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The Aladdin Client Transformations Associate - Front Office role involves implementing and deploying BlackRock's Aladdin platform for clients, focusing on front office workflows and strategic business transformation.
Job Responsibility:
Collaborate closely with the client’s project team, for example program managers, risk managers, portfolio managers, technologists, and provide leadership throughout the Aladdin implementation
Engage the client’s key leaders to understand, redesign, and deploy strategic business workflows across the investment cycle, including pre trade decisioning, order management, trading, investment operations, risk management, compliance, oversight, closed book accounting, and performance measurement and attribution
Facilitate and document investment and operational workflow design sessions for various asset classes, including equities, fixed income, alternatives, derivatives, and related workflows
Gain in depth knowledge of Aladdin functionality and workflows, and develop industry expertise, for example pensions, insurers, asset managers, to ensure clients take full advantage of the suite of Aladdin products and workflows
Coordinate and assist, and where appropriate lead, client specific Aladdin configuration, testing, and user training
Work closely with the client and Aladdin Product Managers to support client development needs, including API enabled use cases and data exchange
Work closely with the client and key internal functional teams to ensure the full range of capabilities are considered during an Aladdin implementation, and to align to standard methodologies and integration patterns
Participate in Aladdin business development activities, assisting in platform demonstrations, implementation pre-planning, and client due diligence as a product and workflow subject matter authority
Actively manage client communications regarding Aladdin product changes and configurations related to onboarding, including release impacts and configuration decisions
Comfort with periodic regional and international travel based on client location and project needs
Requirements:
Familiarity with portfolio management workflows and investment analytics as a buy side technology provider or as a front office practitioner, with at least 6 years of relevant industry experience
Strong familiarity with capital markets instruments, equities, fixed income, private markets, derivatives, and the associated analytics or investment life cycle
Experience implementing scalable and repeatable business processes, including program management and control frameworks
Excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build relationships with internal and client stakeholders
Excellent creative, analytical, and technology skills with an entrepreneurial approach to large, complex projects, and the ability to execute autonomously and in cross functional teams
Enjoys a fast paced, high intensity, and complex environment, troubleshooting time critical issues and working with people
Strong attention to detail, a proactive approach, and a hands-on mindset
Working proficiency with SQL and at least one general purpose language, for example Python or similar, and comfort with RESTful APIs and JSON data structures
Progress toward or completion of globally recognized professional designations, for example FRM, CFA, CAIA, or similar
Local language proficiency (verbal/written)
Nice to have:
Track record of contributing to successful implementations of investment technology solutions, for example order and trading systems, risk platforms, operations tools
Programming background or experience with query languages, and familiarity with version control and basic test automation
Experience with order management systems, electronic trading platforms, or derivative platforms
Understanding of investment risk, for example market risk analytics, and investment performance measurement and attribution concepts
Experience with platform integrations, for example interfaces and APIs, including data mapping and troubleshooting
Program management experience
Relevant professional certifications, for example CFA, FRM, CAIA, are highly desirable