Associate, Cash Desk Management

PIMCO•Austin, TX

5h•Onsite

About The Position

The Cash Desk is a core operational function at PIMCO, responsible for daytoday cash management, client cash flow execution, and forward-looking cash forecasting across mutual funds, hedge funds, and separately managed accounts. The team partners closely with Portfolio Management and Trading to ensure liquidity needs are met, overdrafts are avoided, and excess cash is efficiently invested. This role is well suited for an Associate with strong analytical and technical skills who is interested in working at the intersection of markets, operations, and systems. This position is based in Austin and the working hours 5am - 3.30pm Local Time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a quantitatively oriented field
3+ years of experience in asset management, financial services operations, treasury, fund accounting, or a related role
Strong technical aptitude with demonstrated experience using Microsoft Excel for analysis (advanced formulas, lookups; VBA/SQL/Python experience a plus)
Proven ability to work with complex data sets and reconcile information across multiple sources
High attention to detail with a strong control mindset
Strong analytical and problemsolving skills, with the ability to independently investigate and resolve issues
Comfort operating in fastpaced, timesensitive environments with competing priorities
Clear and concise verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technical issues to nontechnical stakeholders
Selfmotivated and proactive, with a mindset toward continuous improvement and process optimization
Ability to work effectively in a global organization and collaborate across functions and time zones
Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable navigating evolving or partially unstructured processes

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in cash management, liquidity management, treasury, or collateraladjacent functions
Understanding of trade lifecycle, settlement flows, and funding mechanics
Exposure to financial systems, data feeds, or systems development / automation initiatives
Experience working with custodians, accounting platforms, or portfolio management systems

Responsibilities

Actively monitor intraday cash positions across portfolios, incorporating multiple cash flow adjustments, funding events, and forecast updates
Partner with ShortTerm Trading to support accurate investment of excess cash and timely execution of funding actions to cover projected shortfalls
Produce, validate, and analyze daily cash flow reporting and cash forecasting outputs; investigate breaks and resolve discrepancies
Work closely with custodians, fund accounting, and internal operations teams to reconcile cash balances and ensure data integrity across systems
Support clientdirected subscriptions, redemptions, and ad hoc cash movements in coordination with Account Managers and Portfolio Management
Identify process inefficiencies, control gaps, and operational risks; propose and implement enhancements with an emphasis on automation and scalability
Contribute to crossfunctional initiatives aimed at improving data quality, transparency, and straightthrough processing across cash workflows
Respond to timesensitive and ad hoc cashrelated inquiries from internal stakeholders and external partners
Analyze large cash datasets to identify trends, exceptions, and emerging liquidity risks
Leverage Excel and related tools to build repeatable analyses, reconciliations, and controls
Assist with system enhancements, data mapping, and UAT related to cash management, forecasting, and reporting platforms
Support development of standardized metrics and reporting to improve visibility into cash usage, forecasting accuracy, and funding efficiency