Description
Finance & Strategy (F&S) is BlackRock's global finance partner, delivering insight-driven analysis and financial discipline to support decision-making, resource allocation, and sustainable growth.
The Aladdin & Tech & Ops FP&A team sits within Strategic Finance, supporting Aladdin - BlackRock's operating system for managing investment portfolios, and Technology & Operations (Tech & Ops) - the group responsible for the firm's worldwide operations.
This Associate-level role partners closely with Enterprise Services teams and Finance stakeholders to provide cost reporting, forecasting, and performance analysis. The successful candidate will perform financial analysis, reporting, and governance to support disciplined cost management and delivery against financial targets.
Key Responsibilities:
- Business partner with Enterprise Services teams to ensure accurate expense forecasts, challenge assumptions, and clearly communicate risks and opportunities
- Build and enhance financial forecast models, ensuring they are scalable, well-structured, and able to support evolving business requirements
- Leverage advanced Excel and analytical tools to improve efficiency, streamline workflows, and enhance the quality and accessibility of financial insights
- Translate financial results into clear, concise narratives; present outputs to senior management in a simple and actionable manner
- Work closely with colleagues to ensure connectivity across provider performance, strategic initiatives, and new developments
- Proactively identify and deliver improvements in monthly forecasting and reporting processes, reducing manual effort and increasing consistency
- Participate in team-wide projects, including financial modelling and ad hoc strategic finance work, to generate incremental insight and support decision-making
- Partner with Finance teams, including Controllers and Sourcing & Vendor Management, on key deliverables and cross-functional initiatives
Knowledge and experience requirements:
- Graduate with a 2:1 degree or above
- Accounting Qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA), with 4+ years of work experience
- Strong attention to detail to ensure a high degree of accuracy
- Strong financial modelling capability, including building and maintaining robust, scalable forecast models; strong understanding of data structures, drivers-based modelling, and translating complex outputs into clear insights for decision-making
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technology and emerging AI tools to improve financial processes
- Advanced Excel and analytical tool proficiency, with experience handling large/complex datasets and applying automation or AI-enabled tools to enhance analysis and reporting
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, who also displays strong interpersonal interactions
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
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