Index Projections and Analytics Associate
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 produce forward-looking index projections and research corporate actions, index rebalances, and benchmark changes. You will conduct statistical and data-science analysis, help build an index research analytics platform, support portfolio management and product teams, and implement controls that detect anomalies in index data and methodologies.
Requirements
- 2–5 years of relevant experience
- Experience with data science, data management, and data visualization tools and techniques
- Technical and analytical skills with communication and presentation skills
- Understanding of index construction and methodology concepts
- Understanding of cross-asset index investing
- Quantitative problem-solving skills
- Python and SQL programming skills
- Knowledge of Aladdin tools and data sources preferred
- Knowledge of Bloomberg and FactSet preferred
- Ability to solve financial problems using artificial intelligence
Responsibilities
- Produce forward-looking index projections for investment decision-making
- Research expected index changes, corporate actions, and index rebalances
- Conduct statistical analysis to develop analytical capabilities
- Help build an index research analytics platform
- Apply modeling techniques to index-investing challenges
- Support index portfolio management, strategy, and product teams through benchmark analysis
- Apply data science techniques to financial data
- Provide data-driven insights for internal and external client use
- Build relationships with index research, data, and technology partners
- Design and implement risk controls to detect anomalies in index data and methodologies
Benefits
- Annual discretionary bonus
- Healthcare
- Leave benefits
- Retirement benefits
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Support for working parents
- Flexible Time Off
- Employee Assistance Program
- Mental Health Ambassadors
- Parental leave
