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Cash Operations is a group of dedicated professionals who are essential to the investment process by ensuring that all BlackRock cash data is accurate for processes including investment management, analytics, compliance, and regulatory. Cash types include, but are not limited to, equities, fixed income, OTC derivative positions (swaps, swaptions, FXs, and synthetics) and collateral. Our team provides information services and solutions in support of all BlackRock and BlackRock Solutions businesses. The roles and responsibilities will include actively managing risk and exposure for BlackRock by ensuring the investment book of record reconciled with external prime record holders daily. The role requires an understanding of the mechanics of the reconciliation process, exception management, troubleshooting issues, driving innovative enhancements, data analysis, maintaining documentation, assisting management in leading processes, and recommending improvements to ensure efficient and accurate processes.
Job Responsibility:
Ensure reconciliations are successfully completed and troubleshoot any discrepancies
Review cash & asset position exceptions daily including researching differences and resolving them in an accurate and timely manner
Ensure accuracy of published cash figures
Data analysis enhancing transparency, decision drivers and efficiency
Work with internal/external stakeholders to ensure issues are being appropriately reviewed and progressing to completion
Develop expertise around team control mechanisms and reporting
Identify and coordinate handling of priority customer concerns
Actively participate in all team meetings including review of key risk and process indicators
Understand and adhere to all regulatory requirements impacting the reconciliation activities
Ability to evaluate systems, procedures and make recommendations for improvement
Participate in various efficiency and capacity-building initiatives, including automation/ standardization efforts
Understand upstream processes impactful to the reconciliation and develop ability to correlate the effect of change
Maintain accurate process documents and train team members to ensure complete understanding
Accurately record metrics related to responsibilities to enable management to have a good view of team productivity and efficiency
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree – concentration in Accounting, Finance, Business or Economics is preferred
Understanding of financial instruments, particularly derivative products, is preferred
Strong, effective analytical and problem solving skills
Data Analytics skills preferred inclusive of coding (VBA, SQL, PYTHON) and/or understanding of data science methods & implementation
Organized approach to ensure follow up on outstanding issues and identify appropriate action to be taken
Attention to detail to ensure a high degree of accuracy for all deliverables
Excellent communication skills to effectively articulate solutions to internal and external stakeholders
Ability to multi-task and balance requests without losing sight of overall objectives and deadlines
Exceptional decision-making skills and ability to communicate effectively with senior management
Ability to work in a team environment and build strong relationships with colleagues and external contacts
Ability to work in a fast paced, rapid changing, deadline driven environment
Expertise in Microsoft office products with an emphasis on Excel