Senior Associate

Job Description:

Middle Office primary responsibility is management and governance over a key control environment that supports the day-to-day trade life cycle of the PIMCO Portfolio Management teams. The Team supports Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore and Hong Kong Portfolio Management Teams, trading across all APAC markets and various product types from Fixed Income to Equity products. Middle Office team members collaborate across internal functional teams: Portfolio Management, Trade Support, Legal & Compliance, Operations, Technology and State Street IMS (back office).

In addition, Middle Office team members regularly engage with external parties such as brokers, custodian banks and third party trading platforms for issues resolution, system enhancements and market initiatives/projects.

Job Requirements:

Trade-related tasks:

1. Perform block trade confirmations in STP or on paper vs. broker confirms
2. Monitoring sensitive trade settlements and act as escalation point to Statestreet IMS in Fails resolution
3. Research and resolve daily inquiries from internal and external groups
4. Coordinating onboarding and managing access to relevant trading platforms and applications
5. Achieve and maintain operational excellence in adherence to internal policy and procedures

Daily Reporting:

1. Prepare and distribute daily trade activity and end of day reports
2. Perform daily Equity position and market value reconciliations
3. Monitoring for APAC Regulatory Trade Reporting & resolve any late trades to prevent regulatory breach

Ad Hoc:

1. Assist in the monthly metrics reporting and work with back office to resolve identified risk items
2. Participate in projects to enhance PIMCO's operational environment
3. Utilize technology to create efficiencies and improve processes to daily workflow
4. Develop and analyze internal trade flow metrics and recommend process improvements