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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 we 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.

This newly created role reflects the growing complexity and strategic importance of global regulatory transaction reporting across jurisdictions such as EMIR, ASIC, MAS, and SFTR. As part of a high‑impact program, the position offers a unique opportunity to shape and lead client and fund engagement models, drive automation and data quality initiatives, and serve as a key interface between internal teams and external stakeholders. With broad exposure across legal, compliance, technology, and client‑facing functions, this role is ideal for someone looking to make a meaningful contribution in a dynamic, fast‑evolving environment where precision, collaboration, and innovation are paramount.

• Contribute to the global G20 and SFTR transaction reporting program supporting EMIR, ASIC, MAS, SFTR, etc., ensuring alignment with regulatory requirements and business objectives.

• Shape and own the process and support model for client‑facing and funds teams’ engagement globally regarding transaction reporting requirements.

• Coordinate technical regulatory transaction reporting inquiries from clients and funds, performing detailed analysis against internal source systems and regulatory specifications to validate reporting accuracy and completeness.

• Collaborate with internal and external reporting parties, as well as legal and compliance teams, to resolve reporting issues.

• Serve as a subject matter expert and primary interface for PIMCO’s client‑facing teams, aligning on services, prioritization, and managing expectations.

• Act as an escalation point for reporting exceptions and structural reporting challenges.

• Drive automation and standardization initiatives for client and funds reporting solutions based on business needs and demand.

• Provide insights and feedback through client‑facing and funds channels to improve the reporting process, addressing recurring issues such as false positives or timing discrepancies.

• Supervise team members in technical data analysis and manage all aspects of client and funds engagement.

• Produce internal metrics on client and funds engagement and success factors for senior stakeholders.

• Develop and implement a tracking system to monitor the scope of support activities.

• Establish and manage an approval and prioritization process for new and non‑standard reporting requests.

• Define, implement, and align RACI matrices and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with key internal teams.

• Prioritize and track reporting enhancements in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

• Coordinate calculations and communications related to ‘errors and omissions’ in reporting.

• Partner with the onboarding team to support new account regulatory reporting and static data requirements, and collaborate with the legal team to ensure investment management agreements align with reporting capabilities and processes.

• Work closely with technology teams and vendors to develop and enhance reporting tools and workflows.

• Assist in the continuous improvement of PIMCO’s trade reporting process and overall reporting data quality, contributing to process enhancements and quality assurance efforts to drive measurable improvements in reporting completeness, accuracy, and timeliness.

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in regulatory transaction reporting within a major buy‑side institution, top‑tier investment bank, or management consultancy. Hands on experience with regulatory operations such as EMIR, ASIC, MAS, SFTR, or CFTC is essential.

• Deep expertise in regulatory transaction reporting regimes and technical specifications, with the ability to translate complex regulatory standards into legal, business, and technology requirements.

• Strong risk awareness with the ability to identify risk events and elevate appropriately to senior management.

• Solid understanding of derivatives, transaction information, and reference data, with the capability to interpret requirements, source relevant data, and translate findings into internal workflows.

• Broad knowledge of front, middle, and back‑office functions within financial institutions.

• Excellent project management skills, including strategy development, framework setting, end‑to‑end project ownership, goal and task setting, progress tracking, stakeholder communication, issue resolution, and managing change requests and competing priorities.

• Proven track record in owning and implementing new processes and driving change management initiatives.

• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and processes with clear plans, objectives, timelines, and successful outcomes. Skilled in independently creating and presenting executive summaries and management updates.

• Strong influencing skills with the ability to lead and motivate stakeholders across teams and the wider organization.

• Confident executive presence, thoughtful communication style, and comfortable engaging with clients, senior leaders and board members.

• Solution‑oriented mindset with a history of successfully implementing, standardizing, and improving processes.

• Excellent collaboration skills for managing projects across global teams, combined with the ability to work independently as a self‑starter.

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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