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BlackRock

Runs investment funds and sells risk software

Vice President - Portfolio Finance, Gip

Corporate Finance & FP&AUpdated on Nov 12
Full-timeNew York, NY, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
  • 7–10+ years of experience in private equity portfolio finance, corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, investment banking, leveraged finance, transaction advisory, consulting, or a similarly rigorous analytical environment.
  • Exceptional financial analysis and problem-solving skills, including the ability to evaluate complex business situations and translate findings into actionable recommendations.
  • Advanced financial modeling expertise, including building and reviewing operating, cash flow, three-statement, scenario, and sensitivity models.
  • Strong understanding of debt and capital markets, including leverage, capital structures, covenant analysis, liquidity management, refinancing activities, and interest-rate considerations.
  • Outstanding communication and presentation skills, including the ability to influence senior stakeholders and convey complex concepts concisely and compellingly.
  • Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
  • Strong knowledge of ChatGPT, Claude, and other large language models is preferred.
  • Experience with financial reporting, visualization, and analytics platforms such as Chronograph, Workiva, SAP, Hyperion, Power BI, or similar tools.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while collaborating across diverse stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

  • Lead monthly and quarterly reviews of portfolio company financial and operating performance, including actual results, budgets, forecasts, liquidity positions, and key business metrics.
  • Analyze and explain the underlying drivers of EBITDA, cash flow, working capital, liquidity, leverage, and other critical performance indicators.
  • Evaluate business performance through financial and operational lenses, linking results to underlying operational key performance indicator drivers.
  • Identify emerging risks, opportunities, and trends across the portfolio and develop actionable recommendations for management and investment teams.
  • Build, review, and enhance complex financial models, including three-statement models, operating forecasts, cash flow analyses, scenario assessments, and sensitivity analyses.
  • Lead analysis of capital structures, debt facilities, covenant compliance, refinancing opportunities, interest-rate exposure, liquidity planning, and other treasury-related matters.
  • Monitor portfolio company leverage, debt service capacity, and financing requirements, and provide recommendations to investment and management teams.
  • Drive continued enhancement of portfolio reporting processes, analytics, systems, and data infrastructure.
  • Partner with portfolio companies, internal stakeholders, and technology teams to improve reporting consistency, scalability, data quality, and decision-support capabilities.
  • Develop dashboards, reporting frameworks, and performance monitoring tools that enable timely and actionable insights.
  • Serve as a trusted finance partner to Portfolio Company CFOs and finance teams, GIP Investment Teams, and Business Improvement professionals.
  • Challenge assumptions, assess business plans, and provide objective analysis to support strategic and operational decision-making.
  • Support value creation initiatives by quantifying opportunities and monitoring execution against financial objectives.
  • Prepare concise, executive-level analyses and presentations for senior management, Investment Committees, Portfolio Committees, investors, and other stakeholders.
  • Distill complex financial and operational information into clear narratives that support decision-making.
  • Support strategic initiatives across the portfolio, including integrations, carve-outs, operational improvement programs, financing transactions, audit-related projects, and other ad hoc priorities.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience supporting portfolio companies within private equity, infrastructure, energy, transportation, industrials, digital infrastructure, or other capital-intensive industries.
  • Familiarity with infrastructure assets and infrastructure investing.
  • CPA, CFA, or another relevant professional designation.

About the Company

BlackRock

Runs investment funds and sells risk software

BlackRock manages money for pension funds, governments, insurers, and everyday savers, and sells the software it uses to run those investments to other firms. In 2009, its purchase of Barclays Global Investors brought in the iShares fund family and made BlackRock the world's largest asset manager. Its iShares exchange-traded funds trade like stocks and mostly track market indexes, while its private funds lend to companies and invest in infrastructure and real estate. BlackRock charges a yearly fee on the money it manages, and banks, insurers, and other investors pay to use Aladdin, its system for measuring risk and running portfolios. Larry Fink and seven partners founded BlackRock in 1988, and it is based in New York City.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
1988

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