Fundamental Equities - Research Analyst (Income & Value Investment Team), Vice President

About this role

Fundamental Equities - Research Analyst (Income & Value Investment Team), Vice President

BlackRock is one of the world’s preeminent asset management firms and a premier provider of global investment management, risk management and advisory services to institutional, intermediary, and individual investors around the world. BlackRock’s mission is to create a better financial future for our clients. We have a responsibility to be the voice of the investor, and we represent each client fairly and equally. Constant communication with a diverse team of partners strengthens us and delivers better results for our clients. Continuous innovation helps us bring the best of BlackRock to our clients. BlackRock offers a range of solutions — from rigorous fundamental and quantitative active management approaches aimed at maximizing outperformance to highly efficient indexing strategies designed to gain broad exposure to the world’s capital markets. Our clients can access our investment solutions through a variety of product structures, including individual and institutional separate accounts, mutual funds and other pooled investment vehicles, and the industry-leading iShares® ETFs.

BlackRock actively manages style-specific portfolios built on proprietary research with the goal of delivering consistent outperformance to our clients. We offer access to the opportunities, information and resources available to a global asset manager combined with the agility of autonomous investment teams.
 

We believe:

The best performance is delivered by tightly knit, focused, and accountable teams. Returns can be enhanced by the firm-wide sharing of market knowledge and perspectives. Good investment decisions arise from integrating research with portfolio management. A global presence results in a global perspective combined with targeted local expertise. Quantitative portfolio analytics support risk-efficient portfolio construction. Our teams make their own investment decisions – within a prescribed framework and aligned with the firm’s rigorous risk management practices. Each team invests according to its unique philosophy, process and style and has a high level of discretion to allocate across regions, countries, industries and individual stocks.

Our fundamental strategies seek to identify and exploit market inefficiencies in the pursuit of alpha, which include:

• Global

• Regional

• US Equity

• Sector-Specific

Job Purpose/Background:

The US Value and Income team is made up of more than 20 investment professionals responsible for managing US$55 billion across three main strategies: Equity Dividend, Core, and Focus Value. The strategies are primarily large-cap focused but increasingly include mid-cap investments. The team is based out of BlackRock’s New York office.

The team is currently looking for an analyst to cover stocks across a select subset of industries. Actual coverage assignment will be finalized as part of the offer and will be based on the group’s needs and candidate’s background.
 

Knowledge/Experience:

• 5-7 years experience investing (buy or sell-side) preferred

• A value- and quality-tilted style basis, but also open to a growth mindset

• Experience in fundamental analysis and valuation of mid- and large-cap, US and International equities

• Strong communication skills

• Original and independent thinker, able to work in a fast-paced team environment

• Strong record of academic achievement
   

Competencies:

• Strong fundamental research skills with expertise in financial analysis/modeling

• Data driven mindset; investment theses are backed up with conventional/alternative data and not simply stories

• Strong business sense: The candidate must possess a broad understanding of business models, industry dynamics, and competitive analysis

• Strong presentation skills in both small and larger group settings. All senior team members contribute extensively to communicating with clients, prospects and investment consultants, which are all critical to building and growing a successful investment team

• The ideal candidate can work closely with a small team as well as more broadly within an organization where information-sharing is essential to the success of a