About this role
About BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory Business
The Financial Markets Advisory business delivers a range of advisory services including capital markets, sustainability, portfolio construction and data & analytics solutions to official sector and financial institution clients globally, including banks and insurance companies. We support our clients on their most critical and complex financial issues - from unwinding complex portfolios of assets to managing the low carbon transition of the financial sector, to crafting and executing bond purchase programs to support the economy.
We leverage the firm's sophisticated sustainability, capital markets, data & analytics and technology capabilities to deliver impact-oriented advisory services, while maintaining an information barrier from the rest of the firm.
Our professionals work out of all BlackRock regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC), allowing FMA to serve clients in different locations and respond to urgent needs as they arise. To deliver the most effective team for any client situation, we assign professionals based on their expertise and can deploy from multiple offices.
We are looking to recruit a Vice President level professional in London with sustainability and capital markets expertise to support FMA clients and their objectives.
Responsibilities
- Manage the execution of client advisory engagements, managing the delivery team, and taking responsibility for the day-to-day success and activities of these engagements
- As part of the project team, engage with financial institutions, regulators, central banks and governments, providing advisory services to institutions in both the public and private sector
- Leverage a strong understanding of capital markets and sustainability to contribute to the development of new and bespoke solutions to our clients' evolving challenges, and support business development
- Participate in internal and client meetings, presentations, and pitches and demonstrate ability to synthesize complex financial markets and analytics topics to internal and external audiences
- Support junior team members by being an effective and empathetic engagement manager, and providing technical insights and knowledge
- Stay abreast of relevant market trends and understand client and business contexts which drive client opportunities and challenges
Skills / Qualifications
- Over 5 years of experience within the financial services or consulting industry, including capital markets and sustainability expertise
- Broad understanding of financial institutions and capital markets required, with experience working with/in banks or official institutions preferred
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to translate complex topics into clear and effective visual presentations and deliverables
- Intellectual curiosity and strive to expand into unfamiliar and complex topics
- Ability to project manage an engagement in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment, including effective multi-tasking and risk management
- Exceptional attention to detail and consistent in delivering to a high quality
- Effective communicator in both verbal and written form
- A team player who takes the initiative and can bring the best of an organisation to our clients and engagements
- Excellent Microsoft Excel and Powerpoint skills; knowledge of Python or VBA a plus
- BA / BSc degree, fluent in English, other languages a plus