Associate, Sales Support

About this role

About the location

At BlackRock, we are building something great in Budapest, our global technology and innovation hub, where we want to shape a culture in which challenge, development, and innovation happen every day Our mission as an organisation is to create a better financial future for our clients. BlackRock Budapest will enable this through a relentless drive to make ourselves and our communities better. We are a diverse bunch of people who like to analyse, reinvent, and enhance how we work, in the pursuit of a better experience for our colleagues and clients. There are limitless problems to solve and opportunities for learning and development, alongside a team of clever and caring colleagues. Our culture is one of respect, challenge, and stretch, and we expect and value feedback. We believe that people reach their best potential when the different facets of their home, work and community are all cared about. We have a fun, fast paced work environment located in cutting edge facilities, with competitive and innovative benefits, and the ability to define your role, pursue your aspirations and shape your future within Hungary and beyond.

Global Consultant Relations, Global Client Business

BlackRock's institutional client business serves corporate and public-sector pension funds, charities and endowments, insurers and other financial institutions, sovereign wealth funds as well as governments and official institutions.

The Global Consultant Relations (GCR) team sits within the Global Client Business. GCR is responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with global, regional and local consultants across all asset classes. Primarily based in the US and UK, GCR is also represented in Germany, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia.

In practice, our commitment to fostering long-term relationships means we can gain a deep understanding of our clients' long-term objectives. Having a culture where we share knowledge across asset classes and regions allows us to create investment solutions that better meet client specific challenges. The third pillar underpinning our offering is our risk management culture and systems: we seek to ensure that every investment position is deliberate, diversified and appropriately scaled.

Job Purpose/Background:

This role will play a crucial part in supporting the day-to-day sales and research efforts across GCR, in supporting our Senior RMs to position our target products and seek research meetings, service existing investment ratings, as well as monetization alongside our sales partners. This is a fixed term contract opportunity.

Key responsibilities

• Key point of contact, facilitating your clients' day to day service needs in relation to their portfolios and investments with us
• Manage internal and external servicing relationships demonstrating strong knowledge of the firm's operating platform
• Liaising with product specialist teams to help the Sales Support team in answering client queries, perform analysis and provide additional information
• Assisting relationship managers by coordinating post meeting follow ups e.g. working with business partners to provide additional information on funds, running analysis
• Creating content and presentations for relationship managers to use in client meetings and obtaining compliance and business approval
• Coordination of events, roadshows, roundtables and webinars
• Provide operational support to the sales process, including RFP co-ordination and defending existing investments
• Participate in projects/initiatives (regulatory, platform and/or client) that impact the client.
• Ensures relevant teams understand timely and accurate client requests
• Liaising with automation & reporting team to improve processes, build efficiencies and increase quality standards for tailor-made reporting
• Responsible to ensure that all regulatory and legal requirements and standards are met, including achieving MIFID II Information Provider status

Key Skills/ Qualifications:

• The ideal candidate will be a degree qualified individual with at least 1-3 years financial services experience ideally within the asset management industry
• Superior written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills in English
• A motivated individual that demonstrates drive and enthusiasm. Willing to learn, innovate and improve
• Team player and an enthusiastic "can do" attitude
• Good organisational skills, ability to manage own priorities and meet hard deadlines
• Attention to detail and quality is essential
• A results-orientated self-starter who can quickly analyse client needs and focus on commercial delivery
• Ability to network and develop long-term relationships with internal business partners.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Technical knowledge and/or genuine interest in the pensions market, regulatory and investment industry and associated competitive landscape
• Strong knowledge of Investment markets that ideally spans all asset classes
• Experience with MS Office suite including Word, Excel, Power Point
• Professional qualifications – e.g. Investment Management Certificate / CFA is desirable, but not required

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.

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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.