Financial Planning & Analysis, Associate

About this role Business Unit Overview: The Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) team is critical to our strategy for profitable growth. The team shapes long-term objectives for growth and scale; guides near-term objectives, resource allocations, and budgets; analyzes business metrics to identify growth and scale opportunities; and brings insights to help successfully manage our financial objectives amidst a dynamic business environment. We are at the center of the firm, working across all levels of BlackRock to provide both a broad and deep understanding of the firm’s financial position and opportunities. Role Description Within the FP&A group, BlackRock is seeking an Associate to join the Finance Information & Analytics (FI&A) team in Gurgaon focused on External Reporting. The FI&A team operates with a Center of Excellence (CoE) model and is responsible for efficient, thoughtful, and scalable production to meet operational excellence, deliver high-value business insights through front-end visualization tools, application of modelling and analytics to generate new insights at scale, engage with technology partners to accelerate data and process transformation. As part of the FI&A Team, this role will require working with the External Reporting CoE and is responsible for production and delivery of high-quality information tailored for external reporting needs, mainly including Request for proposals (RFPs related to Clients, Products, Region etc.) and Surveys (Industry benchmarking, Country specific ranking, cost benchmarking, Product or Strategy‑Specific Surveys etc.). We are a valued and critical component of the management function who is closely connected with external and internal stakeholders in providing accurate firm or business financials. Key responsibilities: Periodic surveys (i.e., monthly, quarterly) include industry, regional, product surveys etc. Provide timely information on RFPs. Partnering with different teams on approval and sign offs which align to reporting guidelines. Assist with ad-hoc assignments and reporting requirements as they arise. Build cohesive narratives in communicating with senior management. Understanding different data sets and being the SME for externally reported data. Building financial models or maintaining/updating existing models to support external reporting. Communicate effectively with key FP&A stakeholders and global teams across Finance. Identify and execute on opportunities to improvise the existing processes/reporting to drive standardization across processes. Maintain strong controls in existing/new processes and reports. Ensure accurate, complete, and timely completion of processes and reporting. Be adaptable to a constantly evolving, changing, and challenging environment. Embrace and drive the BlackRock principles. Skills & Qualifications: MBA with proven experience (3-5 years) in FP&A, strong analytics, stakeholder, external, and management reporting. Prior experience with External reporting will be an added advantage. Strong proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications; advanced excel. Experience with IBM Cognos TM1 and visualization tools a plus (e.g. PowerBI, Tableau). Meticulous, strategic thinker with operational rigor and analytical/data-driven mindset. Ability to articulate and present ideas both written presentations and orally to senior management. Demonstrated experience in driving automation and transformation efforts. Collaborative, service-oriented, and solutions-oriented. Ability to deliver in fast paced environment with tight deadlines and multiple demands. High levels of self-motivation, multi-task and willingness to respectfully challenge the status quo. Professional, positive demeanor and a strong work ethic. 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 F ... (truncated, view full listing at source)