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About BlackRocks Financial Markets Advisory Business

Blackrocks Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) group provides a wide range of services to governments, central banks, and financial institutions globally. FMA leverages the firms capital markets, data and risk analytics, technology, and financial modeling capabilities while maintaining stringent information barriers and other procedures to manage potential conflicts of interest.

FMA advises financial institutions, regulators and government entities on their most critical and complex financial issues from bank stress-testing to unwinding a portfolio of assets to designing and executing bond purchase programs to support to the economy.

We work with senior management at these organizations, with a focus on their balance sheet and capital markets exposures as well as a wide range of other strategic, regulatory and operational challenges.

We work with senior management at top financial institutions, official institutions and market intermediaries and utilities around the globe, with a focus on their balance sheet and capital markets exposures as well as a wide range of other strategic, regulatory and operational challenges.

Our technology and analytical capabilities give us a unique ability to respond to clients in need. We leverage BlackRocks Aladdin technology platform and the firms sophisticated capital markets, risk analytics, data management, and financial modeling capabilities to deliver results-oriented consulting and advisory services. Since our founding in 2008, we have completed over 500 assignments for more than 280 unique clients in 37 countries.

Our professionals work out of all three BlackRock regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC), allowing FMA to serve clients in all locations and time zones and respond to urgent needs as they arise. For assignments demanding cross-disciplinary expertise, we unite professionals from multiple offices to deliver the most effective team for any client situation.

FMA provides advisory services from behind an informational barrier, separating it from the firms traditional portfolio management activities. This creates a conflict-avoidant environment that further serves to protect client data and proprietary information.

The Capital Markets Advisory team within the Financial Markets Advisory Group is a global team that combines the best of FMA's capital markets expertise with data, analytics, and modeling capabilities in support of FMAs mission.

Key Responsibilities:

Assist in the execution of analytical efforts across recurring and ad-hoc client engagements

Leverage and develop technology, including BlackRock proprietary technology, to create, enhance, and execute frameworks used for analytical content, quality control, and client deliverables

Maintain a key focus on automation and scalability in the design and implementation of analytical infrastructure used for client engagements

Understand client and business context driving client opportunities and challenges

Participate in client meetings, presentations, and pitches and demonstrate ability to synthesize complex markets and analytics topics to internal and external audience

Stay abreast of capital market trends and of the evolving landscape of relevant technological tools and solutions

Key Skills and Qualifications:

Minimum 4 years of experience within the financial services and/or technology industry

Strong programming skills in Python required; additional experience with a variety of other programming languages, especially scripting, data management, database, modeling, and visualization tools helpful

Good Excel and SQL skills

Understand fundamental software design principles; familiarity with software development best practices and associated tools

Knowledge of Unix environments

Experience using and/or developing risk analytical systems / tools / infrastructure, especially Aladdin tools and infrastructure, a plus

Familiarity with the design and development of database functionality helpful

Broad understanding of financial institutions, fixed income assets, and capital markets a plus

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Takes initiative and comfortable performing under pressure to manage tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment

BA / BS degree in an engineering / quantitative / technical discipline

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build savings that serve them throughout their lives by making investing easier and more affordable.



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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.