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
This is a high-impact leadership opportunity within Legal & Compliance, overseeing the interpretation and implementation of investment guidelines within PIMCO’s proprietary compliance platform. The ACE-Guidelines Team plays a critical role in translating client, regulatory, and internal requirements into actionable rules that support portfolio management and trading activity.
As a leader within the ACE Guidelines team, you will partner closely with Client Servicing, Legal, Product, Portfolio Compliance, and Trading teams to operationalize investment guidelines, support investment decision-making, and drive effective governance across portfolios. The role offers broad exposure to investment strategies and senior stakeholders globally.
The successful candidate will lead a team of guideline specialists, serving as a key escalation point for complex guideline matters while driving continuous improvement, consistency, and scalability across the function.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Lead, develop, and mentor a team responsible for investment guideline implementation and governance.
Partner with Client-Facing and Legal teams to negotiate and operationalize investment discretion language.
Interpret complex investment restrictions across client mandates and regulatory frameworks.
Oversee the design and implementation of compliance rules within internal systems.
Support the Trade Floor by providing timely, practical guidance on guideline-related questions.
Partner with Portfolio Managers, Trading, and Portfolio Compliance teams to resolve investment guideline and compliance rule matters.
Act as the primary escalation point for complex client, regulatory, and portfolio guideline issues, including UCITS-related matters.
Lead and deliver strategic initiatives to enhance guideline processes, scalability, and automation.
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Accounting, or a related field.
7+ years of experience in investment compliance, portfolio compliance, trade support, investment operations, asset management, or a related field.
Experience interpreting and implementing investment guidelines within a compliance platform (e.g., Charles River, Aladdin, Bloomberg AIM, Sentinel, or similar systems), including client mandates, regulatory requirements, and investment restrictions across institutional and pooled investment vehicles.
Strong knowledge of global equity and fixed income markets, including derivatives.
Familiarity with global investment management regulations, including UCITS and AIFMD.
Previous people management experience with responsibility for coaching and developing team members.
Strong analytical and technical skills, including proficiency in Excel and experience with SQL. Exposure or expertise using Bloomberg, Python, and/or business intelligence tools (e.g., Business Objects) are beneficial.
CFA designation (or progress toward), MBA, or other relevant industry certification preferred.
Additional language skills (e.g., German) are a plus.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS REQUIREMENTS
Demonstrated leadership with the ability to motivate, develop, and retain high-performing teams.
Strong communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills across investment, compliance, legal, and operational teams, including senior leadership.
Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
Ability to manage complex issues, competing priorities, and ambiguity while maintaining attention to detail.
Self-starter with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.
Sound judgment and a commitment to delivering high-quality, accurate outcomes.
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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