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Principal, Core, US Direct Lending PMG
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 seeking an Associate for our Direct Lending Portfolio Management department.The associate role is within the robust Direct Lending Portfolio Management
team
, which focuses on portfolio monitoring, valuation, analytics, and restructurings. The role includes the primary functions and responsibilities listed below and enables the Associate to
have interaction with
various other departments across the firm including deal teams, investor relations, accounting, finance, operations, and performance.
Primary Functions and Responsibilities
- Monitor and manage 15-20 assigned corporate debt and equity
- investments
- Provide direct support to deal teams as necessary including assisting with re-underwrites, amendments, diligence on opportunities with active investments, and
- assisting
- with the preparation of investment committee
- memos
- General portfolio management including quarterly valuation and
- reporting
- Communicate with portfolio company management teams and sponsors to
- assist
- with the detailed monitoring of the portfolio (hold lender calls and diligence calls, attend board meetings, etc.)
- Utilize firm's proprietary software tools for company tracking of
- KPIs
- Perform mark-to-market quarter end
- valuations
- Analyze portfolio trends and track relevant current market
- activities
- Develop and produce periodic and ad hoc reports and presentations for both internal (investment team, senior management, board of directors, investor relations) and external target audiences (investors, limited partners)
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree or international equivalent
- 2
- -
- 3
- years of finance or accounting experience with exposure to valuation methods
- required
- Advanced MS Excel modeling skills (v-lookup, macros, and pivot tables)
- Beginning to intermediate MS PowerPoint skills
- Self-motivated and driven ability to work effectively in a collegial, fast moving, demanding, and dynamic
- environment
- Creative problem solver
- Exceptional interpersonal skills
- Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness
Reporting Relationships
Compensation
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.
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.