Associate, India controllers and Financial & Prudential Reporting

About this role Business Unit Overview: The mission of Finance is to be a trusted advisor to the business, safeguarding BlackRock's financial integrity while enabling sustainable growth through exceptional financial stewardship, rigorous controls, and insightful decision support. The Financial & Prudential Reporting (FPR) team within APAC Controllers is responsible for the financial stewardship of BlackRock's APAC legal entities, ensuring the integrity of financial reporting, regulatory compliance, and a strong internal control environment. Through a regional hub operating model, the team partners closely with stakeholders across Finance, Technology, and broader business functions to deliver high-quality reporting, support strategic initiatives, and drive continuous process improvement. The Gurgaon-based India FPR team is a key contributor to APAC's controllership agenda, supporting complex accounting, regulatory reporting, audits, transformation initiatives, and technology-enabled process enhancements across multiple jurisdictions.  Job Purpose: The Associate in the India Controller’s and Financial & Prudential Reporting team will lead financial accounting and compliance reporting for entities in the India Jurisdiction). The role is responsible for the timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting. Additionally, the role will provide end-to-end accounting and reporting operations support including reporting processes governance, and audit engagement for the India entities, ensuring compliance with Indian Accounting Standards, local regulatory requirements, IFRS/US GAAP and internal control standards. The successful candidate will exhibit strong accounting & reporting skills, demonstrate deep expertise in accounting and financial reporting processes, and have a proven track record of driving process improvement and excellence. This role requires the ability to foster a high-performing culture, ensure operational excellence, and deliver measurable business outcomes aligned with organizational objectives. Key R esponsibilities: Lead and support legal entity accounting, financial close, statutory and regulatory reporting activities for India entities, ensuring the timely, accurate, and complete delivery of financial information and regulatory submissions. Prepare, review, and submit statutory and regulatory financial statements and surveys in compliance with Ind AS, IFRS, US GAAP and local GAAP, the Companies Act, RBI, MCA and other applicable requirements. Coordinate internal and external audit activities for India entities, including the timely delivery of audit support, management of audit requests, resolution of audit queries, and tracking of audit observations and remediation actions. Support and maintain a robust internal control environment aligned to SOX/ICoFAR and corporate policies; monitor key controls, remediate deficiencies, and reduce operational risk. Monitor developments in accounting standards, regulatory requirements, and reporting obligations, assess their impact on the business, and support implementation of necessary changes across reporting and control processes. Drive standardization, documentation, and automation of reporting processes, partnering with Technology teams to enhance data quality, improve efficiency and strengthen controls. Partner with regional controllers and stakeholders across Corporate Accounting, Finance Operations, Tax, Treasury, Accounting Policy, Technology, and other finance functions to resolve accounting, reporting, and operational matters and support business initiatives. Drive or participate in finance transformation, migration, and integration projects and champion risk-based prioritization to deliver sustainable outcomes. Skills and Qualification s: Chartered Accountant with experience in global asset management preferred 4+ years of experience in financial services industry Strong technical knowledge of IND AS, the Companies Act, MCA / RBI Compliances, US GAAP