Associate, Client Service and Communications

About this role

Team Overview

BlackRock Active Investment Stewardship (BAIS) is a specialist team which manages BlackRock’s stewardship engagement and voting on behalf of clients invested in active strategies globally. The team sits within BlackRock’s Portfolio Management Group (PMG) which encompasses Fixed Income, Fundamental Equities, Private Credit, Systematic Investments, Multi-Asset Strategies and Solutions and Private Investors Businesses. Our activities are informed by our Global Engagement and Voting Guidelines and insights from active investment analysts and portfolio managers, with whom we work closely in engaging companies.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a new function, and we are looking to build a team of high performing governance specialists globally.

About the position:

The Associate – Client Service and Communications will work with colleagues in BAIS, PMG, Corporate Communications and client-facing teams to provide content that meets the informational needs of clients and other stakeholders about the stewardship work we do on their behalf. The person in this role will contribute to developing content for client communications on the teams’ engagements with corporates and our policy positions.

They will also contribute to the team’s client strategy and priorities in client engagement and will be based in New York or London.

Key responsibilities include:

• Contribute to client communications on BAIS’ engagement and voting

• Convert information provided by BAIS team members and investment colleagues into content for regular client reports

• Ad hoc reports or commentaries as required

• Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Due Diligence Questionnaires (DDQs)

• Client and portfolio specific reporting as required

• Annual stewardship report

• Reports covering voting and engagement activities with case studies and data

• Work with Product Strategists and Client Relationship Managers to provide content for specific stewardship reporting and client engagement requests

• Work with the Corporate Communications team on media responses, messaging, and briefing materials

• Collaborate with BLK Global Creative teams and act as copy editor at final stage of key publications

• Build and maintain a bank of client presentations, case studies and reports, RFP standard responses and talking points

• Contribute to communications on BlackRock’s positions on emerging trends and issues

• Work with internal specialists to develop thought leadership pieces, unique research, and opinion pieces (e.g. blogs)

• Contribute to firm-wide publications and internal talking points on stewardship and sustainability themes

• Support external engagement

• Support senior colleagues in preparing remarks for public speaking engagements

• Contribute to responses to external publications and consultations covering BAIS’ stewardship work in relation to BlackRock’s non-index equity holdings 

• Support relevant subject matter experts to develop talking points to communicate with companies BAIS’ views on emerging themes and trends and the likely implications for voting and engagement

• Work with Legal and Compliance, and other functions as relevant, to review all materials to ensure consistent messaging and appropriate content

​Desired qualifications include:

• An undergraduate degree in finance, economics, accounting, or other relevant field that contributed to the development of strong research, qualitative and quantitative analysis and communication skills

• Two-five years of experience within this field

• A keen curiosity about corporate governance and sustainable business practices

• The ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with colleagues across the firm and with external parties

• The ability to prioritize, analyze, and resolve complex issues under time pressure

• Details focused and persistent to see things through to completion whilst managing multiple tasks and changing priorities

• An organized, self-reliant, and self-motivated approach to responsibilities

• The ability to communicate clearly and persuasively in writing and orally

 

For New York, NY Only the salary range for this position is USD$105,000.00 - USD$137,500.00 . Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionar