Associate - Software and Data Engineer: Corporate Governance

$105,000 - $137,500/Yr

BlackRock - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - New York, NY

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

About the position

The Associate will support Voting Operations and Analytics for BlackRock Investment Stewardship (BIS), focusing on enhancing data operations. This role involves client reporting, corporate communications, and voting workflows, utilizing various tools and processes. The Associate will also engage in quantitative research to connect sustainability-related investment convictions to KPIs and demonstrate the impact of engagement and voting on long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

• Support voting operations and client reporting
• Develop expertise in third party ISS Proxy Exchange platform and its integration with Aladdin and other external parties
• Collaborate with analytical functions across BlackRock Solutions, the Aladdin Product Group, and Risk and Quantitative Analysis to maintain and build solutions
• Automate manual processes for client reporting and connect stewardship activity to third-party data
• Enhance voting controls and improve analyst efficiency through automation
• Handle ad-hoc requests for clients, voting analysts, and corporate communications
• Ensure integrity of the BIS data environment
• Oversee and maintain quality control of proprietary data sets
• Build systematic alerts to ensure integrity of BIS processes

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in data engineering or quantitative research
• Undergraduate degree required; advanced degree (Masters) in a technical field (Computer Science, Statistics) is a plus
• Working knowledge and experience with relational databases and Microsoft SQL Server, Sybase SQL, or other scripting and programming languages (e.g., R, Python, C#)
• Experience with ESG data, corporate reference data, proxy voting, or corporate governance topics is a plus

Benefits

• Strong retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Comprehensive healthcare
• Support for working parents
• Flexible Time Off (FTO)