Fixed Income Portfolio Manager

About this role   BlackRock’s Fixed Income team runs more than $1 trillion in global fixed income assets across index, active long-only, alternative, and liability driven strategies. The platform offers fixed income investors one of the industry's broadest array of investment choices across model-based and fundamental investment styles.  The Financial Institutions Group is seeking a candidate to join the team as a junior Portfolio Manager in Sydney, Australia working on AUD/NZD denominated portfolios. The FIG team manages a wide range of Fixed Income portfolios for financial institutions, including $12bn in AUD/NZD denominated portfolios. The successful candidate will work with the Lead PM to support the day-to-day management of the portfolios. This will include monitoring portfolio positioning (including cash, risk levels and compliance with investment guidelines), ensuring consistency across portfolios, raising orders on portfolios, and liaising with our partner teams (like credit research, risk and trading) on the portfolios. The candidate will also be expected to contribute to alpha, yield, and idea generation by providing assistance throughout the life cycle of an investment and its implementation in portfolios.