Associate SF

Position Overview

ABOUT APOLLO

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of June 30, 2024, Apollo had approximately $696 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.

A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

Outperform expectations

Challenge Convention

Champion Opportunity

Lead responsibly

Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

OUR BENEFITS

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Apollo is seeking a strong finance professional to join the Strategic Finance (SF) function which is part of the Finance Organization. Strategic Finance is responsible for the firm financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, senior management reporting, profitability analysis and other strategic analysis work. The Associate position is structured to provide exposure across all disciplines of Strategic Finance and build a comprehensive knowledge of Apollo’s businesses and the alternative asset management industry.  

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work on business segment performance reporting, budgeting and forecasting
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports tracking actuals vs. budget/forecast for key metrics like revenue, capital raise, deployment, redemptions, AUM, etc.
• Responsible for producing business performance decks for reviews with the senior management.
• Data analysis for annual budget, long-term plan and monthly forecasts.
• Support detailed data models for annual budget, long-term plan and monthly forecast.
• Financial modeling for various business strategic initiatives.
• Actively collaborate with various teams like Controllers, COOs, Financial Reporting, Portfolio Managers, Business CFO, etc.
• Active focus on automation and process improvements. Work closely with the Engineering and the change management teams.
• Support ad hoc requests from senior stakeholders including working on special projects.

Qualifications & Experience

• CA/MBA Finance with a min. 6 years of experience, FP&A experience is preferred.
• Highly analytical; strong Excel-based modeling and PowerPoint skills preferred.
• Proficiency in OneStream is a plus.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Attention to detail and problem solver.
• Collaborative, proactive and strong work ethics.
• Actively focused on automation and process improvements.