The Role

Lord Abbett is seeking an Alternatives Operations Lead to engage with senior leaders across the organization in developing and supporting Lord Abbett’s growing Alternative’s franchise including but not limited to Private Credit, CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans. The successful candidate will be at the forefront of the Operational strategy and will play a key role in driving efficient implementation and oversight of new Alternative investments with Lord Abbett’s key strategic partners across front, middle and back-office operations. The candidate will also be versed in a broad set of technology capabilities supporting Alternatives. 

We’ll trust you to:

• Lead a team of operations associates focused on Alternative Products including training and onboarding of new resources
• Provide hands on Alternative Operations support for the organization (Ex. capital calls, deal closings, leverage maintenance, asset monitoring) and be responsible for the operations workflows
• Evaluate various alternative investment products & utilization within funds
• Lead future state model design, document workflows and build efficient operating model jointly with Strategic Partners
• Align with Product and Investments in support of Alternatives Operations
• Provide oversight and serve as point of escalation with key Strategic Partner providing middle and back-office services
• Influence oversight models with key Strategic Partner as well as additional third-party providers
• Effectively communicate to all levels of the organization including executive leadership
• Support trade life cycle for broadly syndicated bank loans
• Provide business analysis skills to capture business and technical requirements in support of solution designs
• Assist with deal life-cycle events including restructurings

You'll need to have:

• Ability to build & manage a team of people and build effective relationships with Alternative leadership teams
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with strategic partners
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills
• Analyze data to evaluate risk and drive decisions
• Experience in delivering meaningful solutions to process design including leveraging new technology capabilities
• Demonstrated ability in identifying and resolving complex problems
• Experience in building and documenting operational processes and controls
• Experience managing internal stakeholders as well as to executive levels
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, advance degree preferred
• Background in Finance or Accounting
• 7 years buy-side Operations experience with direct engagement supporting Alternative investments
• Thorough understanding of Alternatives life-cycle events across multiple products including but not limited to Private Credit, CLOs and Broadly Syndicated Loans
• Knowledge of Alternatives platforms

Why Lord Abbett?

Lord Abbett is a leading global independent, privately held investment management company. We are active managers and invest where we believe we have a repeatable edge and can deliver alpha for our clients. Our vision is to be the most respected asset manager in the world, admired for our people, our performance, our relationships, and our organizational agility. This inspires the three pillars of our culture.

• Principles-Led:We empower our leaders to create an environment of trust.
• Performance-Oriented: We inspire our people to embody our values, excellence, responsibility, transparency & collaboration.
• Purpose-Driven:We embrace our mission, securing a sustainable future for our clients, our people, and our world.

We are honored to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments and scored 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, a measure of LGBTQ workplace equality. 

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $160,000 - $190,000. Salary is estimated for this role. Actual pay may be different.

Discretionary Bonus: Role may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus. Discretionary bonuses are determined by several factors including, but not limited to, firm, team, and individual performance. 

Benefits: Lord Abbett is committed to offering a competitive total rewards package to all eligible employees. Offerings include competitive total compensation, retirement plans, competitive health and well-being plans. To learn more about what we offer, please visit Careers | Lord Abbett

Lord Abbett is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to the following legally protected characteristics: race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, sexual identity, caregiver status, military/veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law. All employment decisions at Lord Abbett are based solely on the applicant’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.