Description
BlackRock's Risk & Quantitative Analysis (RQA) group provides independent oversight of BlackRock's fiduciary and enterprise risks. You will be a risk manager as part of RQA fixed income investment risk, overseeing BlackRock's $1 trillion active fixed income investment platform.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work with senior risk managers to provide risk oversight and risk management support to fixed income investment teams.
- Provide independent, constructive challenge of portfolio risk taking, exposure, portfolio construction and performance analysis.
- Conduct regular risk meetings with analyses and deep dives on risk and performance to portfolio management teams.
- Perform quantitative analysis to help investors understand risk analytics, risk models, performance attribution and help improve investment process.
- Partner with BlackRock Aladdin risk modeling team to deliver state-of-the-art risk analytics and credit risk models through the Aladdin platform.
- Collaborate with peers in RQA investment risk and enterprise risk, help mentor junior team members.
Qualifications:
- Degree in quantitative field such as mathematics, finance, economics, statistics, computer science, or engineering.
- Approximately 3 years of relevant experience in investment risk management, quantitative analysis or a related field.
- A passion for applying quantitative techniques to real-world investment problems, including portfolio risk analysis and understanding financial markets.
- Excellent interpersonal, leadership and oral/written communication skills.
- Strong technical skills and programming skills in Python, familiarity with BlackRock's Aladdin risk system is a strong plus.
- A strong work ethic and ability to work effectively in a team environment and adhere to tight deadlines.
Salary Range: The salary range for this position is USD $116,000.00 - USD $155,000.00.
Benefits: BlackRock offers a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO).