Vice President, Alts Treasury and Expense 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.

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Position Description

We are seeking a Treasury and Expense Manager to join our Alternative Operations team. Our global team supports PIMCO's Alternatives/Structured Products business, which includes complex hedge funds and private equity vehicles. In this role, you will engage key stakeholders including Portfolio Management, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and external service providers to ensure accurate and timely management of team functions for our private hedge funds, private equity hedge fund, private SMA's, and manage staff focused on expenses, employee time tracking and treasury.

Location

Austin, TX or New York, NY 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 in managing multiple projects with outstanding organizational and project management abilities. Your critical thinking skills enable you to solve complex problems creatively and resourcefully. You are self-motivated, committed to excellence, and demonstrate strong attention to detail, along with excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Adaptability and Collaboration: You thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments, adept at navigating shifting priorities and ambiguity. Collaboration is key to your approach, as you build positive relationships and work effectively across diverse teams. Your emotional intelligence, adaptability, and resilience equip you to manage unstructured processes and demanding responsibilities successfully.

• Integrity and Continuous Learning: Your actions reflect high ethical standards and integrity, earning you credibility and trust. An intellectually curious individual, you are dedicated to professional development and staying abreast of 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:

• Manage expense management, affiliated service provider, and treasury functions on behalf of the Alternatives business.

• Oversee internal and external managed service staff (approximately 15 resources) responsible for day-to-day operations.

• Support global teams by providing training and guidance on team policies and procedures.

• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders including admins, managed service outsourced providers, vendors, PIMCO executives, and teams in accounting, valuation, tax, operations, cash desk, and portfolio and asset management.

• Strategize and implement improved operating models to create scale and efficiencies of business functions, including outsourcing and technology build/buy decisions.

• Develop and streamline data and reporting needs for the Alts business, particularly in relation to team functions.

• Ensure a proper control environment and assist with audits related to team functions.

Team Responsibilities

• Expense Management

  • Streamline vendor management and resolve issues to improve automation and scale of the AP function on behalf of PIMCO Alts Funds, Management Company expenses related to Alts and Private SMAs.

  • Ensure the team accurately calculates expense allocation across funds and assigns appropriate accounting treatment, which includes:

    • Applying PIMCO Alternative Fund's expense and allocation policies.

    • Communicating effectively with portfolio managers, fund controllers, legal, and tax teams.

    • Knowledge and administration of the Chart of Accounts.

    • Applying allocation policy to accurately calculate expense allocations.

    • Understanding private fund structures.

  • Address expense-related inquiries from internal and external clients.

  • Build or buy technology to scale team responsibilities.

  • Ensure allocation memos that govern new allocations are properly coordinated.

• Affiliated Service Provider Management

  • Manage the end-to-end process for employee chargebacks via PIMCO's affiliated service provider.

  • Ensure staff understand the framework and policies of time tracking requirements.

  • Monitor and correct data issues with time tracking submissions.

  • Help ensure new or changes to policies and rules are implemented in a timely manner.

  • Monitor the timeliness of submissions and ensure proper invoice allocations and payments to the management company.

  • Provide standardized and ad hoc reporting as needed.

  • Support business leaders in Legal & Compliance, Finance, and Operations to drive the expansion of Aurora and explore new paths for revenue and fee optimization.

• Treasury Management

  • Oversee daily cash positioning, including managing daily liquidity and cash positions throughout the fund(s) structure.

  • Build out cash transfer / funding processes to cure liquidity needs for all payments across the alternatives funds

  • Cash Sweeps:

    • Partner with tech and accounting team to automate cash sweep monitoring and processing

    • Prepare cash transfers via the Alts Treasury Management System (ATMS) and submit for approvals.

  • Communicate regularly with control teams, portfolio management, and the cash desk to ensure idle cash is invested to create optimal alpha.

  • Develop and apply in-depth knowledge of Alts funds' structure charts, economic ownership data, and capital allocations to correctly move cash through the funds.

  • Overdrawn Coverage:

    • Monitor overdrawn accounts for select funds overseen by the Treasury team.

    • Email Fund Controller with proposed resolutions (e.g., cash transfer, LOC draw, capital call).

    • If a cash transfer is required, set up a notification through the cash transfer portal.

  • Partner with the cash desk and alts technology teams to develop cash management and liquidity automation via the in-house treasury management system (ATMS).

  • Daily Liquidity Updates:

    • Update the Daily Liquidity File for select funds overseen by the Treasury team, including dates, manual cash adjustments, and client-defined statistics (e.g., NAV, total cash, restricted cash, line of credit capacity, etc.).

  • Reconcile and resolve differences between fund admin booking instructions and cash transfer activity.

  • Payment Proposals Execution:

    • Regularly execute payment proposals for vendor payments utilizing third-party payment processing software (G-Treasury) and SAP accounting software.

    • Investigate any failed payments and provide payment support and ad hoc reporting through ATMS and/or banking platforms.

  • Help oversee and manage banking relationships and ensure proper application of fee schedules.

Role Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree required.

• 8-15 years of experience in Treasury/Expense Management.

• Experience with private equity hedge structures (3,000+ legal entities) is a plus.

• Prior use of expense management systems.

• Prior people management experience is desirable.

• Proven problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Proficient in managing multiple priorities while maintaining flexibility to adapt to changing business demands.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, suitable for client meetings.

• Good working knowledge of Excel is essential.

• Understanding of complex allocation methodologies and Alternatives investment manager accounts payable functions is a plus.

• Must be professional and able to work with internal and external clients, proactively responding to inquiries and developing strong working relationships.

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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