Portfolio Associate, Hedge Fund

Portfolio Associate Team Overview

Portfolio Associate team members directly support Portfolio Managers and build relationships internally with Account Managers, Product Managers, Legal and counterparts, Operations teams, and other Portfolio Associate teams across the firm’s global offices. On a day-to-day basis, Portfolio Associates actively monitor portfolios to assist Portfolio Managers in rebalancing risks and providing operational support where necessary. Portfolio Associates are routinely encouraged to provide creative solutions and develop key tools and reporting methods to support the Portfolio Management team.

• Extensive exposure to industry authorities within Portfolio Management and across other functional areas of the firm
• A broad range of opportunities to collaborate with talented colleagues
• Learning environment focused on key buy-side portfolio risk and return principles
• Constructive feedback to foster career growth in addition to a formal annual review process

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• Ensuring investment objectives are reflected across portfolios in scope
• Monitoring portfolio positions and products versus client guidelines in concert with Compliance team
• Coordinating with Portfolio Management on re-balancing of portfolios
• Utilizing proprietary risk systems for monitoring of portfolio exposures
  
  Assisting in account transitions and cash flow management
• Conducting performance and attribution analyses
• Tagging trades into risk categories within the portfolio
• Ad hoc operational tasks
• Responding to ad hoc requests from the Portfolio Management team

• Strong academic background in a technical field from a leading, accredited college or university
• Good understanding of fixed income including knowledge of most cash and derivative instruments
• Outstanding communication skills are required to operate in a complex financial environment
• Excel “power user” - SQL, VBA and programming skills are preferred
• Strong process-oriented background and ability to demonstrate keen portfolio risk and operational awareness
• Outstanding analytical skills with a proven ability to function efficiently and problem-solve in a fast paced and time-critical environment

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: $  - $

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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