Treasury Analyst

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:

Lord Abbett is seeking a talented and experienced finance professional to join our team as a Treasury Analyst. Treasury is responsible for maintaining the firm’s financial stability through oversight of its balance sheet, liquidity, and capital resources consistent with enterprise objectives and initiatives. Reporting to the Treasurer, the Treasury Analyst will play a key role in this evolving team in its journey towards becoming a world-class function and strategic partner for the firm.
The Analyst will support the Treasurer and the broader Treasury team in all aspects of our mandate, including but not limited to liquidity, capital, seed investments, fund financing, hedging, forecasting, reconciliations, payments and receivables. This role will work with key stakeholders across the firm including the CFO, the broader Finance team, Client Services, Product Strategy, Investments, Legal, Risk and technology partners.

• Perform daily and monthly cash management activities, such as cash reconciliation, external and intercompany payment flows, reporting and booking of accruals.
• Facilitate the firm’s seed capital strategy through daily portfolio & hedge monitoring, trade execution, reporting and analytical capabilities.
• Administer and enhance forecasting models to enable senior management to make key decisions of the firm’s balance sheet including capital structure optimization, liquidity risks and cost of capital.
• Support our institutional & SMA businesses by calculating management & performance fees, invoicing clients, performing account maintenance, and delivering value-added analytics & management reporting dashboards to Client Services.
• Proactively seek opportunities to collaborate with technology and business partners to modernize processes, create efficiencies through automation and adopt new technologies.
• Create presentations & reporting dashboards for senior stakeholders such as the Managing Partner, CFO & other key leaders.
• Conduct ad-hoc analyses in support of the firm’s strategic projects, including financial modeling for new business opportunities.
• Establish, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, and controls to ensure adherence to company principles and bes-in-class standards.

• 2-4 years of experience in the asset management or financial services industry
• Requires a solid understanding of accounting and financial reporting, particularly as it relates to the balance sheet and cash flow statement.
• Self-motivated individual with proven ability to work efficiently, effectively, and proactively both as part of a team and independently in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with demonstrated intellectual and analytical rigor as well as the ability to translate these complex analytical concepts into straightforward messages to enable strategic decision-making.
• Intellectual curiosity and desire for continual personal and professional growth, with high standards of quality.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Technical skills include: demonstrated proficiency and expertise with Microsoft applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Power BI); experience using treasury management systems and data visualization (e.g. Tableau) tools; familiarity with programming languages such as SQL, Python, SAS is desirable but not required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or similar areas of study.