Vice President, Quantitative Research Greater Santa Ana, CA Area

The Company is seeking a Vice President of Quantitative Research to support its alternatives investment team in evaluating specialty finance opportunities. Responsibilities include sourcing and analyzing consumer loan pools and other specialty finance assets, monitoring portfolio performance, and developing consumer credit outlooks and market insights. The role also involves researching esoteric asset classes and collaborating with cross-functional teams to strengthen investment strategies and risk management. The successful candidate will partner with investment professionals and apply empirical analysis to support underwriting and deal decisions. Candidates should have an advanced degree in a quantitative discipline and at least two years of front-office quantitative experience. Required qualifications include expertise in statistical modeling for consumer credit, strong foundations in financial mathematics, probability, and statistics, and programming skills in Python or similar scripting languages. Experience analyzing large datasets with R, SAS, Python, and SQL is expected; familiarity with bond cash-flow modeling is an advantage. Strong communication, attention to detail, accountability, collaboration, and the ability to explain complex analysis to investment and technology colleagues are also important.

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PIMCO