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About this role. About BlackRock. BlackRock’s purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients turn to us for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. About Client Experience. Our mission within the Client Experience (CX) organization is to make it easier for clients to do business with BlackRock, making service so simple it becomes a source of alpha. We are organized across 4 key pillars: 1. Client Experience Delivery, client-facing teams orchestrating all aspects of service delivery, and onboarding teams bringing new business onto our platform, 2.Wealth, differentiated capability for both Whole Portfolio and Wealth clients & products, respectively, 3.Client Experience Operations, core client operations teams driving reporting, billing, and onboarding due diligence across the globe, and 4.Client Experience Transformation, accelerating progress towards our CX mission via research and competitive insights, analytics, marketing, business and change management. Team Overview. The Contracting team partners closely with ICB, Relationship Managers, Legal and Compliance, Onboarding teams and other internal groups to ensure BlackRock’s contracts balance commercial outcomes with appropriate risk management and fiduciary obligations. We cover a broad range of clients including sovereign wealth funds, central banks, pension funds and insurance companies each of whom may transact in different investment strategies, products, instruments and markets offered by BlackRock.
Job Responsibility:
Drive the contracting process from initial drafting through negotiation and execution for your portfolio of business and meet client expectations
Own a client channel, supervise the book of work for that channel including complexity assessment and case assignment, and find opportunities for process and client experience improvements
Facilitate and coordinate with internal partners across functions involved in the contracting process, ensuring their comments flow through to the contract and requisite approvals are acquired
Manage client expectations throughout the negotiation process
Ensure that the appropriate contracting process is followed to mitigate risk to BlackRock
Identify potential issues that are disseminated to potentially impacted internal stakeholders for review, discussion, negotiation and resolution
Capture and record relevant non-standard contractual clauses on an ongoing basis and maintain the contractual documentation database
Ensure that all completed contractual documentation is properly filed and circulated to relevant groups
Find opportunities for process and client experience improvements
Support the sales team with contractual documentation queries
Requirements:
Proven track record of drafting and negotiating sophisticated legal contracts
Ability to perform and deliver high quality legal contracts in a fast-paced environment
4-7 years relevant investment management experience preferred
Relevant legal qualification
Proven skills in successfully managing competing internal and external demands within timeframe
Knowledge of the asset management industry (fund types, client base and strategies, operational set up and products) and applicable law and regulations
Comfort in working with multiple systems to supervise and handle the contract negotiation lifecycle
Ability to independently handle tasks and workload with some guidance and oversight
Ability to think out of the box, to navigate sophisticated internal processes and functions, and be able to offer practical solutions that will be mutually helpful to both the client and Blackrock
Demonstrated ability to balance client needs with BlackRock policies and operational procedures
possess regulatory and technical awareness in order to understand associated risks and provide innovative, risk-free and compliance friendly solutions
Ability to be a great teammate is crucial
Strongly proficient in standard software (e.g. Microsoft Office) and interested in new technologies
What we offer:
Retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future
Access to education reimbursement
Comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being