Aladdin Client Transformations, Associate - Front Office, Associate

About this role BlackRock runs on Aladdin. It has always been at the core of BlackRock. Aladdin® is an operating system for investment managers that seek to connect the information, people, and technology needed to manage money in real time. Our investment software combines risk analytics with portfolio management, trading, compliance, and operations tools on a single platform to power informed decision-making, effective risk management, efficient trading, and operational scale. Through Aladdin, the firm offers to clients the same technology and intellectual capital that BlackRock uses to manage investments day-to-day. About this role: The Aladdin Business is growing rapidly, with the volume and complexity of new client deals and strategic partnerships growing each year. We are at the next phase of our growth. Successful candidates will join in our efforts to help sophisticated investors onboard the world’s leading end-to-end operating system for investment portfolios to see their whole portfolio, understand risk exposures, and act with precision. We are looking for a candidate to join us in the Associate role within the team’s Front Office practice. Your team: The Aladdin Client Transformation (“ACT”) is responsible for the installation and deployment of Aladdin and related products and services, globally. Aladdin i mplementations are high profile initiatives that require team members to have external exposure and play an active role in the redefinition of investment organizations. A typical implementation is at least as much about processes and implementing change as it is about investments & technology. We help clients achieve ambitious strategic objectives , which range from streamlining investment operations to integrating teams, to unifying their investment analytics & risk reporting framework, to modernizing their overall investment process. BlackRock’s implementation model is unique in the sense that we take full responsibility for the Client going live on our solution. It also means that we develop true partnerships with select client personnel . Your responsibilities: Collaborate closely with the client’s project team, for example program managers, risk managers, portfolio managers, technologists, and provide leadership throughout the Aladdin implementation Engage the client’s key leaders to understand, redesign, and deploy strategic business workflows across the investment cycle, including pre trade decisioning, order management, trading, investment operations, risk management, compliance, oversight, closed book accounting, and performance measurement and attribution Facilitate and document investment and operational workflow design sessions for various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, alternatives, derivatives, and related workflows Gain in depth knowledge of Aladdin functionality and workflows, and develop industry expertise , for example pensions, insurers, asset managers, to ensure clients take full advantage of the suite of Aladdin products and workflows Coordinate and assist , and where appropriate lead , client specific Aladdin configuration, testing, and user training Work closely with the client and Aladdin Product Managers to support client development needs, including API enabled use cases and data exchange Work closely with the client and key internal functional teams to ensure the full range of capabilities are considered during an Aladdin implementation, and to align to standard methodologies and integration patterns Participate in Aladdin business development activities, assisting in platform demonstrations, implementation pre - planning, and client due diligence as a product and workflow subject matter authority Actively manage client communications regarding project particulars, issue resolution, Aladdin product changes and configurations related to onboarding, including release impacts and configuration decisions Comfort with periodic ... (truncated, view full listing at source)