Managing Director, Ares Asia
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
Summary
- Ares Asia is currently searching for a highly motivated, detail-oriented team player to join as a VP in Ares Asia Credit Group specializing in Asset Management and Investor Relations for their offices in Asia, with a Pan-Asian presence, Ares Asia, headquartered in Hong Kong is one of the largest credit-focused alternative investment managers in Asia-Pacific, leveraging its broad geographical footprint, extensive infrastructure in the region and the experience of its team that has invested through multiple economic cycles in Asia, Ares Asia makes credit, private equity and special situations investment through its local originating presence across Asia-Pacific on behalf of its institutional client base.
- This individual will be working closely with the HK-based Asset Management and Investor Relations group to provide investor relations and presentation support, monitoring of allocated portfolio of investments in conjunction with investment teams across Asia and Australia, addressing investor information requests and market/competitor research analysis. He/she must have strong organizational, interpersonal, quantitative and analytical skills and must be able to meet deadline requirements.
Primary responsibilities
- The VP will work in the Asian Credit group and support senior leadership in Asset Management / Investor Relations in providing information and expertise on firm strategies and investment performance to clients. The individual will assist in producing fund reporting for investors on a monthly, quarterly and ad hoc basis, as well as updating market and fund specific data within existing materials.
- The VP role will also have team management responsibilities as a Team Lead in addition to the requirements mentioned below.
- The incumbent will handle certain distinct allocated list of investments and shall perform the following activities for that account. The Team shall have the following responsibilities
Asset Management
- Preparation of monthly, quarterly and year-end fund reporting materials as well as ad-hoc requests
- Maintain the Ares Asia Direct Lending / Secured Loan Obligations / Special Sits investment track record and performance analytics
- Collaborate and develop strong working relationships with all internal subject matter experts of the Firm (portfolio management, business development, Finance and operations)
- Data Integrity and Analysis Ensure that data properly flows from various systems and troubleshoot issues
- Undertake valuation of various investments, evaluate and revise the methodologies as the investments develop and evolve during the life cycle of investment, draft/finalize valuation commentaries and reports in conjunction with the portfolio managers.
- Conduct stress tests / sensitivity analysis of the portfolio based on various macro events
- Undertake business improvement and transformation projects to improve the asset management function for Ares Asia
Investor Relations (IR)
- Interface and develop strong working relationships with all internal subject matter experts of the Firm (primarily Asset Management and Finance, as well as Operations, Legal, Compliance)
- Produce monthly/quarterly portfolio reports for investors, working with investment team, Finance and Asset Management teams to collate relevant data
- Support the IR team at head office to create responses to investor questionnaires, due diligence and ad hoc requests for existing and potential investors
- Take on ad hoc projects and support all other teammates with their work as needed
Education
- 13 + years of relevant experience with strong academic performance
Experience Required
- Fixed income or loan/credit experience required
- Experience in handling team
General Requirements
Skills/Abilities
- Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and represent the Firm in a professional manner
- Exceptional attention to detail, placing a high priority on accuracy and organization
- Proficiency in financial modelling, report writing and quantitative analysis skills
- Highly proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel
- Problem solver with ability to research solutions and suggest resolutions
- Highly motivated self-starter with the ability to set priorities, multi-task and monitor own workload to meet aggressive deadlines
- Takes initiative and has a strong work ethic
- Creative, ready to think outside the box and add input to improving existing workflows
- Demonstrated experience working in a team environment with multiple tasks
- Leadership skills to handle mid to large teams
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.