7+ years of experience in financial services, familiarity with insurance clients a plus
Strong working knowledge in US GAAP/International GAAP and/or Statutory accounting for investments, including securities, alternatives, mortgage loans, and derivatives
Proven ability in bringing together cross-functional teams to achieve business goals
A pro-active interest in keeping up to date with industry, accounting standards and client product changes
Adept at effective communication
Responsibilities
Develop a thorough knowledge of BlackRock’s capabilities, products and services for Investment Accounting clients
Develop project plans for client implementations with measurable goals
Own and drive the execution of project plans for client migrations and implementations, driving consensus and communicating to partners and management throughout
Own and drive systems deployments, portfolio configurations (including chart of accounts and relevant accounting elections), initialize accounting positions, review of positions initialized (book values, carry values, market values etc.), exception and breaks analysis and finalizing financial impact
Improve our ability to scale implementation efforts to ensure we can support multiple ongoing efforts concurrently, given our projected sales targets
Engage and maintain relationships with key partners across the firm to support business growth, implementation of new clients, and migrations and retention of existing clients
Represent BlackRock on cross-functional projects and working groups in support of delivering key business and client objectives
Ensure alignment of additional services with our Investment Accounting offering but supporting proper product integration in partnership with colleagues across the firm