Investment Accounting - Vice President

About this role

Your team

The Investment Accounting Group provides accounting and regulatory data services to financial institutions. The team delivers reconciliation, asset tracking and accounting, monthly reporting packages, and regulatory schedules. Working across a broad range of products and accounting requirements, the team helps clients meet their financial reporting and regulatory obligations while maintaining effective production processes and controls.

Your role and impact

As a Vice President in the Investment Accounting Group, you will support the delivery of accounting and reporting services while responding to the evolving needs and priorities of clients. You will support the monthly accounting close, lead client and departmental initiatives, strengthen processes and controls, and draw on capabilities from across BlackRock to deliver effective client outcomes. The breadth of the team’s services provides opportunities to deepen your knowledge of product types, accounting complexities, regulatory requirements, and technical processes.

Your responsibilities

In every role at BlackRock, you'll be expected to apply sound judgement and critical thinking to solve complex problems, adapt as the business evolves, and combine the curiosity to explore new approaches and technologies with the rigor to challenge the results. The scope of this role also includes the following responsibilities:

• Develop detailed knowledge of BlackRock’s capabilities, products, and services for financial institutions. Monitor accounting pronouncements and the evolving regulatory landscape, and clearly communicate their implications across multiple accounting bases, including United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), and US statutory accounting.
• Support business growth, new client implementations, and client retention within the insurance sector. Represent investment accounting on cross-functional projects and working groups that advance business and client objectives.
• Enhance investment reporting production and control processes to improve efficiency, mitigate risk, and incorporate business and product changes. Maintain procedures that reflect current practices and work with vendor partners to communicate and advance development priorities.
• Provide accounting subject-matter support to clients through meetings, calls, and other direct interactions.
• Deliver periodic training to the Investment Accounting team, review quarterly National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) and other regulatory reconciliations, drive appropriate follow-up and resolution, and support audits by reviewing results, responding to questions, and recommending control improvements.

Your experience

• A minimum of six years of relevant experience in investments or markets, together with an understanding of investment accounting.
• Knowledge of insurance company accounting or statutory accounting, including the relevant accounting standards and regulatory constraints.
• Strong numerical and analytical capabilities, with experience using data to improve transparency, inform decisions, strengthen controls, and enhance operational processes.
• A demonstrated focus on continuous operational improvement and control enhancement.
• Familiarity with product-specific financial reporting and disclosure requirements.

Our benefits

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.

Guidance on AI use for candidates

At BlackRock, AI has long been part of how we work – enhancing decision-making, improving operations, and helping us deliver better outcomes for clients. We encourage candidates to use AI thoughtfully to learn, prepare, and work more effectively; but during our interview process, we want to focus on getting to know you through your own experiences, thinking, and judgment. To support you, we’ve provided guidance on when and how to use AI during our hiring process so you can approach each step with confidence and showcase your best self.

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.

To learn more about BlackRock, please visit Careers.BlackRock.com. We also encourage you to get to know us on LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube, X, and TikTok.

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.