Analyst, Investment Accounting - Delaware

Job description

About this role

Reconciliation Analyst

Purpose of the position

The Investment Accounting Group provides accounting and reporting services to investment management and advisory clients. Our team is responsible for the preparation of monthly accounting packages and quarterly footnote schedules, reconciliation of cash and net assets to client statements, and the timely resolution of disparate items between our internal books and records and client statements.

Main tasks

• Perform daily tasks related to investment accounting and portfolio data maintenance.
• Provide high quality client service internally and externally by providing timely responses to inquiries, developing solutions and mitigating tasks for investment managers/strategists and investment teams as well as clients and internal BlackRock partners.
• Prepare and/or review reconciliations between BlackRock, asset manager and custodian bank. This includes researching differences and resolving them promptly and accurately.
• Ongoing maintenance of existing accounts to reflect daily activities.
• Work with external service providers, internal team members and other BlackRock groups to resolve identified issues.

Required skills

• Ability to prioritize and balance multiple requests without losing sight of the overall goals.
• Strong decision-making skills to make considered decisions and attention to detail to obtain further support/clarification when required.
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Initiative to pursue things and take action.
• Ability to balance and juggle multiple tasks on a daily basis.
• Ability to work in a team or in a developing business.

Desired skills

• A four-year degree in finance, accounting, information technology or a related field.
• Understanding of upstream processes that impact tuning and ability to correlate the impact of changes.
• Flexible and open to new challenges.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently on multiple projects simultaneously in a demanding and evolving environment while maintaining the highest standards and attention to detail.

Qualification requirements

• Strong understanding of derivative products.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel and interested in new applications.

We offer

• A comprehensive health program.
• A pension program.
• An annual discretionary bonus payment.
• A hybrid working model that encourages collaboration and face-to-face connection with colleagues, while also supporting remote working.

Salary

For Wilmington, DE: The salary for this position ranges from $63,670.00 to $104,390.00 per year.