Product Strategy Analyst, Fundamental Equity

Description

About this role

BlackRock is one of the world's preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock offers a range of solutions - from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world's capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

Budapest

At BlackRock we are building something great in Budapest, our new global technology and innovation hub, where we are shaping our culture in which challenge, development and innovation happen every day. Our mission as an organisation is to create a better financial future for our clients and BlackRock Budapest enables this through a relentless drive to make ourselves and our communities better. We are a diverse bunch of people who like to analyse, reinvent, and enhance how we work, all in the pursuit of a better experience for our colleagues and clients. We offer the excitement of a young office with the security of a global, leading organization, where you will find innovation and inclusion are our competitive advantages. There are limitless problems to solve and opportunities for learning and development, alongside a team of clever and caring colleagues. Our culture is one of respect, challenge and stretch and we expect and value feedback. We believe that people reach their best potential when the different facets of their home, work and community are all cared about. We have a fun, fast paced work environment located in cutting edge facilities, with competitive and innovative benefits, and the ability to define your role, pursue your aspirations and shape your future within Hungary and beyond.

Product Strategy

We are growing the Product Strategy Platform in Budapest for our Equity franchise that plays a central role in offering clients and prospects connectivity to and information on the investment process ensuring a best in class client experience. This team is responsible for a wide range of activities, including but not limited to maintaining fund data and analytics as well as production of marketing collateral and client reports. We seek an Analyst to join the Global/UK Fundamental Equity team.

Fundamental Equity

Our fundamental equity investment strategies leverage BlackRock's resources in efforts to meet client demands for higher alpha and outcome-oriented strategies. Each of our fundamental strategies focuses on company-specific research that's driven by human insight and enhanced by innovative technologies. We have over 170 investment professionals across 14 investment hubs around the world with investment strategies broadly split between four main product types. These include Core Alpha strategies (traditional actively managed benchmarked-linked strategies that may help provide clients with core holdings in global, regional and single country equity markets), High Conviction Alpha strategies (for clients who seek higher levels of outperformance and are comfortable with more volatile returns), Outcome Oriented strategies (these offer clients potential solutions to their specific needs, such as equity income) and Sector and Strategy specialties (deep expertise in specific industries or market segments in seeking to target specific return streams or exposures).

ROLE PROFILE

Key Responsibilities:

• Be part of a truly global team and work with colleagues in New York and London daily
• Closely follow global markets and be up to date on events and movements
• Perform analyses to help position funds/strategies
• Prepare and maintain product pitchbooks, portfolio review decks and other marketing collateral, ensuring these meet compliance practices
• Build and support recurring reporting templates using BlackRock technology
• Assist with ad hoc requests (e.g. performance analytics / attribution, bespoke reporting)
• Build and maintain database reports (Bloomberg, Morningstar, eVestment, FactSet)
• Maintain and send daily internal reports (fund daily performance, etc.)
• Update DDQs and RFPs with product and strategy level information
• Help enhance existing processes with new ideas/automation and developing best practices across the global Product Strategy platform
• Support and investigate technology and process options to scale and automate routine client service activities
• Collaborate closely with other Product Strategy teams
  
  We are looking for people who are:

• Able to thrive in a culture of excellence, innovation, communication, and accountability, where all members of the team are motivated to go above and beyond, and think globally and creatively
• Constantly seeking better ways to do things and challenge the status quo
• Collaborative and who value and respect input from others
• Able to work under tight deadlines and conflicting priorities
• Flexible and adaptable to succeed in a dynamic and changing environment
• Organized with a hands-on approach and a 'can-do' attitude
• Understand the risk environment within the department - promote risk awareness, assessment, and control

You should have:

• BA/BS degree with quantitative, finance or economics disciplines preferred
• CFA, IMC and/or FRM or a desire to pursue these is welcome
• 0-2 years of professional experience
• Desire to learn about the Investment Management industry
• Fluency in written and spoken English is essential
• Strong attention to detail, a sense of urgency around deadlines and an ability to multitask
• High proficiency in Excel, with ability to manipulate data in a spreadsheet - knowledge of VBA is a plus
• Basic level of experience with Python, or strong desire to learn it
• Proficiency in Word and PowerPoint, with ability to create appealing slides for clients/investors
• Analytical ability to synthesize information and summarize issues to efficiently combine outputs from different sources of technology/systems

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.

About BlackRock

BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients turn to us for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. As of September 30, 2020, the firm managed approximately $7.81 trillion in assets on behalf of investors worldwide.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com/corporate | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock .

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

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.