Associate, Investor Services

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 Management is looking to hire an Associate for the Global Client Solutions (“GCS”) team in Los Angeles. Investor Services is expanding its team to support the firm’s strategic objectives related to fundraising and client service. Investor Services acts as a centralized point of contact for external clients, internal teams and service providers on investor data, onboarding, inquiry management and data rooms across all business lines at Ares (credit, private equity, real assets, infrastructure, secondaries and strategic initiatives). This is a unique opportunity to join a growing team that is defining new processes, building technologies and launching enterprise-wide functions.

The individual will be responsible for data room contact and document maintenance, capturing and maintaining investor data, supporting investor onboarding efforts, coordinating with external and internal teams, general team administrative items and projects. As this is a new team, the role will require a dynamic, adaptive, and proactive professional who can help identify enhancements to new and existing processes.​

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities​

• Work closely with Relationship Management and Product Management teams, globally, to streamline and centralize processes across different groups including Finance, Accounting, Legal, Tax, Compliance and Technology​

• Capture investor data during the onboarding process and investor lifecycle maintenance​

• Respond and resolve investor-related inquiries and/or requests in a timely manner

• Identify and escalate complex cases or queries to senior team leads​

• Reconcile data to Fund Administrators’ and follow procedures to resolve any breaks​

• Manage investor data rooms – including set up, document and contact maintenance

• Support investor onboarding process, which includes review of all onboarding documents such as subscription agreement, AML/KYC, regulatory related and tax documents

• Assist in developing, implementing, documenting and training on new workflows and procedures utilizing technology to create and improve processes ​and drive change

• Build a strong network across the firm and with external vendors to facilitate strong collaboration and promote best practices across business operations groups including Technology, Finance, Accounting, Human Resources, Legal, Tax, Compliance, Fund Administrators and External Counsel

Qualifications​

General Requirements: ​

• Strong team player who enjoys collaboration, working cross-functionally and demonstrates willingness to assist with various tasks, as needed

• Eagerness to learn and grow within the alternative investment industry

• Critical thinker with ability to think creatively to troubleshoot and resolve issues​

• Comfortable and capable of managing multiple priorities from multiple sources, including internal and external requestors​

• Ability to prioritize and multi-task under pressure and across time zones to drive processes and results

• High attention to detail and customer experience to provide a best-in-class client experience​

• Demonstrate a high level of integrity to protect sensitive client information

• Outstanding presentation, communication, writing, and interpersonal skills​

• Strong Microsoft suite skills, especially Excel and PowerPoint​ skills, Visio is a plus

Education: ​

• College graduate with outstanding academic record​

Experience Required:  ​

• 1-3 years of professional experience in a fast-paced, self-driven role, preferably within investment/wealth management, business management/strategy, consulting, and/or financial services ​

• Experience with Salesforce and/or Intralinks is a plus​

• Experience in customer service is a plus​

• Experience working with alternative asset classes is a plus

• Spoken or written multilingual proficiency is a plus

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Compensation

$100,000 - $120,000 / annum

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.