Associate, Asset Management

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

Reporting relationships

Reports to: Senior Associate

Supervises: N/A

Primary functions & responsibilities

The Associate will work in the Asian Credit group, and the incumbent will handle a certain distinct allocated list of investments and shall perform the following activities for that account.

Asset Management

• Primary responsibility is to monitor the assigned private credit and/or structured equity investments
• Prepare periodic monitoring memo and maintain financial models for assigned investments.
• Collaborate with the deal team on quarterly valuation exercises and expected cash flow modelling for assigned investments.
• Undertake valuation of investments, assess and update valuation methodologies as investments evolve through their lifecycle, and draft valuation commentaries and supporting reports in conjunction with portfolio managers.
• Support ad hoc requests, including but not limited to - supporting the deal team in parts for the new deal analysis, data initiatives and process improvement projects.
• Ensure data integrity across various systems and reporting processes, including troubleshooting data-related issues and discrepancies.
• Collaborate and develop strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across Asset Management, Investment Teams, Finance, Operations, Legal and Compliance.

Investor Relations

• Produce monthly and quarterly portfolio reporting materials for investors, working closely with Asset Management and Finance teams to collate relevant information.
• Support the Investor Relations team in responding to investor questionnaires, due diligence requests and ad hoc information requests from existing and prospective investors.
• Assist in the preparation and review of investor presentations and portfolio-related reporting materials.

Qualifications

Education:

• Education: CA / MBA

Experience Required:  

• 3-5 years of experience.

General Requirements:

• Advanced MS Excel modeling skills
• Intermediate MS PowerPoint skills
• Knowledge and experience of corporate debt structure and leverage loans is a plus.
• Self-motivated and driven; ability to work effectively in a collegial, fast moving, demanding, and dynamic environment
• Creative problem solver – Ability to work through kinks in a process as opposed to getting stuck.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Ability to communicate direct and succinct statuses on projects and deliverables
• Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness

Reporting Relationships

Principal, Credit - Portfolio Management

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.