Finance – Investment Operations – Investor Services – Assistant Vice President

Job Title: Investment Operations – Investor Services – Assistant Vice President

Job Description:

Blackstone is looking for a detail-oriented, motivated, focused, and organized individual to join the Investor Services team, which is responsible for providing accurate information to our investors.

The Private Equity Investor Services team collaborates with the Investment Team, Global Fund Finance, Tax, and Legal & Compliance, as necessary. The role will have direct exposure to senior members across different Business units (BU) and Investment teams as well as the Global Institutional Client Solutions team (Global ICS) to coordinate responses to investor inquiries. Key responsibilities include:

• Collecting, monitoring, and maintaining LP subscription documents for new fundraises and coordinating with appropriate Blackstone teams and outside counsel to facilitate acceptance
• Serving as primary point of contact for investor onboarding inquiries
• Recording approved investor records in systems and populating LP reference data
• Monitoring Investor Services BU mailboxes and phone lines, validating requests to ensure authenticity and security, and coordinating across teams to address and respond to investors in a timely manner
• Coordinate responses to certain investor inquiries with Management and Investment teams as well as Global ICS.
• Merging LP capital notices and other ad hoc LP correspondence and posting all such LP communications as well as quarterly PCAPs and financial statements to Blackstone’s investor portal
• Maintaining updated LP contact information and reference data
• Collecting, monitoring, and maintaining LP transfer requests and coordinating with appropriate Blackstone teams and outside counsel to facilitate execution
• Recording approved transfer records in systems and populating and maintaining investor reference data
• Establishing fundraising data room, maintaining access and permissions for authorized parties, and posting marketing materials
• Coordinating and responding to LP requests for confirmation and those from their auditors
• Determining LP attributes and ownership for acquisition vehicles; and
• Working across Blackstone business units to ensure consistent and “best” practices are applied to the Investor Services functions

Qualifications:

Blackstone seeks to hire individuals who work well in a team-driven working group, are highly motivated, intelligent, have sound judgment and have demonstrated excellence in prior endeavors.

The successful candidate must have:

• 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Strong leadership and organization skills, exceptional project management skills and ability to quickly learn new processes
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Motivation to excel in a dynamic environment
• Ability to work well as part of a small, tightly knit team as well as to build relationships across the firm
• Familiarity with the private equity industry and Anti-Money Laundering practices
• Expertise with Microsoft Suite – (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word); familiarity with Salesforce and Tableau preferred

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional assignments, duties, or responsibilities may be required of this position.  Assignments, duties, and responsibilities may be changed at any time, with or without notice, by Blackstone in its sole discretion.

Expected annual base salary range:

$125,000 - $185,000

Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual’s experience, skills, qualifications and job location. For roles located outside of the US, please disregard the posted salary bands as these roles will follow a separate compensation process based on local market comparables.

Additional compensation: Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits offered in connection with the advertised role.

Blackstone is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other class or status in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to hiring, placement, promotion, termination, transfer, leave of absence, compensation, and training.  All Blackstone employees, including but not limited to recruiting personnel and hiring managers, are required to abide by this policy.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please email Human Resources at HR-Recruiting-Americas@Blackstone.com.

Depending on the position, you may be required to obtain certain securities licenses if you are in a client facing role and/or if you are engaged in the following:

• Attending client meetings where you are discussing Blackstone products and/or and client questions;
• Marketing Blackstone funds to new or existing clients;
• Supervising or training securities licensed employees;
• Structuring or creating Blackstone funds/products; and
• Advising on marketing plans prepared by a sales team or developing and/or contributing information for marketing materials.

Note: The above list is not the exhaustive list of activities requiring securities licenses and there may be roles that require review on a case-by-case basis.  Please speak with your Blackstone Recruiting contact with any questions.