Associate – Enterprise Resilience, Safety & Security

Job Description

About this role

About BlackRock:

At BlackRock, with over USD $10 trillion of assets, we have an exceptional responsibility: our technology empowers millions of investors to save for retirement, pay for college, buy a home and improve their financial wellbeing. We sincerely value technology as one of the foundations of our business and as a core, revenue-generating function.

BlackRock has a long history of investing in and serving investors in China. BlackRock aspires to become the leading global asset management firm operating in China and is committed to contributing to the long-term development of the local asset management industry.

Being a developer 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.

About BlackRock Enterprise Management Services Company:

BlackRock provides institutional, intermediary and individual investors around the world with investment management, risk management and advisory services. As a fiduciary to investors, and a leading provider of financial technology, we help millions of people build savings by making investing easier and more affordable. BlackRock aspires to become the leading global asset management firm operating in China and is committed to contributing to the long-term development of the domestic asset management industry. As an innovation hub located in Shanghai, the company ensures our onshore operations have the support and synergies of one. We serve as a center of excellence to facilitate cross-platform scale and innovation across all functions including Tech & Ops, HR, L&C, Strategy, Communications, Marketing, and provide a key point of connectivity with our global platform.

Team Overview

The Resilience, Safety and Security team (RSS) is part of the broader Enterprise Services team, which contributes to the continued success of BlackRock through strategic solutions and business services that provide each employee with an efficient, resilient, safe, and high-performance work experience. Enterprise Resilience, Safety and Security is comprised of four key functions – Business Continuity Management (BCM), Disaster Recovery (DR), Security and Safety. The team has the responsibility for ensuring a risk-based management approach to protect BlackRock staff and visitors, reputation, physical and information assets, and operations from disruptive events.

Position Purpose

This position will support the China Resilience Safety & Security (RSS) program implementation and work to maintain a strong Security and Health & Safety Compliance and regulatory requirements. This role will be responsible for periodic Corporate Security & Safety Risk analysis and coordinate with the functions for ongoing program enhancement. This role will report to the China Head of Enterprise Risk, Resilience & Response, who will provide leadership across implementation activities and strategies.

This role will work with the China Head of RSS to establish, cultivate, and maintain relationships with partners in the BlackRock entities to be able to effectively understand and represent their interests.

A solid candidate for this position will be able to deliver quality and quantity for both the program and business functions it serves in China and is highly adaptable in crisis situations.

Your key responsibilities:

Crisis Management

• Perform ongoing monitoring of disruptive incidents and timely escalation to the concerned stakeholders to ensure appropriate response and communications.
• Work with China Head Resilience, Security and Safety to provide support during emergencies, incidents or crises that require the activation of business continuity plans.

Corporate Security

• Coordinate with Enterprise Service, HR, L&C to manage office access management and Compliance to CCTV record management in line with regulatory requirement.
• Periodically review local regulatory guidance on Incident response, Security and Safety rules and escalate identified gaps (if any).
• Responsible for Physical Security risk assessment of the China offices and data centres and ensure compliance to the BlackRock entity policies.
• Assist in the response to China entities security incidents related to the safety of our employees and offices.
• Responsible for Security and Health & Safety (H&S) Project delivery
• Responsible for physical security operations in China office and participate in security compliance audits.
• Engagement with external security forums, law enforcement and other entities.
• Coordinate with the vendors to ensure implementation of agreed service levels for security related service calls to ensure security system (Access control and CCTV) uptime in line with local regulatory requirements.
• Support travel and event security for China entities.
• Responsible for internal and external threat monitoring, escalation and response to any security and H&S incident affecting BlackRock assets, resources, and brand.

Health & Safety

• Must be knowledgeable about environmental, health and safety (EHS) regulations and operational processes and procedures to support programs and compliance initiatives across the China entities.
• This role supports programs that include but are not limited to EHS compliance monitoring and auditing, vendor due diligence, pandemic, and emerging health concerns, EHS incident management, ergonomics, travel and event safety, emergency preparedness, radiation safety, workplace injury and illness prevention, and hazard identification / risk assessment programs.
• Key responsibilities will be to deliver programs to each office considering local nuances and requirements.
• Work with local stakeholders to create H&S program awareness among the staff working from multiple offices and data centers in China.

Qualification, Experience & Key Competencies:

• Bachelors or higher degree (or 4+ years of related job experience)
• Strong analytical and data visualization skills
• Operational awareness of Security and Health & Safety domain
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and presentation skills
• Strong technical knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Power Point, Word, Outlook, Power BI, Tableau)
• General Financial Services industry experience (preferred)
• Team player and ready to learn attitude
• Willing to provide support during a crisis 24/7/365, if needed
• 4+ years of working experience in Security, Health & Safety and Project Management (preferred)

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.

Our hybrid work pilot

BlackRock’s current hybrid work pilot is designed to help you experience the best of both worlds: the opportunity to connect with colleagues in person and the flexibility to work remotely, with greater time to focus on what’s important to you. In line with local health guidance and regulations, employees are generally expected to work 3 days in the office and 2 days from home (on average) each week. For some business groups, more time may be required in the office, while greater flexibility may be in place for others. Our “One BlackRock” culture means you’ll be supported to collaborate with your new colleagues while bringing your full self to work – wherever you are.

The health, safety and well-being of our people will always be our top priorities; we will continue to monitor local conditions and health advisories in making decisions about our work environments.

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.

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BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age, disability, family status, gender identity, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation and other protected attributes at law.