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
Primary functions and essential responsibilities
- Work directly with senior investment professionals on new and existing deals
- Interact with investee companies and other industry participants to manage investment positions and gather industry insights
- Research, compile industry data and understand industry trends and competitive dynamics
- Collect company level operational and financial data
- Analyze financial statements
- Build and update detailed financial models for companies
- Perform valuation using different methodologies
- Identify potential investment risks and consider potential mitigants
- Distill the insights of analysis and present investment recommendations
- Prepare Investment Committee (IC) memorandums
- Participate in meetings with investee companies and with the in-house investment committee
- Handle other ad-hoc projects
Qualifications
Education:
- 1 – 3yrs of work experience working in consulting firms, investment banking or funds (private credit, special situations, private equity)
- MBA / PGDM degree from reputed institutions like IIM A/B/C or ISB or US B-Schools.
Skills and Abilities Required:
- Passion for investing and valuation
- Self-motivated, enjoy challenges and willing to continually learn
- Strong analytical skills and proficiency with numbers
- Advanced MS Excel and financial modelling skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills in English.
- Excellent editorial and review skills
- Initiative and entrepreneurial spirit
- Ability to explain facts and findings in a clear and succinct manner (both verbally and in writing)
- Possess multi-tasking skills and ability to work well under pressure
- Strong team player
Reporting Relationships
Partner & Head of India
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 Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
