Vice President - Office of the COO Job Listing at BlackRock in New York, NY

Financial Services

Title: Vice President - Office of the COO
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.

The Office of the COO and President is focused on providing strategic support, presentations, and analyses for BlackRock’s senior management.

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We are in the market for a Vice President level professional that will support BlackRock’s President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) and serve as a key member of the staff responsible for central coordination of projects across Corporate & Business Operations (CBO) and firm-wide initiatives. The Business Specialist will direct and/or support project management implementation and coordination, and research support for the COO’s internal and external communications.

Key responsibilities for the Business Specialist will include:

Assist the COO in the development, implementation, and tracking of all projects.
Monitor all C-level initiatives and ensure that all are moving in a timely and effective fashion.
Ensures that accountable individuals are accomplishing their objectives according to deliverables and that results are of highest quality
Proactively manage relationship development internally and externally and serve as an ambassador of relationships for the COO
Drafting confidential C-level presentations for the firm’s Board of Directors, Leadership Summits, external and internal conferences/meetings
Qualified candidates must demonstrate the following qualities:

2-4 years of experience in asset management or financial services.
Strong contributor with ability to deliver in fast paced environment with tight deadlines and multiple demands.
Intellectually curious with the ability to take initiative and deliver results in a matrixed organization.
Ability to synthesize and analyze large quantities of data to create useful information and concise analyses;
ability to effectively manage projects; results oriented and able to roll-up the sleeves” in order to accomplish necessary tasks.
Excellent written and oral communication, including facility with PowerPoint
Extremely high attention to detail
Strong work ethic
BS/BA or higher in Economics or Finance or equivalent

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