Portfolio Solutions Specialist (Associate)

Introduction to Multi Asset Strategies & Solutions Group 

The Multi-Asset Strategies & Solutions (MASS) team is the investment group at the heart of BlackRock's portfolio construction, asset allocation, and active management ecosystem. MASS draws on the full toolkit of the firm’s index, factor, and alpha-seeking investment capabilities to deliver investment outcomes and ground-breaking alpha insights. MASS constructs active asset allocation strategies and whole portfolio solutions across a wide spectrum of commingled funds, separate accounts, model portfolios, and outsourcing solutions in the wealth and institutional channels. 

Role Description & Responsibilities 

MASS is looking for a motivated individual to join our growing EMEA Solutions team based in Budapest. The Solutions team designs, implements, and leads on all aspects of portfolio construction and asset allocation to solve our clients’ investment challenges. The team covers designing wholistic portfolio solutions for large asset owners and financial institutions, including tailored investment mandates oriented around client outcomes. 

Responsibilities 

• Support the design, implementation, and ongoing management of portfolio solutions for existing and prospective clients to understand and meet their unique objectives and constraints. Keep up to date with client trends, industry news, events, research, and regulations and ensure these are reflected in solution design.  

•  Perform investment analysis, provide insights, and contribute to decision-making across all stages of the investment process, including strategic and tactical asset allocation, manager selection and sizing, portfolio implementation, performance measurement and attribution, risk budgeting, and risk management. Support the delivery of high-quality investment outcomes across the client book while seeking opportunities to streamline workflows. 

•  Contribute to the development and ongoing enhancement of portfolio construction tools, analytics, and investment processes. Identify opportunities to drive scale, improve efficiency, and strengthen data quality by developing and implementing technology-enabled solutions where relevant. 

•  Collaborate with a range of internal partner teams to deliver the best possible client investment outcomes, including portfolio construction researchers, implementation specialists, manager researchers, risk managers, asset class specialist investment teams, and technology partners where appropriate.  

•  Drive the continuous evolution of the investment process by seeking opportunities to improve analytical frameworks, challenge existing approaches, and introduce new investment ideas, tools, and technologies that enhance the consistency, efficiency, and scalability of portfolio construction.  

• Actively participate in cross-team research initiatives to generate and explore new investment ideas. Collaborate with multiple team members across multiple priorities to see ideas through to completion and implementation in client portfolios.  

• Support our commercial growth targets by supplying investment content to RFP responses, pitch materials, marketing materials and other external client communications.  

Skills & Qualifications 

• Minimum of 3 years’ proven experience within financial services or asset management, preferably across multiple asset classes and investment subject areas 

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills, with the desire to solve investment problems and translate analysis into practical insights. Demonstrated experience in improving processes, analytics, and workflows through technology. Coding skills and/or knowledge of Aladdin, Morningstar, Bloomberg, Tableau, VBA, SQL, and/or Python is expected, with a willingness to further develop these skills to enhance portfolio construction capabilities.  

• Solid understanding of financial markets, investments (i.e. Fixed Income, Equities, Alternatives) and key financial concepts (such as asset allocation, risk analytics, performance, attribution etc.) 

• CFA and/or CAIA encouraged but not required. 

• Consistent track record of academic achievement, work ethic, and leadership. 

• Fluent in English with excellent communication skills, able to communicate effectively with a range of internal and external partners, and able to explain complex topics to non-investment individuals, both verbally and in writing. 

• Curious self-starter passionate about execution with results-oriented work ethic and professional disposition. 

• Strong teammate who takes a collaborative and cooperative approach to tasks, experienced working with multiple partners to deliver on projects on time and to a high standard, but can work independently. 

• Organized and thorough, able to prioritise and multi-task quickly efficiently, adapting to new situations in a fast-paced environment. 

• Being a strong fiduciary by ensuring the highest level of integrity and professionalism in every aspect of performance.