Senior Accountant - 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.

Are you a seasoned accountant with a passion for precision and a knack for navigating complex transactions? Join our dynamic team at PIMCO, a global leader in investment management, as a Senior G/L Accountant. In this role, you will be at the heart of our financial operations, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of our general ledger accounting for multiple entities. This is your opportunity to make a significant impact by preparing, processing, auditing, and reporting monthly and quarterly accruals, and handling general ledger entries for our global offices.

At PIMCO, we pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative and innovative environment where your expertise will be valued, and your contributions will drive our success. As a Senior G/L Accountant, you will work closely with various departments, leveraging your skills to support complex and industry-specialized transactions. Your role will be crucial in helping us maintain our reputation for excellence and reliability in the financial industry.

About you

If the following qualities resonate with you, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity. At PIMCO, we offer a dynamic work environment where you will have the chance to make a meaningful impact:

• Strong analytical skills: You can dissect complex financial data and provide actionable insights.
• Solid understanding of financial principles: You know your way around financial statements and economic concepts.
• Collaborative spirit: You thrive in team settings and can work seamlessly with different teams and stakeholders.
• Deadline management: You excel in fast-paced environments and can juggle multiple deadlines with ease.
• High attention to detail: You ensures accuracy in every task you undertake.
• Self-motivation and innovation: You are driven, always looking for better ways to solve problems.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills: You can articulate your ideas clearly and find solutions to challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Data Management: Gather data from various sources on a monthly and quarterly basis to update journal entries, accruals, and amortizations, and load them into the general ledger.
• Currency Analysis: Analyze journal entries in multiple foreign currencies generated by third-party bookkeeping firms, communicate any issues, and monitor resolution.
• Financial Analysis: Perform financial statement analysis, including month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter, and year-over-year variance analysis, and provide detailed explanations.
• Account Reconciliation: Prepare monthly account reconciliations to detail records or sub-ledgers, proactively monitor pending items, perform follow-up as necessary, identify issues, and make corrections.
• Automation Projects: Participate in automation projects, including data clean-up, data preparation, testing, and documentation.
• Audit Support: Prepare and provide requested support documentation to manager, and internal and external auditors.
• Team Collaboration: Assist team members and offshore internal/external accountants as needed.
• Continuous Learning: Show willingness to learn new tools, including coding languages, and work on ad-hoc projects as needed.

Qualifications Professional Skills Requirements

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in accounting or a related discipline.
• Experience: Minimum of five years of corporate accounting experience.
• Technical Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel skills (Pivot tables, VLOOKUP, and higher-level functions). Prior experience with large ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, or PeopleSoft; SAP experience is preferred.
• Accounting Knowledge: Strong understanding and experience using Accounting Principles.
• Multicurrency and Intercompany Transactions: Prior work experience with intercompany and multicurrency transactions is preferred.
• Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to effectively and autonomously problem-solve.
• Attention to Detail: Exhibit meticulous attention to detail and proactively seek clarification or assistance when needed.
• Communication Skills: Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage professionally and succinctly with all levels across the firm.
• Quality Commitment: Strong commitment to providing quality work, ensuring it is delivered completely, accurately, and timely.
• Interpersonal Skills: Ability to respond effectively to inquiries from various levels of management and maintain good working relationships with internal and external contacts.
• Time Management and Organizational Skills: Strong sense of urgency and ability to organize and prioritize tasks, including handling multiple tasks with strict and competing deadlines.
• Team Collaboration: Ability to collaborate and contribute in a team environment as well as independently to accomplish business objectives.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to shifting priorities, manage deadlines, and support initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Learning Agility: Adaptable to learn new processes, concepts, and skills.
• Proactivity: Proactive with process improvement and able to embrace change and new technology.
• PIMCO Values: Committed to PIMCO's values: Collaboration, Openness, Responsibility, and Excellence, which allow us to bring the best to our clients and each other.

Join us at PIMCO and be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and collaboration. Apply today to take your career to the next level!

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: $ 88,000.00 - $ 97,000.00

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement

PIMCO recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, national origin, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender (including gender identity and expression), age, military or veteran status, disability (physical or mental), any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other basis such as medical condition, or marital status under applicable laws.

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