Associate Investor Relations Direct Lending

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: Ares is currently searching for a highly motivated, detail-oriented team player to join as an Associate in the European Credit Group specializing in Product Management and Investor Relations. This position will be responsible for all aspects of supporting relationship management activities with a focus on reporting and analysis preparation on all aspect of the group’s activities. This position will be part of a team working closely with investment professionals from the European Credit group to provide investor relations support including but not limited to; written communications with existing and potential investors, market and competitor research and analysis, and investor presentation support. In this capacity, significant responsibilities include on-going relationships with finance, accounting compliance and business development. The position requires strong organizational, interpersonal, quantitative and analytical skills and must be able to meet deadline requirements.

Primary Responsibilities

The Associate will work in the European Credit group and support Product Specialists in providing information and expertise on firm strategies and funds to clients. The Associate will assist in building client materials and various prospects/marketing materials, updating market and fund specific data within existing materials on a monthly, quarterly or ad hoc basis. The Associate will also be responsible for tailoring materials to reflect market environment to meet needs of various users.

• Interface and develop strong working relationships with all internal subject matter experts of the Firm (portfolio management, business development, operations, legal, compliance and human resources)
• Build and “own” client materials and various prospect/marketing materials, updating market and fund specific data within existing materials on a quarterly or ad-hoc basis
• Produce quarterly portfolio reports and letters for investors, working with Finance and Portfolio Management teams to collate relevant data
• Drive process for creating responses to investor questionnaires, due diligence, and ad-hoc requests for existing and potential clients
• Maintain quantitative and qualitative key metrics on competitors
• Help to identify areas of risk and pro‐actively propose innovative business solutions required to increase the efficiency of information flow and communication channels between different areas of the business
• Take on ad-hoc projects and support all other teammates with their work as needed
• Create and edit marketing investor materials for co‐investment and funds
  
  

• Detail oriented
• Experience with asset management systems or other relational databases
• Experience at a regional, national, or global financial services firm
• 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