Vice President, Senior Business Analyst & Scrum Master

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About this role

We are seeking an ambitious individual to join the Research and Analytics team within iShares®; the world's most comprehensive family of exchanged traded products.

At BlackRock, we are looking for an individual who likes to innovate and solve complex problems. We recognise that strength comes from diversity, and will embrace your unique skills, curiosity, drive, and passion while giving you the opportunity to grow into your role and as an individual.

Being a Business Analyst & Scrum Master at BlackRock means you get the best of both worlds: working for one of the most advanced financial companies and also being part of a software development team responsible for next generation technology and solutions.

What makes our team special

• We are responsible for delivering projects end to end, including analysis, planning, architecting and implementing
• We take innovative and commercially relevant ideas, prototype rapidly, and commercialise them
• We can deliver complete solutions because we consist of finance professionals, researchers, quants, computer scientists, data analytics engineers and UX designers.
• We work with colleagues and our team spans across the globe (San Francisco, London, Budapest, etc)
• We are highly sought after to tackle data- and analytically-intensive challenges and present them in intuitive and visually compelling ways. We value open communication and eagerness to learn and share!

You are

• A highly analytical approach to analysis & problem-solving, with an attention to detail
• Experienced in Agile software development, with significant experience as a scrum master, writing user stories, running kick-offs, conducting retrospectives etc
• Keen to learn by collaborating with top talent in finance to understand their sophisticated business processes.
• Comfortable working with project managers, product managers, technical leads, business owners and developers through the whole PDLC
• A good communicator; you can convey complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
• An experienced collaborator, used to working with individuals from diverse business and cultural backgrounds.

You have:

• 6+ years as Business Analyst on software development projects
• 3+ years performing the role of Scrum Master
• Strong interest in financial markets and experience working in financial institutions
• Good interpersonal, problem-solving and planning skills, including ability to balance opposing priorities
• experience in business process diagram, functional specifications, user acceptance test plans
• experience in Business Process Re-engineering, Data Analysis and Data Modelling, SQL
• a familiarity with system design concepts
• Experience in writing user stories, making presentations, coordinating UAT with collaborators, end user training and product demos.
• Experience of working in globally distributed team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to deliver presentations and communicate up and down the organisation

Our benefits

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

About BlackRock

At BlackRock, we are all connected by one mission: to help more and more people experience financial well-being. Our clients, and the people they serve, are saving for retirement, paying for their children's educations, buying homes and starting businesses. Their investments also help to strengthen the global economy: support businesses small and large; finance infrastructure projects that connect and power cities; and facilitate innovations that drive progress.

This mission would not be possible without our smartest investment - the one we make in our employees. It's why we're dedicated to creating an environment where our colleagues feel welcomed, valued and supported with networks, benefits and development opportunities to help them thrive.

For additional information on BlackRock, please visit careers.blackrock.com | www.blackrock.com/corporate | Instagram: @blackrock | Twitter: @blackrock | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.