Director-Credit, Core Analytics Solutions, Aladdin Financial Engineering
Company: Blackrock, Inc.
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 20, 2024
Job Description:
DescriptionAbout this roleAbout Aladdin Financial Engineering
(AFE):Join a diverse and collaborative team of over 400 modelers
and technologists in Aladdin Financial Engineering (AFE) within
BlackRock Solutions, the business responsible for the research and
development of Aladdin's financial models. This group is also
accountable for analytics production, enhancing the infrastructure
platform, and delivering analytics content to portfolio and risk
management professionals (both within BlackRock and across the
Aladdin client community). The models developed and supported by
AFE span a wide array of financial products covering equities,
fixed income, commodities, derivatives, and private markets. AFE
provides investment insights that range from an analysis of cash
flows on a single bond, to the overall financial risk associated
with an entire portfolio, balance sheet, or enterprise.About Core
Analytics Solutions (CAS):The Core Analytics Solutions (CAS) within
Aladdin Financial Engineering (AFE) creates and delivers Aladdin's
analytical capabilities to influence better portfolio decisions,
differentiate products and solutions, and enable our clients to
fulfill their financial goals. Our mission is grounded in our
expertise of analytics, Aladdin (the firm's proprietary platform),
and technology. CAS works across our investment teams and client
businesses, in partnership with BlackRock's analytics, data and
technology teams, to transform data into intelligence, deploy
financial models on Aladdin, address client challenges with
innovative technology, and deliver solutions across asset classes
and client segments.Our team is known for:
- Problem solving: We partner with investment, risk and
client-facing teams to understand their business problems and
provide creative solutions using Aladdin analytics.
- Innovation: We sit at the intersection of finance and
technology. We conceptualize, design and implement new capabilities
to ensure that Aladdin remains the best platform for clients to
understand and manage portfolios and risk.
- Centralized & scalable operating platform: Aladdin is a global
investment platform that helps us solve problems in a scalable and
efficient manner.Role Description:The team seeks a new Security
Valuation & Analytics leader with a focus on Public & Private
Credit who will be working closely with the modelers within AFE to
improve the accuracy and coverage of the Credit analytics. The
person will coordinate with product managers and business
operations to ensure our calculation engine's offerings and
capabilities are world class to meet the requirements of both
internal and external clients in the Single Security Credit
space.Along with direct team management responsibility for the
credit team, the leader is also responsible to provide local team
management leadership and support for the single security analytics
CAS team.This role is global in scope, has high visibility within
BlackRock and provides an excellent opportunity to be a senior
leader in a dynamic team that is focused on delivering credit
analytics solutions.Inspiring talent, being a strong role model for
team members, instilling an inclusive team culture, advocating
growth and development of careers will all be key to
success.Overview of Responsibility:
- Lead a global team which is responsible for orchestrating the
Credit model development lifecycle responsible for business
analysis/SME, model validation, user acceptance testing,
deployment, and client communications.
- Engage with clients and prospects both directly and indirectly
through relationship managers to provide subject matter expertise
as well as capture product feedback and user stories.
- Collaborate with Modelers and partners within the broader
Aladdin Product teams to define the product story for security
valuations and analytics capabilities for Credit products.
- Manage large scale Credit projects that involve modelling,
data, and infrastructure changes in coordination between different
teams.
- Build and share expertise through client interaction, industry
conferences, relevant trade publications, etc.
- Partner with client teams to drive adoption of our credit
models and engage with partner teams that manage production and
quality control processes and provide subject matter expertise and
coordination to resolve client inquiries.
- Develop and retain a robust team, offering ongoing feedback and
overall career mentorship.
- Provide leadership support to the overall CAS Single security
India team and inspire team members locally by being a strong role
model.
- Contribute to defining and implementing the India talent agenda
for the single security CAS team in partnership with the CAS and
AFE India leads.Experience/Qualifications/Skills:
- 10+ years of experience related to the development or
deployment of financial models and analytics for a broad array of
Credit products.
- Proven experience in delivering analytics products with a
diverse and demanding client base.
- Experience in advanced analytics including options valuation,
fixed income valuation techniques, interest rate modelling, and
advanced credit modelling (PD, LGD, Credit VaR, Private
Credit)
- Multiple years of experience in managing diverse teams, focused
on both talent development of each team member and oversight of the
team's priorities & execution.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire a team in an
outcome-oriented environment.
- Excellent communication skills, including managing
relationships with senior stakeholders.
- Resourceful, proactive, and able to prioritize and navigate in
a fast-paced environment.
- Engineering, Finance, Mathematics, Business Management, or some
other quantitative field of study.
- Acquired technical aptitude includes experience in Linux, SQL,
and scripting platforms.
- Programming language skills are advantageous (e.g. Python,
advanced excel etc.)
- Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) or Financial Risk Manager
(FRM) designation is a plus.Our benefitsTo 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 modelBlackRock'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.About BlackRockAt 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.For additional information on BlackRock, please visit -
Twitter: - LinkedIn: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.
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