General Ledger Reporting Associate

Associate, GL Reporting

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

Primary functions & responsibilities

• Support the expense accounting process, including preparation of analyses and schedules to track expense trends and variances.
• Assist in monthly close activities for domestic and international entities, including preparation and posting of journal entries and supporting documentation.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of reconciling items.
• Support reconciliations related to accruals, prepaid expenses, deferred rent, intangible assets, goodwill, and other balance sheet accounts.
• Assist with expense and non‑operating income allocations, foreign currency revaluation support, and related close analyses.
• Support the debt roll‑forward process by preparing schedules and reconciling balances to source documentation.
• Fixed Assets Accounting:
  • Support the full fixed asset lifecycle, including processing subledger additions, retirements, and transfers.
  • Prepare monthly and ad‑hoc journal entries, A/P voucher corrections, and fixed asset account reconciliations.
  • Assist in preparing support schedules and analyses related to capitalized costs.
• Assist with quarterly analysis and forecast reports, including reviewing quarterly leadsheets and forecast analysis prepared by team members.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders such as fund accounting teams, business partners, and shared service teams to validate coding, allocations, and accounting treatments.
• Assist with audit requests and queries by preparing supporting schedules, documentation, and responses.
• Assist with intercompany transactions, including preparation and posting of offsetting entries and intercompany invoices.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives, documentation, and ad hoc projects as assigned.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and applicable accounting standards.

qualifications

Education:

•  Chartered Accountant with post-qualification experience of 3 to 6 years or equivalent financial degrees, looking for relevant experience.

Experience Required:  

• Strong technical accounting knowledge- BS, expenses, accruals, reconciliations, MIS reporting, allocations, inter-company transactions
• Financial services/ asset management organization experience is good to have
• Strong analysis and understanding of financial statements required
• US GAAP knowledge will be preferred
• Good knowledge of Oracle will be preferred

General Requirements:

• Excellent communication and e-mail writing skills.
• Strong proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion, OneStream, TrinTech, Power BI a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail but can still see big picture.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Skilled in identifying problems and developing effective solutions.

Reporting Relationships

Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

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

Senior Level