Vice President, Corporate Actions Greater Santa Ana, CA Area

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 us 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.

Position Description

Corporate Actions is a key operational function responsible for managing complex asset-servicing events on behalf of clients and portfolios. The team supports mandatory and voluntary corporate actions, bank loan amendments and restructurings, proxy voting, defaulted securities, and securities class actions. The function serves as an important link among Portfolio Management, Credit Research, Legal and Compliance, Account Management, Technology, custodians, vendors, and investment management operations teams.

The Vice President, Corporate Actions is a senior operational leader responsible for team management, risk and control oversight, service delivery, process governance, and the continued modernization of the Corporate Actions operating model. The role requires broad investment operations expertise, sound judgment, strong people leadership, and the ability to manage high-risk, deadline-driven workflows across multiple asset classes and regions.

The successful candidate will lead through a combination of operational discipline, stakeholder partnership, data-driven decision-making, and technology enablement. The Vice President will identify control gaps, oversee issue resolution and remediation, develop scalable workflows, and promote the effective use of automation, analytics, APIs, and AI. The position provides substantial exposure to senior stakeholders and an opportunity to shape the future state of a critical investment operations function.

Location

Newport Beach, CA.

About You

An experienced investment operations leader with strong knowledge of corporate actions, asset servicing, and the associated financial, operational, regulatory, and client risks.

Demonstrated management experience and can set priorities, develop talent, establish accountability, and maintain high standards across a demanding operational environment.

Comfortable making decisions, challenging existing practices, and navigating complex or unstructured issues involving multiple stakeholders.

Able to communicate clearly and credibly with senior leaders, investment professionals, control functions, technology teams, vendors, and service providers.

Exceptional attention to detail and can identify process gaps, data inconsistencies, control weaknesses, and emerging risks before they result in material issues.

A proactive, analytical, and solutions-oriented leader who balances risk management, client service, efficiency, and scalability.

Ability to demonstrate integrity, sound judgment, resilience, intellectual curiosity, and a commitment to continuous improvement.

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 a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Own the risk and control environment for the function, 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 serve 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 ensure 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 operational efficiency.

Oversee third-party service providers and data vendors, including service quality, issue escalation, control expectations, and opportunities to improve 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 relevant to the function.

Lead industry engagement to identify emerging market, regulatory, and operational developments, assess their impact on Corporate Actions and related workflows, and translate insights into actionable 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

Position Requirements

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree or relevant professional designation is preferred.

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 the impact of events 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 the 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 the 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 required. Experience with tools such as SQL, VBA, Python, Power BI, or workflow platforms is preferred.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced environment.

PIMCO follows a total compensation approach when rewarding employees which includes a base salary and a discretionary bonus. Base salary is the fixed component of compensation that is determined by core job responsibilities, relevant experience, internal level, and market factors. The discretionary bonus is used to award performance and therefore is determined by company, business, team, and individual performance.

Salary Range: $ 137,500.00 - $ 195,000.00

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