BlackRock Inc. Employer Reviews

A typical mega business where things are done efficiently with the ultimate commercial purposes.

Teams interact and help each other. Individuals can develop and grow in the business in any shape or form. You can achieve your dreams if you are good enough and work hard enough.

Long hours in general is expected though.

fast paced work environment was responsible for dealing with corporate actions which required communication and coordination with different groups within the company. As corp actions are deadline intensive there was never a boring day at work

 Supporting a team of four professionals (Director, 2 Vice-Presidents and an Analyst)
 Answering individual and main phone lines and interacting with clients/prospects and senior-level executives
 Diary management and co-coordinating calendars to include: scheduling a variety of meetings/conference calls/video conferences with other members of BlackRock, – more... clients and prospects
 Preparing the team for meetings ensuring they have the relevant maps, documentation needed
 Arranging international and domestic travel and producing travel itineraries and meeting preparation
 Providing administrative assistance for visitors from other office locations
 Ongoing communication with the broader Product Specialist teams in Seattle and New York to coordinate meetings, conference calls and travel schedules
 Ongoing communication with the administration in Seattle and New York, as well as other departments within the firm globally
 Inputting emails, documents and meeting information into the internal database
 Processing AMEX and out of pocket expense reports on the Concur expense system
 Updating departmental spreadsheets on a regular basis
 Filing, faxing, scanning and photocopying as needed
 Liaising with facilities, post room, print room and couriers
 ordering stationery, printer maintenance, preparing the agenda for team meetings – less

There are many challenges with the back office. The firm is amazing but back office is still in transition from a small firm to the global power house it has become. The issues lie with inadequate managers, lack of systems and process. Most important challenge is the resistance to change. Back office management is very reluctant to change and push back – more... on accountability. Front office is amazing. The caliber of the staff in the front office is amazing. The firm itself is amazing. Back office is in transition and will provide new staff challenges that may lead to short retention. – less

A typical day of work insists of inputting invoices and accounts payable procedures. Journal entries, reconciliation, managing vendor accounts etc.

Big decisions made by few, made on cost versus technical merit and made after they are needed. Pace out performance process...creativity is squashed...do your tickets, lots of tickets in a timely expedited matter.

Cheap on technology...but you get free coffee all day/night long.

Formerly a sober, fiduciary focused on institutional asset management, now a retail fund company focused on gathering assets and retail flows.

Continual internal reorgs and questionable management.

I am part of the team responsible for supporting and growing BlackRock's $55+ billion dollar separately managed account business. A typical day at work involves a range of activities - from discussing feasibility of new product ideas with senior management to negotiating contracts with institutional gatekeepers. I also coordinate product/platform training – more... for our internal sales team and new hires, collaborate with Marketing on sales initiatives, and work cross-functionally to complete special projects and ad hoc requests as needed.

My team is responsible for the outcome of SMA business initiatives without having control of the resources required to complete them - this is the most challenging aspect of the job. In my role, the ability to influence colleagues in other areas of the firm has been critical to success. I've learned to build consensus with a diverse base of internal stakeholders by using effective communication and relationship-building skills.

The people I work with are driven, highly intelligent, and pretty down-to-earth. Management demands excellence and holds employees to high standards. The scope of my role is so broad, and expertise so deep, that it is rewarding to reflect on how much I've leaned during my tenure here. The most enjoyable part of my job is passing on my experience and guidance to junior members of the team. – less

8-5 Job
Learn presentation skills, fusion training
Younger salesforce

Manage the overall consolidation process.
Responsible for 10K and 10Q footnote disclosures

I like the company. My managers are nice. I have been able to enhance my excel skills with all the project I'm currently working on.

• Reported to Director of Acquisitions providing a high level of executive support including schedule management utilizing Outlook, travel arrangements, prepared and submitted expense reports. Prepared and occasionally drafted emails, correspondence and memos. Personal errands.
• As time allowed, provided a high level of administrative and organizational – more... support for 25 people within the department.
• Coordinated daily office operations including scheduling, preparation of presentation materials, updated database, inventory control, selection and ordering of office supplies and problem resolution.
• Managed large scale organization of due diligence materials for Investment Committee members and client presentations of investment proposals.
• Compiled and created Word and Excel files; utilized PowerPoint to develop slides for graphics, maps, charts and text; scanned photos/documents; converted hard copy and electronic materials into PDF files.
• Facilitated off-site storage for 7 departments with 60 employees; coordinated preparation and retrieval of boxes and materials with outside vendor; managed domestic and international shipping to investors.
• Ensured security and integrity of real estate deal documentation through downloading materials to off-site electronic storage service.
• Collected signatures from Investment Committee members for legal sign-off of due diligence; converted signatures electronically for storage.
• Supervised assistant and 4 to 6 temporary personnel; trained staff in customer relations, file and database management, security issues, office operations policies and procedures. – less

good work environment and people. Various accounts to work within the company.

The benefits of working at BlackRock are very good. Great management and intelligent coworkers.

Windows 7 migration and deployment by collaborating in a team of 30 technicians
Acted as one of the day-to-day contacts members for migration problems/requests/scheduling. Ensuring that all deadlines and schedules were met according to user's needs
Create post migration documentation using the UAT (User Acceptance Testing) for specific BlackRock departments, – more... such as iShare, BRS (BlackRock Solutions), Kelso Capital and Trade floor. Each department has very specific needs and requests that needed to be carefully documented prior to deployment.
Document the user's personalized settings, documents, Outlook PST files, shared network drives and current applications. Document additional requests by users such additional hardware or applications prior to deployment.
Used USMT to capture personal settings, customizations and user profile
Install and provide support for financial applications such as Bloomberg, Factset, Aqua Data Studio, Charles River, Reuters. Provide additional support for the Bloomberg Biometrics and Bloomberg keyboard installations.
Test applications and hardware on the new computer prior to deployment to ensure that there were no compatibility issues when migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7, such as supporting multiple monitors and other video issues
Administrator-level support for a corporate network print environment.
Use Knowledge Base articles to troubleshoot BlackRock specific applications such Aladdin Enterprise Investment System
Provided remote and on-site desktops and printers support for over 4,000 users.
Administrator-level support for a corporate network print environment
Microsoft client operating system support in an Active Directory environment
Configured and troubleshoot MS outlook issues that include but not limited to delegates, Calendar, cached mode, notes and PST archives – less

Great place to work. Beautiful offices, compensation is above industry standard

Interesting and varied projects in a global setting with experience colleagues. Development teams cover portfolio management, trading and operations for the Aladdin trading platform

Great people, great company. Some growing pains due to a lot of growth in a short period of time. Promotion / advancement process can be difficult / frustrating. Pay is good.

great name, people aren't as friendly as other firms, decent work life balance

Work type was very enjoyable.
Excellent Internal DB
Professional environment.
Flexable hours.
Good location.
Upper management out touch regarding work load and employee ratios.