Technology Credit Research Analyst

The Role

About Lord Abbett:

Founded in 1929, Lord Abbett is an independent firm with a singular focus on the management of money. Over the course of our history, we’ve earned a sterling reputation for our leadership, influence, and innovation in the asset management industry. Today, our independent perspective, our commitment to active management, and our intelligent product design continue to make us relevant to individual and institutional investors.

From the very beginning, we’ve recognized that our people are our greatest asset. As an investment-led, investor-focused firm, we value intellectual curiosity, teamwork, and collaboration across the organization.

We’re looking for people with a keen interest in working for a trusted leader in the asset management industry, a desire to expand their knowledge, and a passion for delivering a client experience that exceeds expectations.

Now that you know our history, are you ready to be part of our future?

Job Overview:

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.

• 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

• 10-15 years of credit analysis experience covering fundamental industry trends and companies within the Technology Sector
• Excellent quantitative, qualitative and investment management skills
• Experience analyzing credits across the credit spectrum (IG, HY and loans)
• Some buy-side experience working in a team-oriented environment is preferred
• BA/BS degree required
• MBA degree, CFA designation viewed positively, but not required

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 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 $XX,XXX - $XX,XXX. 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

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