BlackRock
Associate, Financial & Prudential Reporting
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F&S Overview
Finance & Strategy (“F&S”) is BlackRock’s global finance partner, delivering timely, accurate and insight-driven financial analysis to support effective decision-making across the firm. The team provides strategic thought leadership and financial discipline to inform resource allocation and support sustainable business growth.
Controllers Overview
Within F&S, the Controllers division is responsible for safeguarding BlackRock's financial integrity through accurate accounting, strong internal controls, and high-quality financial and regulatory reporting. The function oversees the recording and reporting of the firm's revenue, expenses, assets, and liabilities across core finance processes, including corporate accounting, external and regulatory reporting, finance operations, and regional controller activities, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and audit expectations. Partnering closely with Tax, Treasury, Legal, Risk, and business stakeholders, Controllers deliver disciplined execution and scalable operating infrastructure that support both day-to-day operations and long-term strategic objectives.
Financial & Prudential Reporting
Within Controllers, the Financial & Prudential Reporting (“FPR”) team delivers accurate and timely financial, statutory, and regulatory reporting for BlackRock's corporate legal entities, primarily across EMEA. The team reports results monthly under US GAAP and quarterly under IFRS, producing management accounts, board and committee materials, regulatory returns, and statutory financial statements. Through strong governance, technical expertise, and close partnership with internal stakeholders, regulators, and auditors, FPR ensures financial transparency, regulatory compliance, and effective legal entity oversight.
Key Responsibilities:
- Independently prepare financial, statutory, and prudential reporting for assigned legal entities
- Deliver regular management reporting, presenting to entity boards as required
- Act as a day-to-day Finance contact for legal-entity stakeholders, auditors, and internal partners
- Engage with regional Controllers, internal Finance teams, external auditors, and other stakeholders to support reporting deliverables
- Perform detailed variance and trend analysis and provide clear legal-entity-level commentary
- Maintain strong internal controls, governance, and documentation to support audit reviews and regulatory requirements
- Support prudential and capital adequacy processes, contributing to internal assessments and regulatory submissions
- Contribute to process enhancements, standardisation, and continuous improvement initiatives across the FPR function
- Support process documentation and incremental improvement initiatives
- Support non-organic growth, legal-entity changes, and strategic initiatives from a reporting perspective
- Contribute to team collaboration and close-cycle workload coverage
- Assist with tracking reporting deadlines and regulatory submissions
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Skills/Experience:
- Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CPA, CA) with a strong academic record; preferably in financial services
- Background in financial reporting and strong knowledge of global accounting standards, including US GAAP and IFRS
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in accounting, audit, or finance operations
- Commercially minded with an interest in the asset management sector
- Strong understanding of financial controls, governance, and audit requirements
- Ability to manage overlapping deadlines in a regulated environment
- Strong attention to detail and organisational skills
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Office tools
- Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across teams and functions
- Curiosity and willingness to learn, with an interest in continuous improvement, process optimisation, and new technologies
Development Value:
- Unparalleled exposure to BlackRock’s F&S leadership at the global, regional and business unit level
- Broad stakeholder exposure across F&S, Legal, Compliance, Tax, Treasury, business leadership and external auditors
- Experience in one of the firm’s premier talent engines – with a strong track record of importing, developing, and exporting firm and business-unit leaders
- A collaborative, inquisitive, and high-performing team culture across the global F&S team
- Opportunities to present financial results, statutory accounts and regulatory matters directly to legal entity Boards, Audit Committees and senior management, developing executive communication skills
- Opportunity to gain expertise across IFRS, US GAAP, regulatory reporting and legal entity governance
- Opportunities to drive automation, AI adoption and process improvement across a global operating model
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.
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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.
Guidance on AI use for candidates
At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.
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.
To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.
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.
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