Finance Transformation, Vice President - Blackstone Credit & Insurance

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager. We seek to create positive economic impact and long-term value for our investors, the companies we invest in, and the communities in which we work. We do this by using extraordinary people and flexible capital to help companies solve problems. Our $1.1 trillion in assets under management include investment vehicles focused on private equity, real estate, public debt and equity, infrastructure, life sciences, growth equity, opportunistic, non-investment grade credit, real assets and secondary funds, all on a global basis.

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** Blackstone Credit & Insurance
** Blackstone Credit & Insurance (“BXCI”) is one of the world’s leading credit investors. Our investments span the credit markets, including private investment grade, asset based lending, public investment grade and high yield, sustainable resources, infrastructure debt, collateralized loan obligations, direct lending and opportunistic credit. We seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for institutional and individual investors by offering companies capital needed to strengthen and grow their businesses.

BXCI is also a leading provider of investment management services for insurers, helping those companies better deliver for policyholders through our world-class capabilities in investment grade private credit.
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* Job Description:

** The BXCI Finance Transformation Lead will provide support to BXCI and Finance leadership by scoping, launching, overseeing, and driving a portfolio of technology and process improvement projects. The Transformation Lead will generally support business leaders taking their ideas to execution and implementation. Projects will include systems overhauls, feature development and roll-out, process overhauls, data integrity and governance improvements, and reporting development, among other finance and operational requirements.

Projects will drive a wide range of positive business impacts.

The role will report through the CFO office for BXCI, but work across with BXCI Finance, BXCI Operations and Blackstone Technology and Innovation (BXTI).
* Responsibilities will include:
** Working with subject matter experts across finance to turn process or system improvements into concrete project charters and BRDs
* Documenting existing processes via workflows, process maps, and deliverable mappings
* Determining appropriate technology solutions for project needs alongside BXTI
* Developing and manage key milestones for each project alongside stakeholder groups across BX
* Interface with finance to discern impact to budget and develop ROI for each project
* Developing long-term project roadmaps across BXCI Finance, linking together project dependencies
* Socializing short-term and long-term plans to ensure alignment across all stakeholders
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* Location:

** Berkeley Heights, NJ with travel to NYC 1-2 days per week.
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* Qualifications:

*** 10+ years of work experience in operations, technology implementation, or business transformation, preferably among finance or operations functions at an asset manager
* Strong understanding of asset management trade booking and operations, specifically with various forms of credit
* Demonstrated understanding of complex processes, systems architecture, mapping, and improving times
* Proven track record of successful collaboration on cross-functional teams, balancing long-term goals with short-term challenges
* Strong process mindset: navigate current state processes and build/integrate future-state solutions.
* Quickly documents current state processes a must.
* Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills;
Tableau experience an advantage
* Works well in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, handles multiple projects, and manages multiple stakeholders
* Possesses a strong work ethic, professional integrity, and a positive attitude
* Effectively transforms raw data into insight for the business
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

The duties and responsibilities described here are not exhaustive and additional…