Analyst/Associate, Client Platform Analytics & Reporting - Atlanta

BlackRock Private Markets Job Opportunity

BlackRock's global private markets business includes the firm's investment capabilities across Private Equity, Real Estate, Infrastructure, Private Credit, and Multi-Alternatives. BlackRock Private Markets currently manages over $300 billion in total assets and client commitments, with a team of over 900 professionals across BlackRock's global teams, including 50+ offices with private markets capabilities, to deliver consistent returns over the long term.

Team Overview

Alternatives Client Platform ("ACP") is a team with over 60 employees across several offices who support the coordination and administration of investor communications and collateral, programmed to ensure a best-in-class client experience for BlackRock's Private Markets investors. This team is responsible for a wide range of activities, including the production of client and fund reports; marketing collateral and presentations; maintaining platform data and analytics; and with the roll out and adoption of new technologies to support the evolution of our scalable operating platform. By developing and sharing standard processes across our team, division, and firm, ACP drives scale and innovation while enhancing productivity in BlackRock Private Markets.

Job Description

We are seeking a high-energy, self-motivated individual to join our team. This individual must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple deliverables / tasks concurrently, and have a sense of urgency and emotional ownership that showcases a passion for quality and timeliness in our service delivery mandate. The role represents an opportunity to join the world's largest asset manager and learn private markets and related asset classes while growing your career in a high performing, meritocratic, and culturally inclusive environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Client Reporting / Investor Support
• Coordinate the production of formal quarterly reporting packages by using portfolio-level and market updates from portfolio managers, asset managers, and fund administration teams across a variety of BlackRock Private Markets businesses.
• Collect, validate, and aggregate qualitative and quantitative data attributes to service client reporting needs. Perform analysis on performance attribution, exposures, AUM, and flows data as necessary to meet the needs of the deliverable.
• Manage, track, delegate, and collaborate with BLK colleagues on reoccurring data submissions, inclusive of custom client requests and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Coordinate and prepare quarterly fund webcast materials in partnership with key partners.
• Marketing Collateral / Fundraising Support
• Lead marketing content refreshes, compliance approval submissions, and publications to prospective client data rooms.
• Perform regular updates and maintenance of standard response for proposal (RFP) question and answer pairs in our Responsive software instance.
• Actively participate in RFP responses through data gathering, analysis, and in other supportive capacities in conjunction with key internal partners.
• Coordinate and complete customized client due-diligence requests, industry surveys, and consultant questionnaires.
• Perform quarterly updates to strategy performance and track record information.
• Support team members across the firm, including Investor Relations professionals, with ad hoc client meeting materials preparation, as well as general ad hoc information requests.
• Operations Support and Enhancement Efforts
• Support and investigate technology and process options to scale and automate routine client service activities.
• Drive projects to enhance productivity and efficiency through technology and process re-engineering.
• Maintain effective file storage management practices to ensure that cross-team partners can access relevant information managed by ACP.

Key Strengths and Qualities

The ideal candidate will demonstrate and showcase, through experience and accomplishments, the following strengths and qualities:

• A sense of urgency, emotional ownership, and proactive execution of the deliverables assigned.
• Operate in a fast-paced environment and under pressure in an organized manner, being able to prioritize, triage, and delegate tasks when vital to meet collaborator needs.
• Professional presence and situational awareness to effectively communicate with key firm partners and in client related matters.
• The ability to thrive in a team oriented, inclusive culture of excellence, innovation, communication, and accountability, where all members of the team are motivated to go above and beyond, think globally, and positively contribute to the ongoing evolution of the firm.
• Experience challenging the status quo and seek better processes and outcomes.
• Act autonomously and demonstrate self-initiative to get standing deliverables and project related work completed accurately and timely without continual oversight.
• A desire and passion to learn the investment management industry, private markets asset classes, and the BlackRock firm and culture.

Key Qualifications

• BA/BS required.
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
• Persuasive and polished written and oral communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with ability to communicate effectively at all levels.
• A meticulous attention to detail.
• Advanced proficiency in MS Office applications, particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel, and ability to develop familiarity and skills using proprietary technology.
• Strong data management and manipulation skills; experience with VBA or Python a plus.
• Analytical ability to synthesize information and summarize issues.
• 0-3 years of experience for analyst level consideration; 3+ years of experience in financial services / asset management for associate level consideration

Atlanta, GA Only the salary range for this position is USD$0.00 - USD$0.00. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

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.

BlackRock's hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. 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. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.