Vice President, Corporate Actions

PIMCO•Newport Beach, CA

About The Position

PIMCO is seeking a senior operational leader to manage its Corporate Actions function, which oversees complex asset-servicing events for clients and portfolios. The function covers mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, bank loan amendments and restructurings, proxy voting, defaulted securities, and securities class actions, and works closely with investment, control, technology, operations, and external service-provider teams. The Vice President is responsible for team management, service delivery, risk and control oversight, process governance, and modernization of the operating model. This role oversees high-risk, deadline-driven workflows across asset classes and regions, identifies control gaps, manages issue resolution and remediation, and develops scalable processes. The leader will also promote the effective use of automation, analytics, APIs, and AI, and will engage with senior stakeholders to shape the future of the function. The position is located in Newport Beach, California. PIMCO uses a total compensation approach comprising base salary and a discretionary bonus. The stated base salary range is $137,500 to $195,000.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 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.
At least 7 years of direct experience with corporate actions and the broader asset-servicing lifecycle for global assets, including event 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, with the ability to assess operational and control implications of complex or nonstandard events.
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.

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; set 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.
Design and enhance scalable workflows, data controls, reporting, and operating models with appropriate documentation, ownership, and auditability.
Lead 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 governance or control activities.
Lead industry engagement to identify emerging market, regulatory, and operational developments 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.