Financial Markets Advisory Vice President/ Associate, Kuwait City

About this role
About this role
BlackRock’s Financial Markets Advisory (FMA) team provides strategic advice and execution to clients across capital markets, portfolio management, and transaction advisory themes. Our clients include official sector and financial institution clients globally, including sovereign wealth funds, asset owners, central banks, banks, and insurance companies.
We support our clients on their most critical and complex financial issues – including enhancing their connectivity with capital markets, structuring real assets investment strategies and funds, optimizing asset allocations and investment portfolios, and designing innovative financing solutions to support clients' economic and developmental goals.
Unique among advisory firms, we employ BlackRock’s sophisticated capital markets, data & analytics and technology capabilities, to provide high-impact and actionable advisory services.
Since our founding, we have completed assignments for 300+ clients in 40 countries. Our professionals work in multiple regions – with offices in New York, London, Paris, Milan, Frankfurt, Budapest, Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Mumbai, Gurgaon and Hong Kong. This global footprint allows us to serve clients in all locations and respond to their needs as they arise.
We are looking to recruit professionals at Associate- and Vice President-level to join the team in our Kuwait office.
In this role you will partner with:
Externally: you will engage with and advise private and public sector financial institutions, asset owners, and governments
Internally: you will leverage BlackRock’s unparalleled capabilities across Capital Markets, Aladdin, Portfolio Advisory and Research functions
Key responsibilities:
Lead project activities, independently or with support of junior team members
Lead engagement design and planning, defining deliverables and content, and developing timelines
Lead or support day-to-day interactions with clients, including executive-level stakeholders
Develop subject matter expertise across capital markets and real assets topics, and provide client-specific actionable advice
Advise clients on their infrastructure and real estate assets investment strategies, including project preparation approach, applying best-in-class investment practices, financial modelling, and transaction management
Support clients on capital markets and investment strategy topics, including strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction and other portfolio advisory themes emerging from client engagements
Conduct or oversee research and quantitative analysis, resulting in high-quality reports and presentations that inform strategic decision-making
Uphold BlackRock’s fiduciary culture and commitment to excellence
Work collaboratively in large, multi-disciplinary project teams
Actively contribute to business development, working alongside senior team leaders to conceive, develop, and market innovative solutions for new and existing clients
Mentor junior staff and provide guidance on project work
Key skills and qualifications:
Minimum of 3-7 years of strong experience in financial markets, investment banking, infrastructure / real estate investing, or top-tier management consulting
Self-determined drive to obtain superior results for clients
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills and ability to learn new content quickly
Strong verbal and written communication, including the ability to synthesise complex ideas into clear messages
Superior organizational skills with the ability to perform under pressure and tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-intensity environment
Genuine passion for the