Associate, Client Data Analytics, Aladdin Client Business COO Team

About this role

About BlackRock

BlackRock is one of the world’s leading providers of investment, advisory and risk management solutions. We are a fiduciary to our clients. We’re investing for the future on behalf of our clients, inspiring our employees, and supporting our local communities For additional information on BlackRock, please visit www.blackrock.com/careers.

Client Data Analytics Associate

Are you someone who is technically proficient, curious and creative and looking for an opportunity to make an impact to a critical innovation initiative? Do you have a passion for understanding data patterns and trends and an entrepreneurial approach to solving problems? Are you someone who enjoys connecting underlying data to business results & opportunity? We are looking for innovators like you to join our team as a Client Data Analytics Associate.

The Client Data Analytics Associate is part of the Aladdin Client Business COO team, focused on innovating the business intelligence for Aladdin’s clients and colleagues. This role will partner with a diverse mix of internal technology teams, functional business partners, and client businesses to develop impactful metrics and analytics to drive strategic business decisions. You will also focus on building pipeline processes to ingest, clean, and transform our client data, and monitor ongoing data quality. You should have a desire to learn the business context to bridge the gap between business objectives and client data. This role is an opportunity to take the initiative in an environment where data pipelines, processes, and metrics are being built from the ground up to support this transformation!

You should be comfortable working across a variety of technology capabilities, including databases, business intelligence tools, and the underlying data infrastructure. Our team loves simplifying and solving complex problems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain a unified “one source of truth” view (“analytics layer”) that will provide consistent and easily accessible data
• Manipulate and analyze complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources using a variety of tools and data analysis techniques
• Work with business partners to understand their data and reporting needs and make recommendations on reporting and visualization solutions to accomplish their goals
• Develop reports and data visualizations to present insights in the most effective way to enable decision-making
• Complete ad hoc requests for research, analysis, and reporting by pulling from diverse internal and external data sources, implementing the appropriate method of analysis and offering meaningful insights
• Monitor and analyze key metrics and execute recurring analyses and reporting
• Write, maintain and/or update queries to develop analyses in response to queries from various business groups
• Ensure data accuracy

Qualifications:

• We realize excellent data analysts can come from a variety of backgrounds so while we require a Bachelor’s Degree we are open to degrees outside of computer science and information systems if you are curious and have the technical skills we need!
• Minimum of 2 years of work experience in a data analyst or business analyst role with experience wrangling data, and writing and optimizing queries from various databases
• Proficiency in Power BI or similar business intelligence tools
• Proficiency in SQL
• Proficiency in Python for data analysis
• Ability to work in a collaborative setting and effectively communicate technical concepts to broad audience

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.

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including: retirement investment and tools designed to help you in building a sound financial future; access to education reimbursement; comprehensive resources to support your physical health and emotional well-being; family support programs; 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.

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

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected characteristics at law.