Associate, Securities Lending Analytics

About this role

Company: BlackRock Institutional Services, Inc.
Job Title: Associate, Securities Lending Analytics
Location: 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001        

Job Duties: Develop quantitative insights using Aladdin, Securities Lending, and alternative datasets to improve decision-making and manage investment risk across the Securities Lending business. Deliver the full capabilities of BlackRock’s proprietary analytics to the client and investment professionals within the Securities Lending business and partner organizations. Leverage modeling and reporting capabilities to help clients, traders, product strategists, and senior management understand the risk, returns, and exposures of the firm’s investment activities. Build dashboards, visual analytics and web-based tools to improve performance measurement and management, business intelligence, and operational efficiency. Maintain the quality and content of the analytical reporting on client portfolios’ exposures, risk, and performance. Lead the build out of prototypes and research new analytic solutions to solve sophisticated business problems and directly improve the team’s investment strategy and performance. Conduct complex data analyses through data gathering, processing, modelling, analysis and data science. Manage and expand the business derived data platform that delivers reliable data to the Securities Lending business through the articulation of data strategy and the buildout of technical requirements for the business’ data engineering needs leveraging data engineering and database expertise. Four (4) days in office and one (1) day remote per week.

Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Business Intelligence, or a related field. 24 months of experience in Technology AVP, Technology Associate, or related role. Requires 24 months of experience in each of the following skills:

1. Trading infrastructure for Securities Finance; 
2. Advanced programming and data manipulation with SQL, Python and utilizing libraries such as Scikit-Learn, Pandas, Numpy, and TensorFlow, as well as capabilities like PySpark for large-scale data analysis and processing; 
3. Data retrieval and management (SQL, RESTful APIs); 
4. Managing code version control and streamline continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines using Git and BitBucket; 
5. Utilizing Informatica for data integration, ETL processes, and workflow automation across diverse data sources; 
6. Utilizing cloud storage and data warehousing like AWS S3, Azure Blob, Snowflake, AWS Redshift or BigQuery within Google Cloud’s Platform; 
7. Developing visual analytics and business intelligence capabilities using Power BI, Tableau or Quick Sight; 
8. Utilizing Unix for application installation, shell scripting, process automation, and cloud computing platforms like AWS EC2, Azure Virtual Machines, or AWS EMR for data processing; 
9. Managing connected data and complex queries leveraging graph databases like Amazon Neptune, AllegroGraph or Azure Cosmos; and, 
10. Building web-based data applications utilizing Streamlit and event-driven code using serverless technologies like Azure Functions, AWS Lambda or AWS EventBridge.

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For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$146,800.00 - USD$162,000.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including heath care, leave benefits, and retirement benefits. BlackRock operates a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy and your total compensation may vary based on role, location, and firm, department and individual performance.

 

Our benefits

To 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 model

BlackRock’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 BlackRock

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.

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.

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BlackRock is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity to all applicants and existing employees, and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, creed, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity/expression), sexual orientation, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, political affiliation, religion, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, or any other basis protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. View the EEOC’s Know Your Rights poster and its supplement and the pay transparency statement.

 

BlackRock is committed to full inclusion of all qualified individuals and to providing reasonable accommodations or job modifications for individuals with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation/adjustments are needed throughout the employment process, please email Disability.Assistance@blackrock.com. All requests are treated in line with our privacy policy.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.