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 and essential responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supervise analysts and associates
• Provide ongoing oversite and review of the monthly, quarterly, and annual valuation process for the private equity secondary funds as well a publicly traded Regulated Investment Company (“RIC”)
• Reconcile and analyze valuation changes and drivers across portfolio investments over time
• Liaise with onshore and offshore internal resources, fund administrators and auditors to meet monthly, quarterly and annual reporting deadlines
• Work closely with finance operations and Investment Management in reviewing and managing monthly investment valuations in order to meet financial reporting deadlines
• Oversee and review monthly valuations
• Preparation of quarterly and other ad-hoc materials for board of directors and valuation committee
• Support portfolio management including diversification, performance, and other complex analytics
• Provide data for investor presentations and fundraising efforts
• Participate in firm initiatives and team specific projects for process improvements

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or economics with record of high academic achievement
• MBA or Masters Degree in Accounting is a plus

Experience Required:  

• 8+ years’ experience in Private Equity/Private Real Estate investment analysis, accounting, or related field
• Strong understanding of US GAAP Fair Value principles applied to secondaries valuation and RICs
• Understanding of complex waterfalls and incentive fee calculations
• Strong staff oversite and development of junior resources
• Ability to work both independently and as a productive member of a team
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and deliver high quality deliverables
• Experience with implementation of new processes and technology
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint is required.
• Experience with other technologies such as eFront (or similar), Workiva, PowerBI, and Power-automate.

Reporting Relationships

Compensation

$180,000 - $200,000

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.