Associate, Portfolio Engineering Algo Execution

2 days ago


Singapore BLACKROCK (SINGAPORE) LIMITED Full time

BlackRock’s Global Markets & Index Investments (“BGM”) manages more than $5.3 trillion in global passive equity assets across Global Developed Markets, Emerging Markets, Commodities and REITs. The group offers passive equity investors one of the industry's broadest arrays of investment choices, including ETFs (iShares), commingled funds, mutual funds, and separate accounts. Our clients include corporate pension plans, public pension plans, central banks, sovereign wealth funds and other institutional investors.

The Index Equity Process and Platform team within BGM has embarked on a mission to build scale and efficiency in the investment process by means of algorithmic automation. As we automate critical business functions and investment decisions across our book of business, we must have a robust framework for ensuring algorithmic outcomes are monitored for quality and enable scale to our business. The team is comprised of people that are passionate about the intersection of technology and finance, motivated by the opportunity to be hands-on with new technologies, and interested in developing a deeper understanding of investing and the value BGM delivers to our clients through our investment products.

**Your role and impact**

As part of our team, you will help to define and implement a robust Algo oversight function, with a particular focus on our Asia book of business. You will be responsible for ensuring that our automated investment Algos are seamlessly integrated and minimize operational risk. As such, you will become a specialist in the role that automation can play within the investment process and interact with colleagues globally, with established Algo processes in the Americas and Europe.

**Your responsibilities**
- Monitor Algo processes for data exceptions, understand their impact to business deadlines, and proactively alert Portfolio Managers (PM) and Portfolio Algo Engineers (PAE) of resulting algo delays
- Provide 1st line technical support/root-cause investigation for Algo errors, escalate and communicate such issues
- Manage and coordinate enhancements made by PAE to our Algos and changes made by our technology partners to Algo Platform components
- Drive the design of Algo monitoring tools and implement bespoke scripts and visualization dashboards to provide holistic oversight of all Algo activity
- Create and monitor Algo performance, quality, and usage metrics to provide data-driven insights and analytics
- Collaborate with PMs to integrate Algos into the investment process and support the evolution of the Index Equity workflow

**You have **
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a quantitative field
- Excellent analytical, mathematical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment
- Capacity to perform diverse and complex tasks with accuracy and attention to detail
- Strong verbal and written communications skills, ability to effectively translate complex processes to PMs and communicate cross-functionally with business partners
- Proven ability in technical root-cause diagnosis and speedy remediation of incidents in large organizations
- Passion for technology within a finance context and appetite for learning


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