Vice President, Performance Operations Manager

PIMCO is a global leader in active fixed income with deep expertise across public and private markets. We invest our clients' capital across a range of fixed income and credit opportunities, leveraging our decades of experience navigating complex debt markets. Our flexible capital base and deep relationships with issuers have helped us become one of the world's largest providers of traditional and nontraditional solutions for companies that need financing and investors who seek strong risk-adjusted returns.

Since 1971, our people have shaped our organization through a high-performance inclusive culture, in which we celebrate diverse thinking. We invest in our people and strive to imprint our CORE values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility and Excellence. We believe each of us is here to help others succeed and this has led to PIMCO being recognized as an innovator, industry thought leader and trusted advisor to our clients.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Vice President, Performance Operations Manager to oversee daily performance across mutual funds, hedge funds, and institutional accounts. The successful candidate will be adept at managing multiple priorities simultaneously, investigate and resolve performance inquiries from internal stakeholders, and develop and deploy tools to proactively identify anomalies. In this role, you will also collaborate with our internal technology teams and outsourced service providers to document processes, enhance technological capabilities, and drive continuous improvement.

Location

Austin, TX or Newport Beach, CA.

About You

If the following qualities resonate with you, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. At PIMCO, we offer a dynamic work environment where you will have the chance to make a meaningful impact:

• Exceptional Organizational Skills and Resourcefulness: You excel at managing multiple projects simultaneously with strong prioritization project management skills. Your critical thinking and problem-solving skills enable you to address complex challenges creatively and resourcefully. You are self-motivated, committed to excellence, detail-oriented, and possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Adaptability and Collaboration: You thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and are comfortable navigating shifting priorities and ambiguity. You build positive relationships and collaborate effectively across diverse teams. Your emotional intelligence, adaptability, and resilience help you manage unstructured processes and demanding responsibilities successfully.

• Integrity and Continuous Learning: You consistently demonstrate high ethical standards, sound judgment, and integrity, earning you credibility and trust. You are intellectually curious, committed to professional development, and stay current with industry trends. You contribute positively to the work environment and organizational culture, aligning with PIMCO's core values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility, and Excellence.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Build and maintain tools to monitor and validate portfolio investment results, including attribution and benchmark analysis.

• Develop, maintain, and automate performance reports, including those for detecting outliers, using Python, SQL, or other relevant technologies.

• Collaborate with investment teams and technology partners to enhance performance attribution systems and processes.

• Document processes, performance calculations, and methodologies clearly and effectively, tailored to the target audience (e.g., performance managers and end users) to provide transparency and visibility into system functionality.

• Analyze performance data to identify trends, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement.

• Proactively identify potential issues and implement corrective actions.

• Recommend and implement initiatives to streamline and automate workflows and reporting processes.

• Contribute to the ongoing development of automated reports to monitor attribution or performance-related outliers, including inherited reporting systems.

Position Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field; a Master's degree or progress towards CFA or FRM is preferred.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in performance management/operations, risk management, or exposure to the transaction lifecycle of alternatives accounts from an operations perspective.

• Strong understanding of equity, fixed income, derivatives, and alternative investment strategies.

• Experience working with attribution systems and documentation processes for non-technical audiences.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and SQL is highly desirable.

• Comfortable with performance measurement methodologies, formulas, and risk measures.

• Demonstrated ability to calculate, validate, and interpret portfolio investment results, including attribution and benchmark analysis.

• Self-directed with strong problem identification and analytical skills.

• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage and meet multiple deadlines and priorities effectively.

• Strong team player with the ability to collaborate across departments, including technology, analytics, risk, operations, trade processing, and portfolio management.

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.

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