Vice President, Financial Reporting - Delaware

About this role

Overview of Regulatory Disclosure Operations team:

BlackRock’s Regulatory Disclosure Operations team works with teams from legal, product and financial reporting, among others, to produce prospectuses and other regulatory filings for BlackRock mutual funds and exchange traded funds. The team leads the timely delivery of accurate and informative regulatory documentation from fund launch onward. The team accomplishes this by creating and implementing scalable processes to accommodate BlackRock’s growing suite of products and coordinating internal and external collaborators. We recognize that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your rare skills, eagerness, and passion while giving you freedom to grow professionally and as an individual. We know you want to feel valued every single day and be recognized for your contribution.

At BlackRock we strive to empower our employees and actively engage your involvement in our success. With more than $10 trillion of assets, we have an exceptional responsibility to help individuals save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial well-being. Come join our team and experience what it feels like to be part of an organization that makes a difference.

Brief Description of the Role:

A regulatory disclosure operations team leader focuses on being a trusted business partner to collaborators and acts as a liaison for the team. In addition, this role manages a team of professionals who ensure relevant and accurate qualitative and quantitative information is included in these documents for investors to make informed decisions and works on the documents themselves as necessary. The team leader also drives innovation and enhancement within the filing process to minimize risk and optimize efficiency.

Responsibilities would include, but are not limited to:

• Implement and understand the day-to-day work of the team, including the preparation of registration statement updates and other filings in an accurate and timely manner

• Develop and adhere to filings calendars and drive accountability of all teams in filing lifecycle

• Create and support a strong governance and control framework in place across BlackRock with robust procedures to meet all regulatory rules and statutory obligations; use proactive approach to drive continuous process improvements and incorporation of regulatory changes

• Foster strong team relationships with collaborators and facilitate frequent and open communication; serve as point person to educate partner teams on process/workflow and for requests, prioritization and ad hoc queries

• Adjust work assignments based on needs, priorities and changing information and ensure tasks are completed timely

• Assist in training and development of team members to improve efficiency, innovation and teamwork

• Conduct one-on-one and team meetings on a regular basis and mentor team through instruction, coaching and real-time feedback

• Encourage participation (and participate directly where appropriate) with departmental and firm-wide initiatives

Qualifications, Skills and Abilities: The candidate should have exceptional analytical, written and verbal communication, strong inter-personal and relationship-building skills, and be able to work independently and with the team, in a fast-paced, global environment handling multiple deliverables concurrently while maintaining accountability, high standards and attention to detail.

Additional details include:

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent experience from an accredited college or university with 8+ years of experience in an operations role or in the investment management/ financial services industry with knowledge of SEC rules and regulations

• Skilled in project management and organization, understanding team dynamics, setting priorities in multitasking

• Highly dedicated; willing to take ownership of issues and follow through to resolution

• Focus on critical thinking and taking a strategic approach towards problem solving, efficiency and process optimization while advocating for the best interests of team

• Prioritize leadership skills –build and maintain strong working relationships with team members, senior leadership, key internal partners and external teams

• Proficiency in oral and written communication skills and experience to know how to effectively communicate in a variety of circumstances with cross functional teams

• Assesses the performance of self and teammates to make improvements or take corrective action

• Accurately assesses availability of resources or need for additional resources a