Associate, Investment Onboarding
BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, operating the IBIT bitcoin ETF and the BUIDL tokenized fund.
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About BlackRock
BlackRock (blackrock.com) is the world’s largest asset manager, with production digital-asset businesses: the IBIT spot bitcoin ETF, the BUIDL tokenized money-market fund (with Securitize), and tokenization initiatives.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will take ownership of portfolio enablement activities with a focus on Asia-Pacific portfolios and stakeholders. You will coordinate implementation requirements, complete operational controls, resolve issues, and work with global custodians and internal partners to establish trading readiness. You will also look for ways to improve controls, scalability and service through process enhancement and technology.
Requirements
- Typically 2–5 years of experience in investment operations, asset management, custody, securities services or related financial services
- Knowledge of the investment lifecycle, financial products, portfolio structures and global market infrastructure
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills
- Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel and familiarity with SQL, data analysis or workflow-automation tools
- Experience with Aladdin or comparable investment-management technology
- Experience supporting Asia-Pacific markets or working within a global operational model
Responsibilities
- Coordinate portfolio lifecycle events including new fund launches, onboarding and restructures
- Establish portfolio configurations and account attributes to validate operational readiness
- Partner with global custodians and internal stakeholders on market access, standing settlement instructions and trade routing
- Manage settlement and counterparty information required for trading readiness
- Coordinate inbound and outbound connectivity with custodians including SWIFT and file-based connectivity
- Monitor daily workflows and controls, investigate issues and escalate risks
- Identify opportunities to improve scalability, service levels, automation and control effectiveness
- Collaborate across Portfolio Management, Trading, Technology, Operations, custodians and service providers
Benefits
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off
