Portfolio Compliance Associate - Delaware

BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, seeking a Portfolio Compliance Implementation Associate to join their team. The role involves implementing controls and processes to ensure compliance with regulatory guidelines and coding investment guidelines into the compliance system.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting and analyzing the investment guidelines of our clients and coding them into BlackRock’s compliance system
• Supporting the process through which a client may change their investment guideline provisions over time, based on their preferences or market conditions
• Maintain restrictions on behalf of Legal & Compliance
• Crafting new system rules, improving existing compliance coding, and investigating or trouble shooting potential errors when needed
• Coordinating the implementation of Manual tests, where a rule cannot be implemented in Aladdin
• Becoming acquainted with BlackRock’s various Aladdin applications, trade flow process, and data environment
• Participating in efficiency and improvement initiatives by providing ideas and suggestions on possible improvements to systems or processes
• Leading or running strategic projects and initiatives

Skills

• Experience of working in the investment management industry and knowledge of investment products is desired, along with a background in finance or similar fields
• Strong technical knowledge will be a significant advantage. Specifically, knowledge of programming languages (such as Visual Basic, C++, or Java) and an understanding of relational database concepts (including SQL)
• Proven interpersonal skills
• Strong multi-tasking skills and attention to detail
• Dedicated approach to issue resolution
• Ability to handle complexity and not being afraid to ask difficult questions
• Aladdin suite experience
• Coding experience within Compliance Monitoring tools (Aladdin, Sentinel, Charles River, thinkFolio, or In-House systems) (preferable)
• Strong Microsoft Office knowledge

Benefits

• Annual discretionary bonus
• Healthcare
• Leave benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

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