Senior Associate, Fund Treasury

The Role

We are seeking a highly motivated, technically strong and collaborative professional to join Global Fund Finance as a Senior Fund Administrator. This individual will play a key role in strengthening Lord Abbett’s risk-based fund oversight model across financial reporting, regulatory reporting, NAV oversight, service-provider governance, and strategic fund initiatives.

The successful candidate will be expected to operate as a senior member of the Fund Treasury team, bringing strong technical knowledge, sound judgment, analytical discipline and the ability to work effectively across internal teams, service providers, auditors and other stakeholders.

• Fund Treasury oversight and governance:
• • Support and enhance a robust, risk-based fund oversight model across U.S. mutual funds, interval funds, offshore/UCITS vehicles and other fund structures, as applicable.
  • Perform and/or oversee analytical reviews of fund operations, including daily and monthly NAV oversight, fund expenses, distributions, borrowing/leverage facilities, reconciliations, and other key fund administration controls.
  • Oversee State Street and Brown Brothers Harriman (accounting agents) in administering the day-to-day operations of the funds including overseeing NAV calculations and reviews of key reconciliations.
  • Coordinate and/or review fund-of-fund trade activity
• Financial and regulatory reporting:
  • Lead or support risk-based reviews of fund financial statements, tailored shareholder reports and related disclosure documents.
  • Review fund-related SEC filings, which may include Forms N-PORT, N-CEN, N-CSR, N-MFP, prospectuses, Statements of Additional Information and other regulatory filings.
  • Support disclosure controls and procedures in connection with Principal Financial Officer/Principal Executive Officer certifications.
• Strategic initiatives and product support:
  • Support new product launches, fund reorganizations, mergers, liquidations, share class launches, fee changes and other product or business initiatives.
• Process improvement, automation and scalability
  • Assist in the identification of opportunities to streamline, standardize and automate manual or duplicative processes across Fund Treasury.
  • Help build dashboards, metrics, exception reporting, workflow tools, issue trackers and reporting routines that improve transparency and accountability.

• 5-10+ years of relevant experience in asset management, mutual fund administration, fund accounting, financial reporting, regulatory reporting, fund audit and/or related fund oversight roles.
• Working knowledge of registered investment companies and U.S. GAAP for investment companies, with a desire to continue developing technical expertise.
• Experience supporting or reviewing fund financial statements, tailored shareholder reports, SEC filings and/or disclosure controls.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to identify issues, assess risk, evaluate downstream implications and recommend practical solutions.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a cross functional team.
• Strong written, verbal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate complex technical matters clearly.
• Proficiency with Excel; experience with Power BI, data analytics, dashboarding, workflow tools or automation initiatives preferred.