Portfolio Associate - Hedge Fund

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

PIMCO is seeking a Portfolio Associate to assist with supporting the global Hedge Fund business in our London office.

Job description

Portfolio Associate team members directly support Portfolio Managers and build relationships internally with Account Managers, Product Managers, Legal and Compliance counterparts, Operations teams, and other Portfolio Associate teams across the firm’s global offices.  On a day-to-day basis, Portfolio Associates use their fixed income training to actively monitor portfolios and markets to assist Portfolio Managers in measuring risk and managing client assets.  Portfolio Associates are routinely encouraged to provide creative solutions and develop key tools and reporting methods to support the Portfolio Management team.

For this specific role there will also be the requirement to provide support to the Hedge Fund strategies in our public business.

Position Development Value:

• Extensive exposure to industry experts 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

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Under PM direction, size, allocate and raise orders in support of the various HF investment strategies.

• 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
• Responding to ad-hoc requests from the Portfolio Management team
• Responding to ad-hoc requests from Investment Risk functions.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in finance, economics, mathematics or other related quantitative / analytical field from a leading university or equivalent experience.
• Deep understanding of fixed income including knowledge of most cash and derivative instruments. A good understanding of Equities is preferred.
• An understanding of portfolio construction and trade implementation is preferred.
• Exceptional communication skills are required to operate in a complex financial and mathematical environment     
• Excel “power user” - SQL, Python and programming skills.
• 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 high-pressure and time-critical environment
• 2+ years of experience with international markets is preferred

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