Senior Risk Manager - Alternative Funds

at  PIMCO

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.
PIMCO is seeking a senior risk manager based in Luxembourg with a primary focus on Alternatives portfolios across different asset classes (Equity, Credit, Real Estate and others).

Core responsibilities:

• Implementation of the risk management policy and procedures in order to identify, measure, manage and monitor on an on-going basis all risks relevant to the Funds’ investment strategy to which the Funds are or may be exposed. This includes in particular the monitoring of market risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, counterparty risk and operational risk;
• Understanding of risk and performance drivers, monitoring of general market and factor risks across portfolios and highlighting of areas of concern proactively;
• Provision of advice to the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee in relation to the identification of the risk profile of each of the Funds;
• Ensuring that the risk profile of the Funds disclosed to investors is consistent with the risk appetite set by the Board;
• Monitoring compliance with the risk appetite set by the Board and notifying the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee in a timely manner, when it considers a Fund’s risk profile is inconsistent with such risk appetite or sees a material risk that the risk profile will become inconsistent with such risk appetite;
• Provision of reports to the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee in respect of risk management on the consistency between the current levels of risk incurred by each of the Funds and the risk profile of the respective Funds, the adequacy and effectiveness of the risk management process, indicating in particular whether appropriate remedial measures have been taken in the event of any deficiencies;
• Provision of regular reports to the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee outlining the current level of risk incurred by each of the Funds and any actual or foreseeable breaches to their risk appetites, so as to ensure that prompt and appropriate action can be taken.
• Develop and maintain documentation pertaining to the risk management function such as risk policies, procedures, risk registers and risk profiles.
• Responsible for operational risk monitoring, including incidents reporting.

The senior risk manager will also collaborate with the company`s Valuation Committee with a focus on the implementation of the valuation procedures and support in all liquid and illiquid valuation activities. This includes in particular regular reviews of valuations of the assets held by the Funds proposed by valuation advisors or internal PIMCO functions.

It is expected that the senior risk manager will deputize the Conducting Officer and engage with a wide range of internal and external stakeholder across various locations:

• Partner with stakeholders to ensure that relevant risk measures are correctly estimated and aggregated in the portfolios.
• Participate in regular exchanges with internal and external valuation advisors in order to review valuation proposals.
• Support the Conducting Officers on risk- and valuation-related questions.
• Actively seek feedback from other Luxembourg colleagues.

REQUIREMENTS

• Must have a Master’s degree in Business Administration, Finance, Financial Engineering or related quantitative field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in a closely related position in the financial services sector. This must include:
• Applying global macroeconomics, financial analysis, and risk modeling to forecast and evaluate risk; evaluating liquidity, leverage and risks for derivatives products
• Developing analysis/reporting tools in Excel
• Identifying, assessing, and evaluating portfolio risk using a range of quantitative tools and financial risk management techniques, including stress testing, performance attribution, market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty risk, operational risk, and concentration risk.
• Good knowledge of European/Luxembourg the regulatory environment for alternative assets funds (e.g. AIFMD, EMIR, SFDR, ESMA and CSSF Circulars)
• Good understanding of multi-layer structures (SPVs, HoldCos) for alternative funds
• Ability to work to conflicting & demanding deadlines under pressure
• Strong analytical, self-starting, comprehension & problem-solving skills, as well as strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to interact clearly and efficiently with senior individuals and external service providers
• Fluent in English (both written and spoken) – any other European language will be an advantage
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• Implementation of the risk management policy and procedures in order to identify, measure, manage and monitor on an on-going basis all risks relevant to the Funds’ investment strategy to which the Funds are or may be exposed. This includes in particular the monitoring of market risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, counterparty risk and operational risk;
• Understanding of risk and performance drivers, monitoring of general market and factor risks across portfolios and highlighting of areas of concern proactively;
• Provision of advice to the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee in relation to the identification of the risk profile of each of the Funds;
• Ensuring that the risk profile of the Funds disclosed to investors is consistent with the risk appetite set by the Board;
• Monitoring compliance with the risk appetite set by the Board and notifying the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee in a timely manner, when it considers a Fund’s risk profile is inconsistent with such risk appetite or sees a material risk that the risk profile will become inconsistent with such risk appetite;
• Provision of reports to the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee in respect of risk management on the consistency between the current levels of risk incurred by each of the Funds and the risk profile of the respective Funds, the adequacy and effectiveness of the risk management process, indicating in particular whether appropriate remedial measures have been taken in the event of any deficiencies;
• Provision of regular reports to the Board, the Risk Committee, and the Management Committee outlining the current level of risk incurred by each of the Funds and any actual or foreseeable breaches to their risk appetites, so as to ensure that prompt and appropriate action can be taken.
• Develop and maintain documentation pertaining to the risk management function such as risk policies, procedures, risk registers and risk profiles.
• Responsible for operational risk monitoring, including incidents reporting