Job Description
Job descriptionAbout this roleWhat team will you be on?BlackRock’s Financing & Financial Resource Management (‘F&FRM’) team sits within BlackRock Global Markets & Index Investments (‘BGM’) which works to advance our investment processes and platform architecture, and ensure we most efficiently engage with other market participants in a collaborative, strategic way. BGM includes Index Investments, Global Trading, Securities Lending, Liquidity, and Financing & Financial Resource Management.Why is your role important?Through cutting edge technology, quantitative techniques, sophisticated models and embedded research, our investment management approach provides superior performance for our clients and is an important part of the BlackRock brand. The Financing & Financial Resource Management (‘F&FRM’) team supports the firm’s levered and alternative products through active oversight across prime brokerage, derivatives and other related financing strategies; managing the cost of borrowing and overall portfolio financing. F&FRM team enables access to capacity for BlackRock’s Investment platform through optimization of dealer risk capital and balance sheet resources. F&FRM is significantly involved in activities such as equity and fixed income financing, PB relationship management, counterparty and liquidity risk management, and trading/financing documentation reviews. BlackRock is seeking an Associate / VP-level candidate.
Responsibilities + Skills
Education
Ability to be a self-starter, work independently and proven record in problem solving.Possess negotiation skills with the ability to balance the trade-off between short term gains and long-term wins.
Experience
2-10 years of experience in Hedge Fund or Equity Financing.Fluent in Python and VBA, (SQL optional).Experience trading multiple Delta One products, including equity and index futures, forwards, swaps, ETFs.
