Vice President, Counterparty Management & Administration

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. Role SummaryWe are seeking a Counterparty Management & Administration Vice President to join our counterparty relationship and trading documentation team. This team is responsible for facilitating onboarding, trading documentation, KYC, tax documentation, regulatory reporting, and other operational pipeline matters relating to trade setup management. This team plays a critical role in enabling Portfolio Managers to trade across asset classes by ensuring counterparty relationships, legal documentation, and regulatory and operational requirements are fully established prior to account launch. The Vice President will lead and oversee complex, multi-party onboarding and counterparty management initiatives, acting as a key decision-maker and escalation point across internal stakeholders and external counterparties. This role is highly hands-on, requiring deep expertise in trading documentation, strong attention to detail, and sound judgment across products, structures, and onboarding workflows under tight timelines. The role has global coverage across Americas, EMEA, and APAC. In addition to execution, the role carries responsibility for strengthening onboarding processes, improving scalability, and enhancing transparency and control across the function. The individual will also manage direct reports, and oversee offshore and outsourced support, while partnering cross-functionally to ensure trading readiness and manage operational risk. LocationNew York, NY ResponsibilitiesThe key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: Counterparty Onboarding & Documentation * Lead and own the end-to-end trading counterparty onboarding process across products and account structures * Assess trading requirements and ensure proper documentation, legal agreements, and operational setup are in place prior to trading * Oversee setup, negotiation, and maintenance of counterparty agreements, ISDA, CSA, MSFTA, GMRA/MRA, and other documentation * Ensure alignment between account structure, legal documentation, regulatory requirements and intended trading activity. Tax, KYC & Regulatory Coordination * Ensure required tax documentation and onboarding requirements are completed accurately and on a timely basis, supporting both initial setup and ongoing maintenance, and helping prevent delays or disruptions to trading * Coordinate and monitor ongoing investigations and resolution of withholding tax issues to eliminate or mitigate impact * Oversee KYC / AML / Customer Due Diligence requirements and related refresh processes Stakeholder Management & Execution * Drive execution across global teams and time zones, ensuring seamless coordination, clear ownership, and continuity of onboarding activities across regions * Drive coordination across internal teams, including Legal, Account Management, Portfolio Management, Operations, Transitions, Collateral, and Tax * Act as primary escalation point for complex onboarding issues, documentatio