About this role BlackRock's Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) team is the investment group at the heart of BlackRock's portfolio construction, asset allocation, and active management ecosystem. MASS draws on the full toolkit of index, factor, and alpha-seeking investment capabilities to deliver precise investment outcomes and innovative alpha insights. Our team of 350+ multi-asset investment professionals construct active asset allocation strategies and whole portfolio solutions across a wide spectrum of commingled funds, separate accounts, model portfolios, and outsourcing solutions in the wealth and institutional channels. Currently, MASS runs over $900B in assets and has a strong presence in San Francisco, New York, London and throughout Asia Pacific.
We are now seeking a portfolio manager to join the MASS Core Portfolio Management team as a Vice President in Sydney, where they will join a team operating across the Australia and New Zealand region and be responsible for a wide array of portfolio management activities. The portfolio manager will assist in running a diverse range of multi-asset pooled funds, client mandates and model portfolios. Responsibilities include portfolio construction and implementation; contributing to investment research and commercial efforts; and driving technology and operational improvements across the PM platform to deliver investment performance, consistency, and scale. Our Portfolio Managers are encouraged to contribute to and influence investment decision making, and exercise critical judgement across asset and sector allocation, instrument selection, implementation methods, and trading decisions.
Candidates should possess strong analytical and quantitative skills, as well as proven track record to work in collaboration with different partner teams. This role will have considerable scope for the right individual to have an impact on both the success our team, as well as the broader MASS business. The successful candidate will possess outstanding attention to detail, excellent communication skills and have a passion for thinking critically about financial markets both across and within asset classes.
Key Responsibilities:Function as a fiduciary by taking ownership for safely handling our client's money in an accurate manner.Safe and efficient management of client portfolios, comprising physical and synthetic equities, fixed income, FX and other derivatives, ETFs, funds, private markets, and commodity exposures.Perform portfolio management tasks including handling cash flow allocations, portfolio rebalancing, and monitoring of positions, performance, and risk.Develop and improve our processes for portfolio and risk management in a scalable and risk-controlled manner.Apply technology, automation, and analytical tools to improve processes and build scale.Work on projects to develop and onboard new portfolios for our clients and improve opportunities to do collaborative work with our colleagues across APAC and globally.Participate in research related to multi-asset portfolios and other investment topics and participate in investment meetings to share investment views with peers.Evaluate performance attribution and communicate market/portfolio performance.Work with operations, risk, data, and other platform teams to drive operational improvements and participate in overall systems, investment, and trading process improvements.Key Requirements:Preferable 5+ years proven experience in the financial services or related industry and passion for financial markets.Tertiary qualified in a scientific degree such as Finance, Economics, Econometrics, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics.Meticulous diligence with an ability to remain passionate about different portfolio types and activities.Strong analytical and quantitative skills, ideally gained from within a mathematics econometrics, or statistics environment.Knowledge of portfolio management theory, asset, and market pricing models; Understanding of macro- and micro-economic concepts.Ability to quickly build and maintain an intimate understanding of BlackRock investment capabilities and solutions across multiple asset classes and product lines globally.Capacity to work in a challenging environment, often to time specific deadlines with relative autonomy.Technical and coding skills such as Python, are highly valued. Familiarity with market data tools like Bloomberg and proficiency in MS Office applications.Flexible, adaptable, and self-starting personality. Proven experience working both independently and as part of a team.Knowledge and experience including development and implementation of strategies in a range of instruments and markets, such as ETFs and other fund vehicles, derivatives (including options), FX, rates, equities, or credit markets.Ability to expertly communicate contemporary investment themes and strategies to external and internal stakeholders.
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