Associate, Investment Accounting

**Description** **About this role** **Team Overview** Global Accounting and Product Services ("GAAPS"): Alternatives Operations supports BlackRock Alternative Investments ("BAI"). BAI takes a dynamic approach to alternative investments, creating investment vehicles that increasingly capitalize on evolving opportunities in fast-changing markets. We offer clients strategies designed to provide returns with low correlations to the broad equity and bond markets, including private equity, real estate equity and debt, hedge funds of funds, single strategy hedge funds, long-only absolute return strategies, commodities and structured products. The purpose of the GAAPS Alts Team is to act as the interface between the funds' investment professionals, investors, and external contacts, such as accounting outsource providers, auditors, tax professionals, and third party distributors, etc. for BlackRock’s alternative funds platform. The GAAPS Alts India Team will focus on adding value by resolving issues and providing product oversight and coordination of Administrators for many of our funds, which can invest in private investments. **Your daily tasks may include**: - Providing operational and accounting support for all investments within the Alternatives platform. Assist in developing operating models to address support of manual or unusual aspects of new alternative products and investments - Provide on-going operational support for complex products or investment types, which includes reconciling data received from third parties and coordinating input of data into internal systems - Oversee external and internal administration and accounting for certain mandates, including investment valuation, data management, and asset and cash reconciliations - Provide trading support functions for certain mandates - Authorize and facilitate cash transfers - Ensure trade, valuation and cash flow information is updated timely and accurately in internal systems - Manage credit facility arrangements including debt compliance monitoring - Assist with preparation and review of client reporting and ensure deliverable deadlines are met - Work with external service providers, internal team members and other BlackRock groups to resolve operational issues, as identified - Review cash flows to determine capital amounts needed **You have**: - 3-7 years’ experience (desired but not required) working within a financial services or banking platform, with financial securities, private placements, and limited offerings a plus. - Confirmed acumen for financial concepts, ability to speak intelligently and confidently while using applied financial reasoning. - Highly attentive, ability to focus, excellent follow-through, flexibility and stellar grammar and English skills. - Self-motivated, dedicated, able to change directions quickly, and capable of working well with strong personalities. - Strong background in Word and Excel. - Excellent communication skills, both orally and in writing - Capacity to multi-task, balance multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic and changing environment - Ability to support cross-functional projects and teams - Business, Financial, and Legal acumen - Facility to grasp complex concepts and details quickly - Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team - Analytical problem-solving and troubleshooting skills - Working knowledge of administrative fundamentals **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 pilot** BlackRock’s current hybrid work pilot is designed to help you experience the best of both worlds: the opportunity to connect with colleagues in person and the flexibility to work remotely, with greater time to focus on what’s important to you. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees are generally expected to work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home (on average) each week. For some business groups, more time may be required in the office, while greater flexibility may be in place for others. Our “One BlackRock” culture means you’ll be supported to collaborate with your new colleagues while bringing your full self to work - wherever you are. The health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities; we will continue to monitor local conditions and health advisories in making decisions about our work environments. **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 gl