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 Description
The Alternative Funds at PIMCO total approximately $150 billion across multiple strategies and multiple vehicle types (hedge fund and private equity). The Alternatives Funds Finance Team leads the overall financial accounting and control, tax structuring and compliance, operations, and investment partner and third party service provider oversight. The Team works directly with Product Management, Account Management and Portfolio Management groups of PIMCO and reports to the Executive Office.
We're seeking to add a Fund Controller to contribute to the overall financial accounting and reporting for a complex set of evergreen private credit funds. The role requires a highly proficient CPA with significant experience and product exposure to lead the complexities associated with diversified hybrid funds. The PIMCO Alternatives business continues to evolve and it is critical to have the right resources in place to handle change and control the information flow to meet ever-increasing demands. This is an outstanding opportunity to join growing team at one of the largest asset managers in the world.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Fund Controller with responsibility for financial accounting, reporting, and operational facilitation for a group of evergreen funds in PIMCO’s private income strategy.
- The strategy invests in both public and private assets across commercial and residential real estate, and specialty finance asset classes. The asset types and product exposure are complex and span a wide range of credit assets.
- This role will oversee the accounting control and related reporting for the funds, including investment-level, allocation of profits and losses, calculation of fees and expenses and related capital accounting.
- Responsibility to determine operational feasibility of bespoke fee terms, including tracking required data points and calculating. Design and perform analytical reviews of the complex and bespoke fee calculations to ensure terms are applied accurately to respective investors and distribution partners.
- Manage the accounting close cycle and deliver timely and accurate reporting to internal constituents and ultimately investor capital account statements.
- Understand the organizational structure supporting PIMCO’s Alternative funds and be able to collaborate across teams and third parties. This includes supervision of the fund treasury and the liquidity management process (including, subs/reds, capital calls, income distributions) and coordination with the financing team.
- Coordinate and interact with portfolio management on investment-related reporting matters and complex transactions.
- Oversee third party service providers, including the fund administrator and managed service partner in the completion of relevant activities associated with maintaining and reviewing the books and records of the funds.
- Manage the relationships with third party service providers through SLAs/critical metrics and site visits.
- Manage the external audit, regulatory reporting and other reporting requirements.
- Review the key financial information for investor deliverables (investor reports, capital account statements and annual audited financial statements).
- Lead the coordination and project management of critical Alternative Funds Finance team projects and initiatives.
- Coordinate the funds payment and expenses process to ensure compliance with the fund documents and timely and accurate execution and reporting.
- Utilize internal and external resources to respond to client, prospective client, and client consultant requests for information.
Position Requirements
- 4 - 6 years of experience in financial accounting, audit or finance function for an alternative investment manager with exposure to credit, real estate, evergreen and/or private equity funds
- Ability to implement accounting and reporting for complex legal and tax investment structures crossing multiple jurisdictions
- Knowledge of transaction process flows and requirements, and a desire to develop solutions that solve for operational and accounting complexities
- Exposure to a broad range of private equity and open-ended fund structures (e.g. US, Cayman, Luxembourg)
- Experience leading both internal teams and overseeing an external administrators and other third party service providers
- Broad knowledge of accounting principles including US GAAP and Investment Company Accounting
- Bachelor’s degree with a major in Accounting
- Active CPA license
- Big 4 background desired, but not required
Required Candidate Personal Characteristics
- Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven environment
- Excellent quantitative/analytical and problem solving skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Highly organized, excellent time/project management skills
- Keen desire to learn and quickly absorbs new knowledge
- Balance a sharp focus on details with an awareness of the bigger picture
- Foster a sense of teamwork, assisting others when needed/required
PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus. Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors. The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.
Salary Range: $ 110,000.00 - $ 148,000.00
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