About this role
Business Unit Overview:
BlackRock offers a range of investment products—equity, fixed income, liquidity and alternative investment—each managed by a dedicated investment team of portfolio managers, research analysts and traders. Focused portfolio management and proprietary research are the cornerstones of our investment philosophy, and portfolio construction is based on each team’s market outlook.
The Global Credit team offers an array of liquid and private credit products designed to meet specific client risk and return profiles. The Global Credit business, has over 97 billion assets under Management across Leveraged Finance, Multi-Strategy Credit, Liquid Alternatives, and Private Credit.
Role description:
As the Vice President of Investment Reporting you will partner with senior level portfolio managers and investment professionals with numerous mission critical deliverables to clients, BlackRock management, Product Strategy, legal, and compliance matters. Reporting to a senior portfolio manager in the US Direct Lending team, you will have the important responsibility to drive and create enhanced investment reporting for management, leverage facility providers, and clients. Additionally, you will develop a fundamental understanding of portfolio management and credit investing to ensure the information from investment professionals and portfolio managers are accurate and reliable. Your work and dedication will directly result in the overall success of the firm. You will gain invaluable hands on experiences and work in a collaborative environment that rewards hard work and innovative thinking. The ideal candidate will look for solutions to complex problems and be motivated to find solutions to better any and all processes and procedures.
Key responsibilities:
- Partner with portfolio managers and deal teams on each investment’s potential sizing from a liquidity and compliance standpoint
- Run hypothetical trading scenarios across all US Direct Lending funds and Middle-Market CLOs
- Monthly and quarterly client investment, CLO, and leverage facility reporting review and creation
- Assist portfolio managers manage CLO and leverage facility compliance
- Help negotiate and structure new leverage facilities and Middle-market CLOs
- Manage and monitor all leverage facilities’ deliverables (asset-backed, subscription, and CLO)
- Create and maintain repositories of data to track key metrics and data points for investments.
Skills, experience and education:
- 7+ years’ experience in financial services, knowledge of credit investments or alternative investments considered a major plus
- Experience in liability management or CLOs
- CPA and/or CFA Level 2 or 3 candidate a major plus
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Numerate, responsive with high attention to detail
- Motivated team player and flexible in approach with ability to work independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; presents ideas in a clear, concise and constructive manner
- Ability to prioritize, working to tight deadlines and flexible to meet workload
- Keen to question, challenge and improve
- A methodical thinker able to resolve complex issues daily
- Strong academic background
- Must be fluent in English
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
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.
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