Core Portfolio Manager, Multi-asset Strategies

Description

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 constructs 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 manages over $900B in assets and has a strong presence in San Francisco, New York, London and throughout Asia Pacific.

Role Description

BlackRock is seeking a portfolio manager to join the MASS Core Portfolio Management team as an Associate 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 managing 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 process improvements across the PM platform to deliver investment performance, consistency and scale. Our Portfolio Managers are expected to contribute to and influence investment decision making, and exercise critical judgement across asset and sector allocation, instrument selection, implementation methods, and trading decisions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Act as a fiduciary by taking responsibility for safely managing our client’s money in an error-free 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.
- Work on projects to develop and onboard new portfolios for our clients and maximise 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 enhancements

Qualifications and Experience Required:

- Preferable 2+ years 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 attention to detail with an ability to remain focused on 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 is desirable.
- 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.
- Flexible, adaptable and self-starting personality. Demonstrated experience working both independently and as part of a team
- Knowledge or experience in a range of instruments and markets such as ETFs and other fund vehicles, derivatives, FX, rates, equities or credit markets

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.

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 3 days in the office each week, with the flexibility to work from home up to 2 days a week; some business groups may require more time in the office due to their roles and responsibilities. Beginning in September, all employees will shift to at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to wo