Institutional Analytics Manager

Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Lord Abbett & Co. LLC is seeking an experienced analytics professional to advance the institutional business through data-driven insights and domain expertise.

You will own the Institutional Client Master data domain knowledge and partner with Relationship Management, Consultant Relations, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Technology to drive strategy and execution. Responsibilities include delivering recurring and ad hoc analytics on client flows, assets, and engagement, building dashboards

Qualifications

• 5+ years' analytics, data strategy, or BI experience in asset management or financial services.
• Advanced Excel skills; strong SQL and data visualization tooling familiarity.
• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, Finance, Economics, or related field; advanced degree a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own authoritative domain knowledge of the Institutional Client Master, including client hierarchies, attributes, identifiers, and data quality standards.
• Serve as the primary analytics partner for Institutional teams, delivering recurring and ad hoc insights on flows, assets, pipeline activity, client engagement, and business performance.
• Design, develop, and maintain institutional dashboards and analytical products using tools such as Power BI, SQL, and Excel.
• Translate complex institutional business questions into structured analytical approaches and actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
• Present insights, findings, and recommendations clearly to senior leaders, including sales leadership and Executive Management.

Skills

SQL

Analytics

Stakeholder management

Independent work

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Analytics/Finance/Economics/Data Analytics

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Excel

Job description

The Role

This role will play a critical role in advancing Lord Abbett’s institutional business through high-impact analytics, data stewardship, and domain expertise. This role is primarily responsible for generating insightful analytics for institutional clients and prospects and for owning institutional client master data domain knowledge. The position partners closely with institutional relationship managers, consultant relations, client services, marketing, finance, and technology teams to enable data-driven strategy and execution.

We’ll trust you to:

• Own authoritative domain knowledge of the Institutional Client Master, including client hierarchies, attributes, identifiers, and data quality standards.
• Serve as the primary analytics partner for Institutional teams, delivering recurring and ad hoc insights on flows, assets, pipeline activity, client engagement, and business performance.
• Design, develop, and maintain institutional dashboards and analytical products using tools such as Power BI, SQL, and Excel.
• Translate complex institutional business questions into structured analytical approaches and actionable insights for senior stakeholders.
• Partner with Relationship Management, Consultant Relations, Operations and Sales leadership to support client strategy, client reviews, business execution and opportunity identification.
• Collaborate with Finance and FP&A to assess institutional business profitability, product mix, fee dynamics, and strategic initiatives.
• Identify data gaps, quality issues, and process inefficiencies within institutional data and lead or support remediation efforts.
• Work with Data Engineering and Technology teams to enhance institutional data pipelines, models, and semantic layers.
• Conduct market, peer, and client segmentation analysis to support institutional growth initiatives and marketing campaign planning.
• Present insights, findings, and recommendations clearly to senior leaders, including sales leadership and Executive Management.
• Support enterprise data governance initiatives with a specific focus on institutional data standards and definitions.

You'll need to have:

• 5+ years of experience in analytics, data strategy, or business intelligence within asset management or financial services, with institutional exposure strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and willingness to learn complex data and reporting flows.
• Service‑oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment while collaborating across teams.
• Strong proficiency in SQL
• 2-3 years of experience using data visualization tools such as Power BI or Tableau.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Understanding of institutional asset management concepts including mandates, consultants, platforms, and client structures.
• Demonstrated ability to manage data domains or act as a subject matter expert for core business datasets.
• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, Finance, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related field; advanced degree a plus.

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 have been ranked #1 in Barron’s Best Fund Families for 2024 and 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 $145,000 - $160,000. 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 visitCareers | 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.