Associate Portfolio Manager, Core/Core Plus - Lord Abbett.com
Jersey City, NJ 07302
About the Job
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:
Our Core Fixed Income Account team is in search of an Associate Portfolio Manager (APM) to help maximize the performance of our Core and Core Plus account suite. The APM is responsible for maintaining risk exposures, cash levels, and appropriate sector and security allocations across numerous multi-sector accounts. The role provides an opportunity to interact across multiple investment teams and collaborate with client and corporate services in a highly flat and dynamic organization.
We’ll trust you to::- Work closely with the Lead Portfolio Managers to understand their macro-economic views and themes, and ensure those views are reflected appropriately in every account
- Monitor credit, duration, sector and industry risk exposures at the portfolio level
- Model trades across fixed income securities and communicate with traders
- Collaborate closely with the Portfolio Managers and APMs on our sector-focused teams
- Understand client guidelines and preferences, interacting regularly with our client experience professionals
- Ensure the timely and accurate management of all flow activity into and out of accounts
- Develop strong relationships across Investments, Client Services, and Corporate Services
- 4+ years of experience in portfolio analytics or investment management role
- Buy-side experience working in a team-oriented environment is preferred
- Strong organizational skills to work across many accounts and sectors
- Ability to effectively communicate and drive results in a collaborative, team-based, results-oriented environment
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; MBA and/or CFA designation is 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-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 - Embraces our mission: Securing a sustainable future for our clients, people, and 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 $150,000 - $170,000. 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.