Associate, Credit - Portfolio Management

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:

• We are currently seeking a candidate for the position of Associate within our European Direct Lending Group focusing on Portfolio Management.

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills as well as the ability to work well with limited supervision are of critical importance.

• 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 Associate will provide support for monitoring European corporate debt and equity investments, including quarterly valuation and reporting, as well as support Ares ongoing fund raising and investor relationship effort.

Primary responsibilities:

The Associate will provide support for the monitoring of Ares Direct Lending Group European 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.

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 ,

• Performing detailed financial and market research and analysis that forms the basis for decisions onnew debt and/or equity investments of the firm,

• Additional duties include providing direct support as deemed necessary by senior management.

Experience required:

• 6 - 9 years of relevant investment banking / fund / advisor experience

General Requirements:

• Self-motivated and driven; ability to work effectively in a collegial, fast moving, demanding, anddynamic environment

• Attention to details

• Creative problem solver

• Good team player

• Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness

• Advanced MS Excel modelling skills

• Advanced MS PowerPoint skills

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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.