Job Description

Job descriptionAbout this role Your TeamInternal Audit’s mission is to provide assurance to the Board of Directors and Executive Management that BlackRock’s businesses are well managed and meeting strategic, operational, and risk management objectives. The team partners with senior leaders and business units globally to understand and advise on key risks, evaluate the effectiveness of critical processes, and help drive best practices that strengthen business outcomes. Within Internal Audit (IA), the Strategy, Analytics & Operations (SAO) team enables the audit platform through disciplined business management, quality assurance, executive reporting, strategic transformation, and data-driven innovation. SAO maintains independence from audit execution activities and focuses on enhancing the effectiveness, scalability, and impact of the Internal Audit function. Your Role and ImpactAs the SAO lead for external engagements, you will shape and deliver high-impact reporting, analytics, and materials for audit committees, boards, and regulators. The role derives clear, decision-useful insights for senior audiences from audit results, risk trends, and emerging themes, and leverages relationships and expertise to anticipate and adapt for changes in stakeholder requirements and interests. Success in this role requires strong analytical thinking, exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to transform complex information into concise communications for senior governance forums. You will play a key role in strengthening IA’s Board engagement model by enhancing how IA identifies, governs, communicates, and fulfills its obligations and commitments to external parties. This includes creating common standards and processes across regions and entity-specific forums, improving transparency and accountability, strengthening data quality and governance, supporting Audit Committee, Board, and regulatory engagement cycles, and advancing automation across the IA reporting platform. Your ResponsibilitiesIn 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:Lead the development and delivery of global external engagement materials, collaborating with the audit team and audit leadership to produce and deliver timely, comprehensive, impactful, and executive-ready board & regulatory materials. This includes agenda development, leadership review, and executive talking points.Establish and maintain a consistent global framework for IA’s obligations and commitments to external parties, including clear standards, ownership, governance, tracking, escalation, and follow-through across regions, legal entities, and governance forums.Support audit results reporting for audiences such as the Audit Committee, senior management, IA Executive Committee, regulators, and regional boards, maintaining high standards of data quality, accuracy, consistency, and governance across all reporting deliverables.Design, develop, and critically review dashboards, visualizations, charts, and reporting materials that effectively communicate audit outcomes, emerging risks, key themes, and other topics relevant to the Board and senior management.Develop clear, compelling narratives that provide context and insight into audit results, risk trends, and key developments; anticipate likely questions and equip leaders for effective engagement with Board and regulatory audiences.Ensure external-facing communications are accurate, timely, appropriately tailored, and aligned with governance and regulatory expectations.Drive continuous improvement and automation initiatives across reporting processes while contributing to broader strategic and innovation efforts within SAO.