Associate, Applied Analytics

5 days ago


Gurugram India BlackRock Full time

Job Description

About This Role

- Vice President - Applied Analytics

About Aladdin Data

The Aladdin Data team is a part of BlackRock's Aladdin platform, which is a comprehensive investment management and risk management system. The team is responsible for various aspects of data management and analytics within the Aladdin ecosystem.

About The Analytics Stewardship Team

Analytics Stewardship team brings together the functional expertise and responsibilities within the Aladdin Data organization to ensure Aladdin's investment and risk analytics data are delivered with the highest standard of quality and scale. Analytics Stewards works across Client Businesses, Product, Engineering, and broader Aladdin Data team on design, development and deployment of new and existing analytics.

Leveraging financial market and analytics subject matter expertise, data science and engineering knowledge, and data governance principles, the team designs and supports Analytics Data solutions, which span across quality management, change management, meta data management, and problem management.

Responsibilities

- Act as an owner of analytics solution supported by Aladdin Data platform. Aspire to grow & improve the analytics estate and increase its commercial value.
- Understanding of risk models, configuration, single security (ABS, CMO, MBS, BND), Portfolio, Risk & Return.
- Be the custodian of analytics (by ensuring completeness, accuracy, and proper governance ). In addition, strive to scale Aladdin's analytical capabilities.
- Work with analytics & modeling teams to ensure new models meets business requirements and in compliant with our data quality policy.
- Design data quality checks and performance metrics to evaluate data integrity, identify deficiencies, and pinpoint opportunities for analytics model and platform improvements.
- Conduct large scale testing and provide essential results and insights to support the implementation and adoption of Aladdin's quantitative financial models and analytics by users and businesses.
- Provide analytical data and platform expertise to address dynamic business requirements, market developments, regulatory modifications, and newly introduced financial products.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement new analytics and business solution around it, products like climate and private credit analytics. Address complex analytical questions with expertise in models and analytics.
- Establish GOLD standards for Instruction Data, manage client change requests, and update scorecards and reports.
- Mentor and train junior analysts as they build expertise and gain exposure.

Experience

Candidates must have a proven history of addressing challenging real-world issues in investment and risk management sectors. The individual will be required to utilize their advanced quantitative abilities to oversee intricate performance analytics initiatives aimed at enhancing the analytics platform.

- 4+ years of experience in capital market, investments, or financial technology industry, managing investment, risk, and/or performance analytics from modeling, data, or services perspective
- Track record of working with financial markets, investment and risk analytics, and data management functions
- Experience in leading cross-functional initiatives, with strong communication skills and project management ability
- Aladdin experiences from capital market, financial services firms, a plus
- Experience working within Agile project management frameworks is a plus (including tooling such as Azure DevOps)

Qualification

- Degree in finance, engineering, mathematics, quantitative or related discipline. Bachelor's degree is required. Advance degree preferred.
- Comfort with technical tools such as SQL, Python, Jupyter Notebook, Unix commands, Hadoop, Spark SQL, Power BI, etc.
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation is a plus.

Skills

- Proficiency in analytical skills and the capability to develop expertise in Aladdin's proprietary models, encompassing fixed income analytics, multi-asset investment analytics, value-at-risk (VaR), and performance attribution.
- Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and an ability to navigate the analytics platform for conducting analysis and deriving solutions
- Enthusiasm for, and comfort with, working in a high pressure and fast-paced environment with entrepreneurial and team-oriented setting
- Strong project management skills. Ability to prioritize deliverables/enquiries when multi-tasking, structure multiple communication streams and manage workflows.

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.

Our hybrid work model

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.

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.

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

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.



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