Business Systems Analyst

About Us:

We are a leading global asset management firm with over 3,000 employees across 20 offices in 15 countries; we help millions of investors around the world pursue their financial goals.

We hire critical thinkers. People who thrive in a collaborative culture like ours where we solve real problems while building the future of finance.

You

• Are excited to be part of a vibrant engineering community that values diversity, hard work, and continuous learning.
• Love solving complex real-world business problems.
• Recognize that cross-functional collaboration is a core component of success for the team.
• Believe there are multiple ways to solve most technical problems and are willing to debate the trade-offs.
• Have become a stronger engineer by making mistakes and learning from them.
• Are a doer, someone who wants to grow their career and gain experience across technologies and business functions.

We

• Continuously invest in a high-performance and inclusive culture, in which a diversity of backgrounds, experiences and viewpoints are celebrated and valued.
• Encourage career mobility, so you can benefit from learning different functions and technologies, and we gain the benefits of your experience across teams.
• Run technology pro bono programs that help the non-profit community and give our engineering community opportunities to volunteer and participate.
• Offer education reimbursements and ongoing training in technology, communication, and diversity & inclusion.
• Embrace knowledge sharing through lunch-and-learns, demos, and technical forums.
• Consider our people to be our greatest asset-we will help you learn what PIMCO Technology has to offer so you can participate in activities that benefit your career while delivering impactful technology solutions.

Position Description:

This position involves supporting the Strategy Tagging and Performance Attribution Platforms in the Hedge Fund space at PIMCO. The candidate will do direct user support, talking to portfolio managers and trading assistants. The candidate will also work closely with the developers on the team by creating specifications for new features and enhancements, as well as offering ongoing guidance and training to new and existing staff in developing plans and implementing project objectives.

The candidate will also work with the development and QA teams to ensure the correctness of any changes to the applications.

Responsibilities:

• Develop requirements for new business requests
• Work with the desk to refine the existing tagging workflow and P&L calculations
• Create specifications for developers
• Work with QA team to ensure correctness of application output

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or Computer Science with a 3-5 years of experience in financial services / investment management industry
• Exposure to Buy side performance attribution/evaluation and risk management preferred
• Experience in third party risk and performance software system such as Axioma and FactSet preferred
• Experience in Python preferred
• SQL Experience preferred
• Skilled in Microsoft Excel
• Passing of CFA level 1 preferred
• Be able to independently identify systematic issues and resolve them in a timely manner
• Good communicator capable of working in a geographically diverse environment
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Benefits:

PIMCO is committed to offering a comprehensive portfolio of employee benefits designed to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Benefits vary by location but may include:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Life insurance and travel coverage
• 401(k) (defined contribution) retirement savings, retirement plan, pension contribution from your first day of employment
• Work/life programs such as flexible work arrangements, parental leave and support, employee assistance plan, commuter benefits, health club discounts, and educational/CFA certification reimbursement programs
• Community involvement opportunities with The PIMCO Foundation in each PIMCO office