Analyst/Associate, Trade Clearance/Settlement - Delaware

BlackRock is the world's largest asset manager, dedicated to empowering investors for financial well-being. The Analyst/Associate role in Trade Clearance/Settlement involves providing trade support for private investment funds, ensuring accurate execution, and collaborating with various teams to resolve operational issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide trade support and execution functions for private investment funds, including monitoring internal and external teams to ensure accurate and timely execution
• Foster a relationship with back-office support professionals at private fund managers/private companies as well as their administrators and agents, including frequent communications regarding trading and amortization activity
• Liaise with external service providers, internal team members and other BlackRock groups to resolve operational issues, as identified
• Work with Business teams to facilitate investment funding processes
• Interact with Portfolio Management, NAV Oversight, and Client Servicing / Reporting teams as needed to address investor queries and investment-level funding issues
• Support the onboarding of new alternative investor mandates, investments, and vehicles, including informing & implementing processes for investment/trade lifecycle management, cash management, reporting, and reconciliation
• Find opportunities for technological innovation and enhancements to processes
• Identify risk areas and implement/improve risk-mitigating controls
• Assist with preparation and review of reporting deliverables and ensure deadlines are met
• Ensure the team’s process documentation and controls are updated and reviewed regularly

Skills

• 1-5 years' experience in the fields of operations, accounting and/or administration with a particular focus on alternative investment funds
• A proficiency in Excel
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experience multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment
• Highly organized and able to adapt to variable deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Outstanding work ethic required along with demonstrated success in high performance or high demand environments
• The candidate must possess initiative and a willingness to contribute beyond the scope of one's role to achieve team and firm objectives
• A bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred but not required

Benefits

• Healthcare
• Leave benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)

Company Overview

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