Subject Matter Expert Manager - Latin America
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Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
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Asset Management, Investment Management, FinanceIndustries
Requirements
- Expertise on sector dynamics, including key measures of economic performance, financial resilience, corporate strategy, corporate governance, and material sustainability-related practices across the Latin America region
- Desired qualifications and attributes (specifics partially listed: undergraduate degree implied)
Responsibilities
- Demonstrating expertise on sector dynamics, including key measures of economic performance, financial resilience, corporate strategy, corporate governance, and material sustainability-related practices across the Latin America region
- Preparing for, leading, and documenting engagement meetings with portfolio companies
- Learning BIS engagement priorities, proxy voting policies, and key industry initiatives that impact BIS principles
- Aiding BIS leadership in developing and implementing BIS’ corporate governance policies
- Supporting data gathering, benchmarking, and reporting to inform voting decisions and policy positions
- Preparing position papers to facilitate issue discussion with broader BlackRock audiences
- Identifying ways to improve business processes
- Collaborating across the LatAm business to identify ways to support their needs
- Crafting documents highlighting key data useful in engagement and stewardship efforts
- Attending and memorializing engagements, including preparing research notes
- Participating in the monitoring of proxy voting workflow to ensure all accounts are voted as intended and in accordance with appropriate guidelines
- Supporting the development of position papers
- Monitoring policy developments to improve alignment of BlackRock’s principles and guidelines
- Analyzing companies’ shareholder meeting agendas and related materials to vote consistent with BlackRock’s policies
- Building internal and external reports on BlackRock’s policies and activities
- Collaborating with client-facing and communications colleagues to ensure client reporting and presentations meet expectations, and responding promptly to client queries on corporate governance
- Reviewing the BIS team’s output and working practices to ensure risks are minimized and performance optimized
Skills
Key technologies and capabilities for this role
Questions & Answers
Common questions about this position
What is the location or work arrangement for this role?
Analysts on the Americas team, including this position, are based in BlackRock’s New York office.
What are the main responsibilities of this position?
The role involves coverage of companies in the LatAm Portfolio (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Mexico, Peru, etc.) and some US/Canada companies, providing support on research, analysis, engagement, and voting, with primary responsibility for the region and possibly relevant policy.
What expertise is needed for this role?
Expertise on sector dynamics in Latin America is required, including key measures of economic performance, financial resilience, corporate strategy, corporate governance, and material sustainability-related practices.
What is the team structure and culture like at BIS?
The BIS team consists of 65+ dedicated professionals with diverse skills from legal, financial, advisory, consulting, technology, corporate, and governance roles, operating in ten offices across three regions with a focus on long-term stewardship to advance clients’ financial interests through sound corporate governance.
What makes a strong candidate for this Vice President role?
Strong candidates will have expertise in Latin American sector dynamics, corporate governance, and sustainability practices, along with experience in company engagement, research, analysis, policy development, and cross-functional collaboration.
BlackRock
About BlackRock
New York City, New YorkHeadquarters
1988Year Founded
$78,647.7MTotal Funding
IPOCompany Stage
Fintech, Financial ServicesIndustries
