, risk assessments, control testing, SOC/SOX or comparable control-focused engagements.
  • Working knowledge of investment accounting, financial reporting, asset servicing or another complex, highly controlled financial-services operating environment.
  • Demonstrated ability to identify emerging or systemic risks and translate them into practical, scalable control and governance improvements.
  • Strong judgment and ability to challenge constructively.
  • Ability to influence senior leaders and cross-functional stakeholders without relying on direct authority.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead multiple complex initiatives simultaneously across global and matrixed teams.
  • Experience with technology-enabled operating-model change, automation or AI governance is desirable.

Our benefits:

  • Retirement investment and tools designed to help you build a sound financial future.
  • Access to education reimbursement.
  • Comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being.
  • Family support programs.
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO).

Our hybrid work model:

  • 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.

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Skills

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Nice to have

  • technology-enabled operating-model change
  • automation
  • AI governance
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