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 looking for an Analyst to join the Mumbai Investment Operations-Treasury team. This is an exciting opportunity to join a new group within the Operations team and help grow and support various lines of business. The candidate will be responsible for data management, daily liquidity management and cash forecasting as well helping to implement a new Treasury Management System (TMS).

Primary responsibilities:

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Monitor inbound/outbound data feeds between Treasury Management System and various systems

• Preparation of liquidity and cash projection reporting across various strategies, firmwide

• Tracking of non-investment related cash activity (contributions/withdrawals, credit facilities, fees paydowns, etc.)

• Support activities for the data inputs to the cash management function and Treasury Management System (investment pipeline, currency balances, unsettled trading activity, etc.)

• Answer inquiries from both the front and back office regarding cash availability and liquidity needs.

• Monitoring counterparty connectivity to Treasury Management System to ensure all accounts and balances are present.

• Ensure all cash transactions were accurately recorded and processed in a timely fashion.

• Works closely on cash forecasting helping to advise our FP&A and Accounting teams on borrowing, paydowns, capital calls, etc.

• Investigate cash breaks between our trade systems and the banks

• Collaborate with various teams firmwide to maintain high service levels and strong relationships

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 1-3 years of experience in top tier, global capital markets or investment management firms with experience in Treasury Operations, Cash Management, and/or Accounting

• Prior experience with an Alternative Asset, Fixed Income, Leveraged Loans preferred

• Understanding of basic accounting theories

• Knowledge of liquidity and cash forecasting, and understanding of cashflows

• Experienced with a diverse set of investment vehicles such as Institutional Separate Accounts, SMA/Limited Partnerships, Open-End Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds and UCITs, and CLOs

• Experience with Hazeltree, Everest, Wall Street Office, Geneva, and/or IVP data management platforms preferred

• Technical skills a bonus (VBA, SQL, Excel, Tableau, Power BI, etc.)

Reporting Relationships

Principal, Investment Accounting

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.