About the Role
PIMCO’s Alternatives platform is a key strategic growth area for the firm, managing approximately $150 billion across a diverse range of investment strategies and vehicle structures. The Alternatives Funds Finance team plays a central role in supporting this growth, providing end-to-end financial oversight across the platform. We are seeking a Manager, Alternatives Fund Controller, to join the team, with a focus on evergreen private credit strategies. This individual will be responsible for supporting and/or overseeing the financial accounting, reporting, and control framework for a complex set of hybrid, open-ended funds investing across public and private credit markets. This role offers exposure across the organization and the opportunity to partner closely with Portfolio Management, Legal, Tax, Compliance, and Operations to support ongoing fund oversight and new product development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Serve as a Fund Controller, responsible for financial oversight and control for a group of complex evergreen funds.
- Oversee fund administrators on NAV production, including review of accounting, valuation, fee calculations, and investor allocations.
- Analyze and challenge financial outputs, including capital account statements, investor reporting, and audited financial statements.
- Manage the fund close cycle, ensuring timely and accurate delivery of reporting to internal stakeholders and investors.
- Oversee accounting and reporting assigned complex and illiquid investments, which may include private credit instruments, structured products, real estate debt and equity, and hybrid fund structures.
- Assist in the implementation and ongoing management and operationalization of bespoke fee arrangements, including the design of analytical review frameworks to ensure accurate application across investors and distribution partners.
- Oversee fund treasury and liquidity management activities, including subscriptions/redemptions, capital calls, and income distributions.
- Collaborate with Portfolio Management and deal teams on complex transactions to support appropriate financial reporting treatment.
- Manage external audits, regulatory filings, and compliance-related reporting requirements.
- Oversee third-party service providers, including fund administrators, ensuring performance against SLAs, quality of deliverables, and continuous improvement.
- Identify and contribute to process improvement initiatives, including enhancing controls, reducing operational risk, improving efficiency, and supporting automation efforts.
- Serve as a central point of coordination across internal stakeholders, including Finance, Product Strategy, Legal, Tax, Compliance, and Operations.
- Support new product launches and structural changes, contributing to the development and scaling of new fund offerings.
Requirements
- 5-8 years of experience in fund accounting, audit, or finance within an alternative asset manager or leading public accounting firm.
- Solid experience with alternative investment structures, with preference for exposure to private credit and evergreen/open-ended funds.
- Experience working with or overseeing fund administrators and external service providers.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP and investment company accounting principles.
- Experience with complex financial structures, including private credit, structured products, real estate, and hybrid fund vehicles.
- Experience supporting and/or managing audit processes and regulatory reporting requirements.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and project management skills.
- Ability to take ownership and operate independently with a high degree of accountability.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technology and automation tools (including AI-enabled solutions) to enhance operational efficiency and scalability.
- Embodies PIMCO’s CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility, and Excellence.
Skills
- Private credit
- Evergreen/open-ended funds
- US GAAP
- Investment company accounting principles
- Complex financial structures
- Structured products
- Real estate
- Hybrid fund vehicles
- Audit processes
- Regulatory reporting
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Project management skills
- Technology and automation tools
- AI-enabled solutions
Location
- Newport Beach, CA
- New York, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Manager
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree required
- CPA designation strongly preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $145,500.00 - $168,000.00
Benefits
- Base salary
- Discretionary bonus
About the Company
- 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.
- We believe that active management is the responsible way to invest our clients' assets in fixed income.
- For 50 years, we have worked relentlessly to help millions of investors pursue their objectives - regardless of shifting market conditions.
- Our clients rely on an investment process that has been tested in virtually every market environment.
- Bringing together our investment professionals from across the globe, PIMCO's investment process is designed to promote fresh ideas and differing points of view.
- We innovate to give our clients an edge.
- Innovation has long been part of the fabric of PIMCO’s culture.
- Explore how we assess shifting risks and opportunities to build forward-looking solutions for investors.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.
- PIMCO is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
- We provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities, including veterans, in job application procedures.
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