Product Specialist-Flexible Equity Fund Team recruitment
BlackRock's Fundamental Equity division manages a full range of equity strategies that span the risk/return spectrum, along with several targeted opportunities in specific market sectors. More than 40 investment teams--consisting of portfolio managers, research analysts and traders--manage style-specific portfolios built on BlackRock company research in each major equity asset class.
A critical component of our investment strategy success is our Product Specialists. Our Product Specialists are seasoned investment professionals that partner with our Portfolio Managers and act as the link between investment teams and account managers, playing a central role in facilitating connectivity between investors and distribution. Product Specialists represent their respective investment teams to both internal and external clients, acting as a specialized source of product and market knowledge. Product Specialists are embedded within investment teams allowing them to deliver the highest quality investment communication to all clients globally.
We are actively searching for a dedicated Equity Product Specialist that will join our Flexible Equity team and be based in Boston to assist in the following:
- Seek to minimize the amount of time the fund manager is required to spend on clients and consultants, allowing them to focus on the day to day running of the funds. Acting as a "proxy" for the portfolio manager, you will meet with clients, prospects, and/or intermediaries to: explain the investment philosophy, process, and performance of specific investment products; and to provide updates on overall financial market performance, economic trends and the team's market outlook.
- Work with both the retail and institutional sales force in educating them on the product range and raising the team's profile in effort to maintain existing clients and bring in new client opportunities.
- As the primary investment contact for account managers within the firm, you will be seen as the go to person for all day to day queries on the fund management team's investment decisions and market views as well as all product related details.
Responsibilities:
- Provide clients, prospects, consultants and/or intermediaries with ongoing updates about BlackRock's overall Flexible Equity investment philosophy, process, and outlook as well as on the performance and positioning of specific products.
- Maintain an up to date knowledge base on the investment team's activities and outlook.
- With Portfolio Manager oversight, prepare portfolio reviews, market updates and other timely marketing materials that can be shared with account managers and clients. Promote high quality output and maintain oversight for all materials produced.
- Take a proactive approach to solving client's investment-related, business, and operational issues which arise during the course of the client's relationship with BlackRock by serving as the liaison between the investment team and all other areas of BlackRock (compliance, legal, operations, marketing, and sales).
- Editing/checking/finalizing product RFP/RFIs.
- Quarterly and monthly commentary writing to include performance attribution.
- Enable 'minimal distraction' for fund manager.
- High travel.
Qualifications:
- Experience in a client service/business development role, preferably within the financial services industry, both on the institutional and retail sides.
- Experience in, or strong knowledge of, equity investments industry preferred.
- Sharp presentation as well as oral and written communications skills.
- Advanced PowerPoint and Excel skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Series 7 and 66/63.
- MBA, other advanced degree and/or CFA designation preferred.
- Strong writing and presentation skills.
BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer--M/F/D/V.
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