BlackRock Inc. Employer Reviews

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.

- Employees on the West Coast are disregarded and forgotten, despite almost outnumbering the East Coast headquarters.
- Over my tenure, the environment became increasingly aggressive, bordering on maniacal management became adept at throwing colleagues under buses and misleading employees about their future career support and opportunities for advancement.
- – more... If you come in at the top, consider yourself entitled, those who enter in the middle are unfortunately faced with the reality that they must leave the company to advance their careers. – less

BlackRock is definitely an industry leader with great products, but they have grown too much too fast. Management isn't able to keep up with the changing corporate culture and lacks direction and career development.

When I worked for Blackrock the pay was known as the golden handcuffs. You wanted to leave but were paid too well. That should sum it up well. Working at Blackrock was frustrating because I felt like there was no hope to advance.

High performance required and expectation to go beyond what is required. Management help you to advance and provide opportunity for growth.