Spring Insight Event - Corporate & Strategic Functions - Business Management & Governance - 2025

Our Spring Insight is a week-long event taking place in our London and Edinburgh offices in April 2025 for students of all academic backgrounds who will graduate with an undergraduate or master’s degree in 2027.

Spring Insight is an immersive experience into one of our business areas where you’ll participate in work shadowing, a group project, networking and social events. By the end of the week, you’ll be well on your way to being a true student of the markets. We think it’s important to have an open mind about where you begin your career so you’ll be able to apply to experience up to two functions.

Important: 

Candidates can apply for up to two functions within that programme (e.g., Investment Research and Analytics & Modeling). You must apply for both opportunities using the same programme application.

If you withdraw your application, you cannot submit another application for this programme this year.

Business Management & Governance

Our teams drive business management to deliver a robust business governance platform, manage financials and maximise BlackRock’s commercial impact. We work with BlackRock's client businesses on areas such as segment and product strategy, partnership strategy, operational efficiency, sales management and enablement, regulation, and risk management. Together, we work to effectively bring the best of BlackRock to our clients.

Teams you may be considered for:

It is possible that you will be evaluated for opportunities with teams other than those listed below.

COO Teams

Our multiple COO teams each serve a different and equally vital role in ensuring the effective operation of our broad and complex platform. For instance, specific sales channel and country COOs deliver tailored strategic and business management activities, while our Core COO team brings consistency and scale across the platform. All teams also work closely with regional, country and functional leaders to help oversee day-to-day business and ensure coordination and connectivity across all partners.

Business Management

Business management teams manage the platform's resources, financials and business approvals. We do so by conducting in-depth quantitative and qualitative analyses of our resource and financial position and translating that into practical insights and suggestions to business leaders and COOs. Beyond that, we actively pre-empt future risks and work to mitigate these risks with senior leaders strategically.

Strategy

Strategy teams primary focus is on driving the strategic agenda and execution plans for the business. We do so by working closely with client business teams to support decision-making and implementation of strategic projects and initiatives. We also identify and monitor industry trends and provide insights on market developments, including competitive landscape analysis.

What will you do as an Analyst?

• Support the management of budget, headcount and business requests and approvals
• Lead analysis on existing processes and drive efficiencies across the platform
• Conduct market landscape and client segment data gathering, analysis and insight-generation to support setting strategic priorities for the businesses
• Provide robust, well-grounded analyses and forecasting in the form of reports, presentations and memos to support management-level decision-making
• Create and monitor analytics for key sales activities, including effective pipeline management and analytics on key sales metrics
• Partner on client and industry initiatives, meetings and events

What capabilities are we looking for?

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to synthesise information, summarise issues, think creatively and make decisions
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to form relationships across the business and at all levels of management
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, run multiple tasks, adapt to change and work well under tight time restraints
• Comfortable with ambiguity and an ability to ideate and add structure when addressing novel business challenges
• Adaptable and flexible mindset
• Strong Microsoft Office skills

Your learning & development will include:

• Unparalleled exposure to senior leadership including country heads, sales heads, COOs and board members
• Gaining a broad understanding of the financial industry and BlackRock as an organisation, enabling you to become a subject matter expert in topics such as sustainability and capital markets
• Building project management and leadership skills by executing projects
• Developing client management and commercial skillsets through exposure to business development opportunities during client meetings and project execution

Benefits

• Emotional well-being
• Financial well-being
• Healthcare benefits
• Life management
• Pay for performance
• Physical well-being

Please click here to see all of our rewards and benefits. 

Next steps:

Once you submit your application you will immediately be invited to submit a Virtual Cover Letter and/or take a CodeVue assessment depending on the vacancy or vacancies you apply to. You must submit your Virtual Cover Letter and/or the CodeVue assessment within 5 calendar days, as failure to do so will result in your application being automatically withdrawn.

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