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
Ares is creating a new team which will govern the firm wide investor financial data. This newly formed team will work with all Ares Fund Accounting teams, Ares Investor Services and third-party fund admins to help ensure consistency and completeness of our investor financial data. The team will also work with various investor facing functions across Ares, such as IR, RM’s, Strategic Partnerships, and Compliance, to build out new reporting dashboards using the data and also act as a central point of contact for any questions these teams may have on the data.
- Build a dynamic, collaborative cross strategy (credit, private equity, real assets, secondaries, and other business lines) Investor Financial Data Governance team
- Build and monitor various control dashboards and reports to ensure completeness and accuracy of data; following up internally and externally to resolve issues
- Act as a central point of contact for all data users for any queries and working with Fund Accounting or third-party fund administrators to resolve issues
- Work with client facing teams to build requirements for additional reporting needs and work with technology teams to build and test new reports before releasing to client facing teams
- Collaborate on various projects as an SME where Investor Data is a key input (e.g., Anaplan, AresIQ, Treasury)
- Identify additional use cases for the data to create efficiencies for downstream teams; ensuring appropriate data checks and controls on data before released to users
Qualifications:
- 7-10 years of relevant professional experience
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
- Strong verbal and written skills; ability to analyze and summarize complex information both verbally and in writing.
- High accuracy and detail orientation; confident decision-making skills
- Experience with fund structures (open and closed ended) and various investor entry points and pass through entities.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
- Ability to multi-task and manage various deadlines.
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Fund accounting experience preferred.
- CPA and/or accounting post grad/MBA preferred.
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and investor reporting needs preferred.
- PowerBI, or other business intelligence tools experience a plus.
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Chief Accounting OfficerCompensation
The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.
$160,000 - $190,000
The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.
Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.
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.
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