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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