Financial Markets Advisory Vice President / Associate
BlackRock
Date: 23 hours ago
City: London
Contract type: Full time

About This Role
About this role
BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) team delivers strategic advice and execution support to public and private sector clients across capital markets, portfolio management, and data & analytics. Our clients include official sector and financial institution clients globally, including banks, central banks, asset owners and insurance companies.
We support them on their most critical and complex financial issues – including setting up sovereign investment funds, addressing capital markets topics, analysing, optimising and unwinding complex asset portfolios, and designing innovative financing solutions to support the economy.
Unique among financial markets advisory firms, we leverage BlackRock’s sophisticated capital markets, data & analytics and technology capabilities, to provide impact-oriented advisory services.
Since our founding, we have completed assignments for more than 300+ clients in 40 countries. Our professionals work out of multiple regions – with offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Budapest, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Hong Kong. This global footprint allows us to serve clients in all locations and respond to their needs as they arise.
We are looking to recruit professionals at Associate- and Vice President-level to join the team in our London and Abu Dhabi offices.
In This Role You Will Partner With
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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.
About this role
BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) team delivers strategic advice and execution support to public and private sector clients across capital markets, portfolio management, and data & analytics. Our clients include official sector and financial institution clients globally, including banks, central banks, asset owners and insurance companies.
We support them on their most critical and complex financial issues – including setting up sovereign investment funds, addressing capital markets topics, analysing, optimising and unwinding complex asset portfolios, and designing innovative financing solutions to support the economy.
Unique among financial markets advisory firms, we leverage BlackRock’s sophisticated capital markets, data & analytics and technology capabilities, to provide impact-oriented advisory services.
Since our founding, we have completed assignments for more than 300+ clients in 40 countries. Our professionals work out of multiple regions – with offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Budapest, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Hong Kong. This global footprint allows us to serve clients in all locations and respond to their needs as they arise.
We are looking to recruit professionals at Associate- and Vice President-level to join the team in our London and Abu Dhabi offices.
In This Role You Will Partner With
- External: you will engage with and advise private and public sector financial institutions, asset owners, as well as governments and central banks
- Internal: you will leverage BlackRock’s unparalleled capabilities across Capital Markets, Aladdin, Portfolio Advisory and Research functions
- Lead project activities, independently or with support of junior team members
- Lead engagement design and planning, defining deliverables and content, and developing timelines
- Lead or support day-to-day interactions with clients, including executive-level stakeholders
- Develop subject matter expertise across capital markets topics, and provide client-specific actionable advice
- Conduct or oversee research and quantitative analysis, resulting into high-quality reports and presentations that inform strategic decision-making
- Uphold BlackRock’s fiduciary culture and commitment to excellence
- Work collaboratively in large, multi-disciplinary project teams
- Actively contribute to business development, working alongside senior team leaders to conceive, develop, and market innovative solutions for new and existing clients
- Mentor junior staff and provide guidance on project work
- Minimum of 3-7 years of strong experience in financial markets, investment banking, private markets investing, or top-tier management consulting
- Self-determined drive to obtain superior results for clients
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills and ability to learn new content quickly
- Strong verbal and written communication, including the ability to synthesise complex ideas into clear messages
- Superior organisational skills with the ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
- Genuine passion for the financial sector, especially with a focus on capital markets
- Preferred:
- Expertise in areas such as financial product structuring, secondaries, asset-backed finance, digital assets, infrastructure, financial modelling and data analysis
- Fluency in Arabic (for roles in Abu Dhabi)
- Gain and deepen subject matter expertise in capital markets, private markets, infrastructure and digital assets, facing innovative and complex challenges and evolving market trends
- Build project management and leadership skills through hand-on execution
- Strengthen client management and commercial skills through business development exposure during client meetings and project execution
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.
For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock
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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