SVP, Enterprise Risk & Quality Management, Alternative Investments

PIMCO Ltd. - Pacific Investment Management Company; Newport Beach (CA); Vor Ort; USD 250.000 - 305.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

PIMCO Ltd. - Pacific Investment Management Company is seeking an experienced Enterprise Risk professional to join the ERQM team in Newport Beach.

The role focuses on maturing operational risk management, risk assessment, incident handling, and providing updates to senior stakeholders. Responsibilities include governance framework maintenance, RCSA facilitation across functions, risk event management, and developing KRIs/dashboards.

Qualifikationen

• Undergraduate degree required; MBA/CFA/FRM/CAIA considered a plus.
• Minimum seven years of experience in alternatives investment management.
• Strong communication and analytical skills; ability to influence senior leaders.
• Advanced IT and analytics skills including use of AI as a tool.

Aufgaben

• Maintain and enhance the enterprise risk management framework across investment strategies and support functions.
• Align risk practices with risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and best practices.
• Develop and maintain risk policies, standards, and taxonomies.
• Prepare reports and metrics for governance committees and stakeholders.
• Facilitate RCSAs across functions and challenge designs of controls.
• Identify gaps, monitor remediation, and track corrective actions.
• Manage collection, investigation, and reporting of risk incidents and trends.
• Develop KRIs, KCIs, and risk dashboards; present to executives.

Ausbildung

Undergraduate degree

MBA, CFA, FRM, or CAIA (plus)

Jobbeschreibung

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.

As a member of PIMCO's Enterprise Risk and Quality Management (ERQM) team, the successful candidate will have a proven track record of establishing and maintaining effective risk oversight programs for alternative investment operations. The role will be responsible for maturing operational risk management practices while overseeing adherence to PIMCO's risk management framework. Key activities include: ongoing risk assessment and risk monitoring, active engagement in issues management and resolution, identification of incident root cause and corrective actions, and providing related updates and risk trends to senior stakeholders.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Risk Governance and Framework Management

• Maintain and enhance the enterprise risk management framework across alternative investment strategies and support functions.

• Ensure alignment of risk management practices with the firm's risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.

• Develop and maintain operational risk policies, standards, procedures, and risk taxonomies.

• Support governance committees through preparation of risk reports, metrics, and management information

Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs)

• Facilitate and challenge business-owned RCSAs across investment, operations, technology, finance, legal, compliance, and third-party service provider functions.

• Evaluate the design and effectiveness of key controls.

• Identify control gaps, emerging risks, and process weaknesses.

• Track remediation plans and verify completion of corrective actions.

Risk Event Management

• Manage the collection, investigation, classification, and reporting of operational risk incidents and near misses.

• Conduct root cause analyses and identify recurring control deficiencies.

• Monitor trends and recommend risk mitigation strategies.

Risk Reporting and Analytics

• Develop and maintain key risk indicators (KRIs), key control indicators (KCIs), and operational risk dashboards.

• Analyze risk trends and produce executive-level reporting.

• Present significant events and recommendations for control enhancements to internal executive stakeholders.

REQUIREMENTS

• Undergraduate degree required; additional degrees and/or certifications such as MBA, CFA, FRM, or CAIA are a plus.

• Minimum of seven years of experience in alternatives investment management, including operational knowledge of private equity, private debt, structured finance and real estate.

• Complementary experience in a similar risk management role is a plus.

• Ability to work independently, prioritize deliverables efficiently and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills with ability to influence senior leaders.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, complemented by an inquisitive nature and comfort in challenging current practices.

• Advanced IT and analytics skills, including leverage of AI as a tool to drive efficiency.

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: $ 250,000.00 - $ 305,000.00

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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