Counterparty Management & Administration Analyst

Role Summary

We are seeking a Counterparty Management & Administration Analyst to join our counterparty relationship and trading documentation team. This team is responsible for facilitating onboarding, trading documentation, KYC, regulatory reporting, and other operational pipeline matters relating to trade setup management. This team enables Portfolio Managers to trade across all asset classes by ensuring counterparty relationships, documentation, and regulatory requirements are fully established prior to account launch. The role requires deep attention to detail, strong judgment across products and structures, and the ability to manage complex, multi-party onboarding processes under tight timelines.

Responsibilities

The key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Shepherd and execute end-to-end trading counterparty onboarding process, including:

  • Assessing trading needs across products and ensure proper documentation is established

  • Validating that legal agreements align with account structure, current requirements, and intended trading activity

  • Gathering due diligence information

  • Coordinating and responding to counterparty questions

  • Issuing escalation and resolution management

  • Updating accounts with counterparties on legal agreements and contracts, including ISDA Master Agreements, MSFTA, GMRA/MRA, and other trading agreements and counterparty documents

  • Oversight of analyst support within channel

• Maintain counterparty metadata in a proprietary database and other third-party systems

• Collaborate with counterparties and internal colleagues, including Legal, Account Management, Portfolio Management, Operations, Transitions, and Collateral, to ensure accounts are fully trade-ready by fund launch date(s)

• Identify manual process pain points and contribute to automation and workflow enhancements (e.g., industry solutions, reporting tools, onboarding platforms)

• Provide oversight and quality control of outsourced and offshore resources supporting documentation, system updates, and reporting

• Support ongoing reporting and account maintenance as required with counterparties (e.g., AUM, KYC/CDD refresh, tax forms, etc.)

• Ad-hoc projects, as assigned

Qualifications

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree

• Minimum 1 year of professional experience at an asset manager, investment bank or investment advisor with one or more of the following:

  • Counterparty onboarding documentation at an asset manager or broker-dealer

  • US Patriot Act and various Know-Your-Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), or Customer Due Diligence requirements (Dodd-Frank, EMIR reporting requirements, etc.)

  • Third-party or client onboarding, KYC or documentation platforms or applications (including S&P Counterparty Manager, ISDA Amend, and FIA Tech DOCS)

• Exposure to derivatives or forward/financing transactions, sufficient to identify required documentation, currencies, collateral terms, and clearing arrangements

• Exposure to master agreements (including ISDA Master Agreement and Credit Support Annex, Master Repurchase Agreement/Global Master Repurchase Agreement, Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement, Prime Brokerage Documentation)

• Experience with MS Office applications, including Excel, Smartsheet or other similar database systems; Copilot is desired

• Demonstrated curiosity around emerging tools and technologies, including AI, to improve efficiency and transparency

Professional Skills Requirements

If the following qualities resonate with you, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. At PIMCO, we offer a dynamic work environment where you will have the chance to make a meaningful impact:

• Exceptional Organizational Skills and Resourcefulness: You excel in managing multiple projects with strong organizational and project management abilities. You solve complex problems creatively and are self-motivated, detail-oriented, and possess strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Adaptability and Collaboration: You thrive in dynamic, fast-paced environments, navigate shifting priorities, and collaborate effectively across diverse teams. You bring emotional intelligence, adaptability, and resilience to manage unstructured processes and demanding responsibilities.

• Integrity and Continuous Learning: You uphold high ethical standards, integrity, and sound judgment. You are intellectually curious and committed to professional development, staying abreast of industry trends and aligning with PIMCO's core values of Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility, and Excellence.

Salary information is provided separately below.

Compensation & Benefits

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees, which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus. The base salary is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors. The discretionary bonus rewards performance at company, business, team, and individual levels.

Salary Range: $75,000.00 – $81,000.00

Equal Employment 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 bases such as medical condition or marital status under applicable laws.

Applicants with Disabilities

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