Associate – Investment Onboarding

About this role

Your team

Portfolio Enablement Services supports the operational readiness of portfolios across the investment lifecycle. The team enables portfolio onboarding and restructures, new fund and product launches, entry into new markets, custodian connectivity, trade routing, and the maintenance of settlement and counterparty information. This role offers broad exposure to BlackRock's investment platform and the opportunity to improve how portfolios are implemented at scale.

The team acts as an important connection point between Portfolio Management, Trading, Operations, Technology, global custodians, and other service providers. It maintains critical data and infrastructure supporting trade confirmation, settlement, routing, and straight-through processing, while helping ensure portfolios are appropriately configured on Aladdin.

Your role and impact

As an Associate, you will take ownership of portfolio enablement activities, with a particular focus on supporting portfolios and stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific region. You will coordinate implementation requirements, complete operational controls, resolve issues, and work with global custodians and internal partners to establish trading readiness.

You will also identify opportunities to strengthen controls, increase scalability, and improve service through process enhancement and technology. Working within a global operating model, you will apply collaboration, attention to detail, and sound judgement when managing implementation risks and deadlines.

Your responsibilities

In every role at BlackRock, you'll be expected to apply sound judgement and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and combine the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies with the rigor to challenge the results. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities:

• Coordinate portfolio lifecycle events, including new fund launches, onboarding and restructures, and establish portfolio configurations and account attributes to validate operational readiness.
• Partner with global custodians and internal stakeholders to establish market access, standing settlement instructions, trade routing, including managing settlement and counterparty information required for trading readiness.
• Coordinate inbound and outbound connectivity with custodians and other providers, including Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) and file-based connectivity.
• Monitor daily workflows and controls, proactively investigate issues, and escalate implementation or operational risks when appropriate.
• Identify opportunities to improve scalability, service levels, automation, and control effectiveness.
• Collaborate across Portfolio Management, Trading, Technology, Operations, custodians and service providers while contributing to global procedures, cross-training, business continuity and audit readiness.

Your experience

• Typically 2–5 years of relevant experience in investment operations, asset management, custody, securities services, or a related financial-services environment, consistent with the Associate level.
• Knowledge of the investment lifecycle, financial products, portfolio structures and global market infrastructure, including portfolio setup, trade confirmation and settlement.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organizational skills, with attention to detail and the ability to assess risk, prioritize competing workflows and deliver accurately within deadlines.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills, with experience collaborating across internal teams and global custodians on market openings, settlement instructions, trade routing or portfolio onboarding.
• Strong data and digital fluency, including intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills and familiarity with SQL, data analysis or workflow-automation tools, with an interest in using automation and AI-enabled tools to improve operational outcomes.
• Experience with the Aladdin platform or comparable investment-management technology.
• Experience supporting Asia-Pacific markets or working within a global operational model.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Our hybrid work model

BlackRock’s hybrid work model is designed to enable a culture of collaboration and apprenticeship that enriches the experience of our employees, while supporting flexibility for all. Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week. Some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. We remain focused on increasing the impactful moments that arise when we work together in person – aligned with our commitment to performance and innovation. As a new joiner, you can count on this hybrid model to accelerate your learning and onboarding experience here at BlackRock.

Guidance on AI use for candidates

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being.  Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children’s educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment – the one we make in our employees. It’s why we’re dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.