The Portfolio Analytics Group (PAG) within BlackRock Solutions creates and delivers Aladdin’s analytical capabilities to help the firm and our clients understand and manage their investments and risk. Our group leverages financial expertise, technical skills and knowledge of the investment process to implement innovative scalable solutions. Analysts develop a broad understanding of finance, clients, and technology; they learn to navigate all groups at BlackRock to solve business problems.

Our team is known for:

• Problem solving: We partner w ith 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

As an analyst you will:

• Gain a broad understanding of analytics, markets, and Aladdin’s capabilities
• Utilize analytical models, reports and large scale data processing tools to help investment teams and clients manage their portfolio risk, exposure and performance
• Perform special analyses in response to market events, new business needs and client needs
• Contribute to the creating, testing and roll-out to risk managers of financial models, analytics and reporting for new security types and products
• Provide rapid response tactical solutions leveraging critical thinking, programming skills and creativity
• Coordinate with colleagues globally, across cross-functional teams
• Engineer processes and enhance tools to deliver analytics and support BlackRock’s Aladdin technology infrastructure
• Improve operational efficiencies to enable scalable business growth
• Work with technology and analytics groups across BlackRock to build and deliver scalable customized solutions leveraging Aladdin APIs and the Aladdin Data Sciences platform

Develop a core skillset

As an analyst in PAG you w ill develop expertise in four core areas that w ill serve as the foundation for your career:

• Financial Markets
• Clients/Industries
• Technology/Aladdin
• Navigating BlackRock

Representative projects

• Sustainable Investing Analytics - Developed scalable framework to assess Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) metrics across all portfolios, as well as using optimization techniques to reduce risks such as carbon emissions while minimizing tracking error.
• Industry peer risk analysis - Modelled suite of portfolios leveraging public data representing segments of the insurance industry. In depth analytics highlighted relevant trends enabling our client teams to deepen existing relationships and w in new business.
• Portfolio tools for Alternative Investments - Prototyped analytics and investment tools leveraging Python, R-Shiny and Tableau for managing multi-asset Alternative portfolios. Prototypes solidified the requirements and user experience and laid the foundation for future Aladdin apps.
• Deployment of Attribution Models for Multi Asset - Partnered with the Financial Modeling Group, Risk and Quantitative Analysis group and Investment teams to model, build and deploy Enhanced Brinson attribution models across Multi Asset teams.
• Custom Aladdin Client Demos - Collaborate with the Aladdin business to demonstrate Aladdin’s enhanced analytical content and tools to new clients. Continually expand Aladdin’s ecosystem to meet and anticipate client needs.

This program is for candidates in their final year of study and obtaining their bachelor’s degree or their master’s degree with less than 18 months full time work experience.

At 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.