Associate, Asset Management

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.

Experience Level

Mid Level