Technology Credit Research Analyst

The Role

We are looking to expand our 30 person credit research team by adding a Research Analyst to cover corporate credits within the Technology Sector. This individual will be part of the Global Credit Research Team and will interact with investment professionals across our taxable fixed income mandates.

We’ll trust you to:

• Conduct detailed regional, industry and company fundamental analysis for industries within the Technology Sector
• Identify primary and secondary investment opportunities and make investment recommendations to portfolio managers across various mandates, including investment grade, high yield, leveraged loans and alternatives
• Support ideas with rigorous analysis and publication of detailed investment recommendations
• Build and maintain industry and company financial models
• Communicate and develop relationships with issuer management teams, sell-side professionals, legal and restructuring professionals, and private equity sponsors
• Analyze and help develop credit documents such as loan agreements, amendments, and security agreements

You'll need to have:

• 7 years of buy-side credit analysis experience
• Excellent quantitative, qualitative and investment management skills
• Experience analyzing credits across the credit spectrum (IG, HY and loans)
• BA/BS degree required
• MBA degree, CFA designation viewed positively, but not required

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-Based - 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 instill a passion for always putting our clients' interests first. 

We were honored to be ranked #1 in Barron’s Best Fund Families for 2024 and to have earned recognition as one of the Best Places to Work in Money Management by Pensions & Investments for five consecutive years.

Compensation Information: Annual base salary for this role is $200,000 - $250,000. 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.

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Salary : $200,000 - $250,000