Portfolio Compliance Associate, Monitoring Team

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Team Overview 

The Portfolio Compliance Group (PCG) is a global group which sits within Global Accounting and Product Services ('GAAPS'), one of the essential functions within the Business Operations & Technology Group at BlackRock. Portfolio Compliance is responsible for implementing controls and processes to ensure compliance with all applicable regulatory and portfolio guidelines. The team fulfills this mission primarily by extracting, analyzing, coding and monitoring client and regulatory investment guidelines on the firm’s Aladdin system. We are engaged with and provide innovative services to many other departments and functions across the firm, including portfolio management, client services, trading, technology, operations and legal. 

Role Responsibility 

Responsibilities are dynamic, but typically include: 

Key Responsibilities: 

• Investment guideline monitoring of both BlackRock investment funds and client mandates 

• Pre-trade and Post-trade investment guideline exception investigation & resolution 

• Working closely with portfolio management and other partners to ensure portfolio compliance 

• Manual test execution 

• Identification of investment guideline coding issues 

• Becoming acquainted with BlackRock’s various Aladdin applications, trade flow process, and data environment 

• Investigating or troubleshooting potential errors when needed 

• Participating in efficiency and improvement initiatives by providing ideas and suggestions on possible improvements to systems or processes 

Development Value: 

• Exposure to global markets, business organizations, and investment products across BlackRock globally 

• Daily interaction with key business organizations such as portfolio management, trading and client service professionals in a fast-paced team environment 

• Opportunity to take responsibility and ownership for both individual projects and team goals 

• Visibility in being a PCG service champion for both internal and external clients 

• Exposure to global regulatory jurisdictions and frameworks 

Skills / Qualifications: 

• Proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications  

• Experience with Aladdin suite of applications (preferred but not required) 

• Compliance monitoring experience (preferred) 

• Experience with Compliance tools (Aladdin, Sentinel, Charles River, In-House systems) (preferred) 

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field (preferred) 

• Knowledge of programming languages (such as Java, Python) and an understanding of relational database concepts (including SQL) (preferred) 

Competencies: 

• Attention to detail 

• Strong interpersonal skills and work ethic 

• Analytical mind and approach 

• Strong IT Skills 

• Great team player 

• Dedicated approach to issue resolution 

• Ability to recognize individual and team objectives and goals 

• Ability to facilitate compromise between conflicting requirements or points of view