# Director, EMEA Transfer Agency Oversight

**Company**: BlackRock
**Location**: Edinburgh, Scotland
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219635

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## Description

## Director, EMEA Transfer Agency Oversight

Join the world's largest asset manager and elevate your career by working in a team that fosters positive relationships and recognizes outstanding performance.

### About BlackRock

BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, with over $12 trillion of assets under management. We strive to empower our employees and effectively engage their involvement in our success.

### Job Purpose/Background

The EMEA TA Services team is part of Global Fund Distribution Services (GFDS) within BlackRock's Technology & Operations division. We are seeking a Director to lead two oversight teams and maintain effective relationships with our transfer agents.

### Responsibilities

- Develop plans with measurable goals and communicate plans and results to stakeholders and management using comprehensive reporting tools and metrics.

- Ensure deliverables are executed in a timely and controlled manner.

- Develop robust governance models and identify areas for improvement in business processes and technology tools, with a lens on risk management and mitigation.

- Engage and maintain relationships with key stakeholders across the firm to effectively navigate the global organization.

- Simplify complex topics and create innovative solutions for issues.

- Develop content knowledge and the ability to absorb and synthesize data/information.

- Use your creativity and initiative to develop high-impact materials for communication and to help with decision making.

- Drive the development of change best practice.

### About You

- 10-15 years of experience in asset management or financial services, Transfer Agency preferred.

- Familiarity with asset management middle and back-office functions.

- A strong understanding of retail product offerings.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

- Confident presentation and communication skills.

- Experience of working on large, enterprise-level projects.

- Effective stakeholder management skills.

- Strong collaboration skills and experience of working cross-functionally.

- Experience of successfully leading projects, influencing others and gaining consensus.

- Intellectual curiosity and the desire to take initiative and deliver results.

- A reputation as a good/flexible communicator and the ability to distil sophisticated concepts and information.

- Excellent attention to detail and a strong work ethic.

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.

- Strong in MS Office skills – PowerPoint, Excel, Word.

### You Have

- The flexibility to accommodate changing priorities across projects and portfolios and be able to bring a positive and creative approach to problem solving.

- The role requires a balance between being a self-starter and consulting with the wider group.

- Energy, creativity, and a drive to succeed are a must.

## Skills

### Required
- asset management
- financial services
- transfer agency
- business processes
- technology tools
- risk management
- mitigation
- stakeholder management
- collaboration
- project management
- communication
- MS Office

### Nice to have
- leadership
- initiative
- problem-solving
- innovation
- change management