Degree in Business, Accounting or Finance or equivalent
4+ years of experience in tax, accounting, investment management, brokerage, capital markets, or custody
2+ years of people management preferred
Documentation/compliance experience preferable
Exposure to project management would be desirable
Specific experience with the use of technology to improve efficiency of processes
Comfort with general accounting/investment management concepts and systems
Highly organized, strong attention to detail with ability to manage multiple work-streams with varied deadlines
Strong Excel / database skills preferred
Self-starter able to work independently when necessary
Ability to work flexible hours on occasions due to interface with global colleagues
Responsibilities
Ongoing monitoring of external custodial documentation reporting and ad-hoc documentation requests to address maintenance of critical BlackRock fund tax documentation
Develop escalation protocols to resolve time-sensitive documentation issues
Facilitate production, execution, recording and transmittal of tax-critical documents to custodians and third parties as required
Assist in ongoing maintenance of various Tax data points within BlackRock’s Aladdin platform
Complete periodic reconciliation of fund tax rate entitlements and reporting classifications in BlackRock systems against custodial systems and/or administrator systems to ensure alignment
Take the lead in certain projects, to improve processes and efficiency, which can be global in nature
Drive performance through identification and use of technology solutions to the Product Tax processes
Administration of other regular and/or ad hoc MIS reporting as required
Act as a cultural ambassador and mentor to other colleagues in the Budapest office