Vice President, Credit
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
Role summary
- This position presents candidates with a unique opportunity to join a growing group that offers significant exposure to all phases of the Direct Lending process.
- The incumbent will provide support for monitoring corporate debt and equity investments, including quarterly valuation and reporting, as well as support Ares ongoing fund raising and investor relationship effort.
- Strong analytical and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work well with limited supervision are of critical importance
Primary responsibilities
- The incumbe will provide support for the monitoring of Ares US Direct Lending Group corporate debt and equity investments, including general portfolio management, quarterly valuation and reporting, supporting the potential restructuring of investments with senior investment professionals, as well as supporting ongoing fund raising and existing investor relationship efforts.
- This position will be based in Mumbai.
Key responsibilities include
- Core responsibility for monitoring corporate debt and equity investments
- Providing assistance to deal teams with assigned investments and general portfolio managementincluding quarterly valuation and reporting
- Supporting potential restructuring with detailed Excel financial models including cash flow analysis,and related capital structure re- structuring analysis
- Communicating with portfolio company management
- Utilizing firm's proprietary software tools for company tracking
- Performing and helping manage mark-to-market quarter end valuations and process
- Analyzing portfolio trends and market leverage and price development
Another key responsibility is supporting Ares ongoing fund raising and existing investor relationship effort.
- Maintaining and developing Ares investment track record
- Assisting in investors presentations and queries
- Additional duties include providing direct support as deemed necessary by senior management
General requirements
- Self-motivated and driven ability to work effectively in a collegial, fast moving,demanding, and dynamic environment
- Experience with asset management systems or other relational databases
- Experience at a regional, national, or global financial services firm
- Experience with US capital markets
- Self-starter, exceptional communication, and organizational skills necessary
- Ability to work independently as well as with the team
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and computer literacy
- Knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook
- Creative problem solver
Required experience
- CA / MBA with 3 to 5 years of experience
Reporting Relationships
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.