Analyst, Financial Planning & Analysis

Description

About this role

Business Unit Overview:

BlackRock recognizes the importance of quality and accurate business intelligence needed to make critical business decisions at all levels of the organization. The BlackRock FP&A team is aligned to the firm's overall organizational structure in order to appropriately engage with each business unit to deliver key financial management activities. The FP&A mission is enabling the firm to achieve its strategic and business goals from a financial perspective. Specifically, FP&A is responsible for driving:

Effective Business Planning - providing relevant and timely financial intelligence to business partners across the firm through a standardized and consistent set of performance metrics linked with common decision support tools, business standards, language and rules.

Strategic Resource Allocation - helping to link operations and financial performance, tightly managing performance against strategic goals, and enabling execution of business strategies.

Management of Business Performance - developing and communicating business strategies by curating the definition and measurement of metrics for success.

Job Purpose:

Responsible for carrying out activities of ARMR/Revenue FP&A Team, which include central Client Business (CB) and Investments (ISG) production, Management and Business Reporting, Budgeting, Forecasting & Project Support.

Responsibilities:

• Perform month-end close process related actuals
• Execute central revenue forecast including forecast production, variance analysis supporting CFO reporting
• Perform Hierarchy Manager updates and revenue related recast processes across FP&A
• Modelling of the performance fee forecast on a monthly cycle, liaising with Perf fee owner in NY
• Executing D/I process and Sub-advisory forecast modelling
• Participate and support ARMR enhancement projects and drive standardization/automation
• To act as SME on CB/ISG and can handle queries from different FP&A partners
• Exemplify BlackRock Principles

Skills and Qualifications:

• MBA/CA with minimum 1-3 years of experience with a similar profile, preferably Investment Management and/or financial industry experience but not mandatory
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience in preparation of flash report / dashboards and management review packs
• Ability to handle large data and derive meaningful information
• Analytical bent of mind combined with financial acumen. Well-versed with Finance terminologies
• Ability to develop a deep understanding of the business and its key drivers
• Ability to build relationship with multiple stakeholders
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment (not only FP&A team but also across Finance)
• 'Can-do' attitude - willing to contribute at all levels in a small but high performing team environment with tight deadlines and multiple demands
• Experience of working on advanced Excel. Knowledge of MS Access will be added advantage
• Experience with TM1, Hyperion, Essbase or similar multi-dimensional analytical tool skills is helpful but not essential

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.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com/corporate | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

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.

Job requisition #

R210348