Due Diligence Associate Job Listing at BlackRock in New York, NY

Financial Services

Title: Due Diligence Associate
Location: New York, NY

BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.
Within the Client Businesses Group, we pride ourselves on creating, communicating, and delivering investment solutions for clients worldwide. To that end, we have teams of professionals with expertise in the many functions that combined make this effort successful and sustainable, including relationship management, marketing, sales, client service, and product development and management.

We serve institutional and retail clients in more than 60 countries, including pension funds, foundations, endowments, official institutions, insurance companies, subadvisory relationships, high net worth individuals, family offices and private banks. Further, we work to cultivate relationships with key distributors of our investment products, such as broker-dealers, banks, registered investment advisers, financial planners, insurance companies and building societies.

The US Retail Due Diligence Group is responsible for BlackRock portfolio placements on retail sponsor intermediated platforms.


Job Description:
The responsibilities of an Associate in the US Retail Due Diligence Group include:

Coordinate all portfolio information and data to facilitate the due diligence process.

Assist in planning and execution of client on site due diligence meetings

Participate in team and client meetings by sharing insights from portfolio management teams

Stay abreast of timely investment topics

Responsible for communication of all portfolio information such as people, process, and performance to key client contacts and members of due diligence team

Interface with portfolio managers, retail sales, marketing, legal and compliance for accuracy and completeness of client requests.

Manage existing client schedule of monthly, quarterly and annual requests.

REQUIRED SKILLS

Resourceful team player and ability to work independently

Exceptional work ethic

2 years previous experience working within the investment industry

Experience with equity and fixed income investment products preferred

S trong project management skills

Ability to work well under pressure and tight deadlines

Excellent oral and written communication skills

Attention to detail



BlackRock is proud to be an E-Verify & Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer—M/F/D/V.
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