2026 Summer Intern Alternatives Business Management Analyst
PIMCO · Newport Beach, California, USA
- Full-time
About the role
2026 Summer Internship – Alternatives Business Management Intern
Internship positions are located at PIMCO's Newport Beach, CA Headquarters. You're eligible to apply if you:
- Pursuing an undergraduate degree
- Must be able to begin full time employment from a PIMCO office between January 2027 – August 2027
- Must be enrolled at a university during the Fall 2026 semester (August 2026 – December 2026)
- Have a minimum 3.2 cumulative collegiate grade point average on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent) at an accredited 4-year college or university
- Are business proficient in English
You'll excel as an Alternatives Business Management Intern if you:
- Enjoy working collaboratively across the organization to resolve issues
- Outstanding analytical and problem solving skills
- Well-refined communications skills. Can articulate ideas and strategies clearly, both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to work effectively on multiple projects simultaneously
Experience in the following is a plus:
- Excel, SQL, Business Objects, Bloomberg, iLEVEL, PowerBI, and Deal Cloud
Preferred but not required:
- buy or sell side trade room, private equity and/or real estate, legal and/or compliance, product and/or project managment related experience
See yourself as an Alternatives Business Management Intern:
Since launching its first opportunistic credit vehicles over 15 years ago, PIMCO has developed a significant presence in both alternative credit and private investment strategies. Our strategies include those that seek to identify value primarily in listed securities, relying on fundamental and capital structure analysis, and also strategies that seek to privately finance the debt and equity needs of companies, asset holders, and origination platforms. We invest globally across commercial and residential real estate and mortgage credit, performing and distressed corporate debt, and specialty finance markets. As an Alternatives Business Management Intern, you will support the smooth operation of PIMCO's alternatives business across relevant funds and accounts. You will work closely with portfolio managers to deliver relevant data and analytics to support decision‑making. You will also support transformative strategic initiatives that are being led by the team.
Alts Business Management Responsibilities:
- Business Management & Administration: Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting: manage critical reporting, forecasting, capacity analysis, and budgeting for the alternatives business
- Business Administration: manage the administrative system that guides day‑to‑day operations for our global alternatives business
- Strategic Initiatives: develop and manage strategic initiatives that allow PIMCO's alternatives business to scale, achieve its goals, and mitigate risk
- Solutions Management: create innovative solutions that are standardized, scalable, sustainable, singular, and secure
- Project Management: lead complex projects that have large cross functional teams
- Individual Contributor: Alternatives Business Management will also often act as individual contributors on the initiatives it spearheads and oversees
- Governance and Administration: oversee the Governance and Administration of Alts fund policies & procedures, processes, and transaction management in US & Europe.
- Transaction Management / Deal Execution: manage and oversee transactions throughout the deal lifecycle in order to maximize efficiencies and minimize delays
While our eligibility requirements are not flexible, we encourage you to apply even if you do not possess 100% of the desired skills outlined above.
The PIMCO Internship Experience:
The PIMCO Internship Program runs between Monday, June 8th – Friday, August 14th with the expectation that you will be available for the full duration of the program During Week 1, you'll participate in PIMCO Fundamentals Training, providing you with the skills, knowledge, and relationships that will prepare you for success Alongside your colleagues, participate in PIMCO's Global Month of Volunteering , developed to heighten the impact of our employees' worldwide volunteer efforts Join us for a variety of cross-divisional education, networking & social events! Your supervisor, peer…
