Vice President, Corporate Actions

PIMCO•Newport Beach, CA

3d•$137,500 - $195,000•Onsite

About The Position

PIMCO is a global active fixed-income investment manager operating across public and private markets. The Corporate Actions function manages complex asset-servicing events for clients and portfolios, including mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, bank loan amendments and restructurings, proxy voting, defaulted securities, and securities class actions. It connects Portfolio Management, Credit Research, Legal and Compliance, Account Management, Technology, custodians, vendors, and investment operations teams. The Vice President, Corporate Actions is a senior operational leader accountable for team management, risk and control oversight, service delivery, process governance, and modernization of the Corporate Actions operating model. The role leads high-risk, deadline-driven workflows across multiple asset classes and regions, oversees complex events and issue remediation, develops scalable workflows, and advances automation, analytics, APIs, and AI. The position has substantial exposure to senior stakeholders and an opportunity to shape a critical investment operations function. The position is located in Newport Beach, California.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
Minimum of 10 years of professional experience in financial services or investment management, with significant experience in investment operations, corporate actions, asset servicing, trade support, or a related control function.
Minimum of 7 years of direct experience with corporate actions and the broader asset-servicing lifecycle for global assets, including impacts across financial instruments, asset classes, accounting, cash, positions, and client reporting.
Demonstrated people-management or team-leadership experience, including prioritization, performance management, talent development, and oversight of complex operational deliverables.
Strong knowledge of fixed income and multiple asset classes, including the ability to assess operational and control implications of complex or nonstandard events.
Proven experience designing or enhancing workflows, controls, governance frameworks, escalation models, metrics, and management reporting.
Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing senior stakeholders across investments, operations, technology, legal, compliance, and external service providers.
Experience with data feeds, API integrations, workflow tools, automation, analytics, and practical use of AI or other technologies to improve speed, accuracy, transparency, and risk management.
Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint.
Familiarity with Bloomberg and financial-services data providers.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to set priorities, develop talent, establish accountability, and maintain high standards in a demanding operational environment.
Ability to make decisions, challenge existing practices, and navigate complex or unstructured issues involving multiple stakeholders.
Exceptional attention to detail and ability to identify process gaps, data inconsistencies, control weaknesses, and emerging risks.
Proactive, analytical, solutions-oriented leadership that balances risk management, client service, efficiency, and scalability.
Integrity, sound judgment, resilience, intellectual curiosity, and commitment to continuous improvement.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree or relevant professional designation.
Experience with tools such as SQL, VBA, Python, Power BI, or workflow platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead and oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of corporate actions and related workflows, including mandatory and voluntary events, bank loan amendments and restructurings, proxy voting, defaulted securities, and securities class actions.
Manage and develop team members, establish priorities and service standards, allocate resources, provide coaching, and promote accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Own the function’s risk and control environment, including process governance, procedures, reconciliations, escalation protocols, issue management, root-cause analysis, remediation tracking, and management reporting.
Provide senior oversight for complex, time-sensitive, or high-risk events and act as an escalation point for operational, accounting, data, vendor, regulatory, and client-impacting matters.
Partner with Portfolio Management, Credit Research, Legal and Compliance, Account Management, Technology, custodians, administrators, and other operations teams to support timely decisions and effective execution.
Lead the design and enhancement of scalable workflows, data controls, reporting, and operating models with appropriate documentation, ownership, and auditability.
Drive strategic initiatives involving automation, APIs, data integration, analytics, workflow platforms, and AI to reduce manual risk, improve transparency, and increase efficiency.
Oversee third-party service providers and data vendors, including service quality, issue escalation, control expectations, connectivity, and data integrity.
Develop and present operational metrics, risk indicators, trend analysis, project updates, and recommendations to senior management and governance forums.
Support audits, regulatory reviews, client inquiries, policy updates, business continuity planning, and other relevant governance and control activities.
Lead industry engagement to identify emerging market, regulatory, and operational developments, assess their impact, and translate insights into process, control, and operating-model enhancements.
Contribute to broader Investment Operations and enterprise initiatives by sharing best practices, advancing technology adoption, and promoting consistent risk and control standards.