Description
Finance & Strategy (“F&S”) is BlackRock’s global finance partner, delivering timely, accurate and insight‑driven financial analysis to support effective decision‑making across the firm.
The Controllers division within F&S is responsible for safeguarding BlackRock's financial integrity through accurate accounting, strong internal controls, and high-quality financial and regulatory reporting.
The Financial & Prudential Reporting (“FPR”) team delivers accurate and timely financial, statutory, and regulatory reporting for BlackRock's corporate legal entities, primarily across EMEA.
Key Responsibilities:
- Independently prepare financial, statutory, and prudential reporting for assigned legal entities
- Deliver regular management reporting, presenting to entity boards as required
- Act as a day‑to‑day Finance contact for legal‑entity stakeholders, auditors, and internal partners
- Engage with regional Controllers, internal Finance teams, external auditors, and other stakeholders to support reporting deliverables
- Perform detailed variance and trend analysis and provide clear legal‑entity‑level commentary
- Maintain strong internal controls, governance, and documentation to support audit reviews and regulatory requirements
- Support prudential and capital adequacy processes, contributing to internal assessments and regulatory submissions
- Contribute to process enhancements, standardisation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the FPR function
- Support process documentation and incremental improvement initiatives
- Support non‑organic growth, legal‑entity changes, and strategic initiatives from a reporting perspective
- Contribute to team collaboration and close‑cycle workload coverage
- Assist with tracking reporting deadlines and regulatory submissions
Skills/Experience:
- Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA) with a strong academic record; preferably in financial services
- Background in financial reporting and strong knowledge of global accounting standards, including US GAAP and IFRS
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in accounting, audit, or finance operations
- Commercially minded with an interest in the asset management sector
- Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, and audit requirements
- Ability to manage overlapping deadlines in a regulated environment
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office tools
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across teams and functions
- Curiosity and willingness to learn, with an interest in continuous improvement, process optimisation, and new technologies
Development Value:
- Unparalleled exposure to BlackRock’s F&S leadership at the global, regional and business unit level
- Broad stakeholder exposure across F&S, Legal, Compliance, Tax, Treasury, business leadership and external auditors
- Experience in one of the firm’s premier talent engines – with a strong track record of importing, developing, and exporting firm and business-unit leaders
- A collaborative, inquisitive, and high-performing team culture across the global F&S team
- Opportunities to present financial results, statutory accounts and regulatory matters directly to legal entity Boards, Audit Committees and senior management, developing executive communication skills
- Opportunity to gain expertise across IFRS, US GAAP, regulatory reporting and legal entity governance
- Opportunities to drive automation, AI adoption and process improvement across a global operating model
Our benefits:
- Retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building 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) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about