Beta Strategies Portfolio Manager recruitment
BlackRock's Beta Strategies team
develops and manages investment solutions involving multiple
strategies and asset classes. The team includes more than 135
portfolio managers, quantitative analysts, investment strategists,
research analysts. We partner with clients to solve their
investment and liability challenges by understanding their
objectives, advising on solutions, and designing and implementing
strategies that meet or exceed goals. The team's guiding principles
are to:
- Serve as a trusted advisor by
providing unbiased advice on portfolio issues and multi-asset
solutions - Deliver BlackRock's global
capabilities by leveraging the firm's insights in a holistic and
consistent manner. - Employ a flexible framework using a
dynamic approach to investment solutions that adapts to client
needs. - Take ownership of implementation
and performance, by focusing on high-quality execution and
delivering investment results. - Actively research and select
return-generating strategies from both internal and external
providers.
BlackRock is seeking a Portfolio
Manager who will contribute to the management of BlackRock's
Defined Contribution strategies across multiple markets, countries
and/or asset classes. The Core Solutions Portfolio Manager will
handle all aspects of asset allocation portfolios including:
model changes, client activity, and performance management. In
addition to day-to-day portfolio management responsibilities for
the Defined Contribution business, they will be expected to acquire
new skills and apply them in order to improve fund performance,
internal processes, product offerings, client relations,
attribution, investment instruments and computer systems.
Responsibilities
- Perform daily fund management
tasks, including handling client contributions and redemptions,
portfolio re-balancing, reviewing, approving and submitting trade
lists, ensuring that portfolios track within performance
expectations, and performance attribution. - Apply market experience and
knowledge of index construction to portfolio management and product
development. - Proactively contribute to overall
systems/investment process enhancements. - Provide analytical and qualitative
support in creating solutions and new product
development. - Support management and
client-facing groups in research and ad-hoc requests.
Requirements
- BA/BSc in a quantitative
discipline. MA/MSc preferred. - Progress towards the CFA
designation desirable. - 1 - 4 years relevant experience in
the investment management industry with specific knowledge of asset
allocation and index portfolio management. - Working knowledge of quantitative
methods, portfolio construction, and asset allocation
theory. - Demonstrated experience in
statistical programming (MATLAB/SAS). SQL/UNIX skills are a
plus. - Ability to multi-task and
prioritize assignments while producing a high quality work in a
demanding, fast-paced environment. - Excellent verbal and written
communication, teamwork, and relationship-building
skills. - Curious and
self-motivated.
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer--M/F/D/V.
Skills
BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management
firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk
management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary and
individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of
solutions -- from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active
management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly
efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to
the world's capital markets. Our clients can access our investment
solutions through a variety of product structures, including
individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and
other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares®
ETFs.