Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

About this role Function Overview: Finance & Strategy (F&S) is BlackRock’s global finance partner, delivering insight-driven analysis and financial discipline to support decision-making, resource allocation, and sustainable growth. Within F&S, Corporate Strategy & Development (CS&D) and Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) form Strategic Finance, partnering with senior leadership to guide long-term direction, financial performance, and enterprise priorities. The Aladdin & Tech & Ops FP&A team sits within Strategic Finance, supporting: Aladdin - BlackRock’s operating system for managing investment portfolios. Aladdin unites data, technology, and people to enable transparency, risk management, and informed decision-making across the investment lifecycle Technology & Operations (Tech & Ops) - the group responsible for the firm's worldwide operations across all asset classes and geographies Position Overview: This VP-level role sits within the Technology & Operations FP&A team.  Tech & Ops is the backbone of BlackRock’s global platform — a diverse team of 4,000 professionals who design, build, and run the systems that support every aspect of our business. From trade execution to client experience, employee enablement to platform innovation, we drive operational excellence across the firm. Within Tech & Ops is our Enterprise Services team, which is responsible for managing corporate Real Estate Services, Enterprise Resilience, Workplace Experience, and Executive Operations to deliver a safe, resilient, high-performance workplace and related services. Digital Workplace strives to provide robust and resilient technology solutions to our end users that enhance the employee experience. This role partners closely with Enterprise Services leadership, Digital Workplace leadership, and Finance stakeholders to provide end‑to‑end financial oversight, cost planning, forecasting, and performance analysis across operating and investment spend. The successful candidate will lead financial analysis, reporting, and governance to support disciplined cost management, investment decision‑making, and delivery against financial targets. This role requires a highly disciplined, commercial thinker with exceptional analytical abilities, strong leadership skills, and a proven track record in financial analysis and forecasting. Key responsibilities: Own FP&A accountability for Enterprise Services and Digital Workplace costs, with primary focus on real estate (operating, capital and project spend) and technology, providing single‑point accountability for financial outcomes Establish clear financial ownership, expectations and accountability across business and FP&A teams Ensure disciplined planning, forecasting and management of cost bases and investment spend Implement clear, repeatable FP&A processes, standards, and cadences to reduce reliance on manual intervention and ad‑hoc escalation. Embedding AI capabilities where possible Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify key business challenges and opportunities, develop actionable insights, and drive strategic decision-making Partner with leadership to develop long-term strategic plans, financial targets, and performance metrics aligned with business and corporate objectives Mentor a team of FP&A professionals, fostering a culture of collaboration, continuous learning and excellence Provide guidance, feedback and coaching to team members to enhance their technical skills, business acumen, and professional growth Knowledge and experience requirements: At least 7 years of FP&A experience within a large, complex organization, ideally spanning technology, operations, real estate, or other enterprise cost environments Demonstrated track record of owning and managing large, complex cost bases, including operating expenses, capital expenditure and project‑based investment spend Proven ability to operate with authority and sound judgment, holding senior business stakeholders and fina ... (truncated, view full listing at source)