Associate, Fund Accounting

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

The Associate will support the day-to-day operations of private equity funds and special purpose vehicles (SPVs), with responsibilities spanning fund accounting oversight, financial reporting, audit coordination, treasury management, investor reporting, regulatory reporting, and stakeholder communications. This role requires close collaboration with fund administrators, auditors, banks, investment professionals, co-investors, and limited partners (LPs) to ensure the smooth operation of the funds and compliance with internal and external reporting requirements. Good teamwork and communication skills will be key for success.

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities​

• Assist with internal and external financial reporting processes, including coordination of timelines, supporting schedules and reporting deliverables

• Coordinate with external fund administrator in preparing and distributing financial reports and other related materials

• Work closely with the Fund Accounting team to support day-to-day fund accounting deliverables, review preparation, reporting coordination and follow-up matters

• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure accurate and consistent communication of financial and corporate information

• Support close coordination with the Investment team and Investment Operations team, particularly on matters relating to investment funding, transaction support, capital calls, distributions, liquidity planning and fund-level reporting

• Assist in reviewing capital calls/distribution notices and Partner’s Capital Account Statements

• Assist in reviewing financial statements, management accounts and quarterly NAV packages

• Assist in managing overall fund liquidity, including coordinating the opening of bank accounts/custodian accounts/brokerage accounts, KYC queries from banks, execute fund related payment transactions, investor capital calls and distributions, funding of investments and day-to-day management of credit facilities with banks

• Assisting with integration projects related to treasury and banking platforms, and coordinating with the Investor Services team on investor communication efforts

• Supported the annual audit process for all SPVs and Funds, coordinating closely with the audit team to ensure timely and accurate completion of audit requirements

• Provide ongoing support for investor requests on existing and upcoming fund launches

• Provide ongoing support for regulatory reporting, investment holding schedules, portfolio summaries, and maintain portfolio databases and reporting records

• Assist with various ad-hoc and special projects as required

Qualifications​

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Economics, or Finance

• Charted Accountant (CA) preferred

• Prior experience at the Executive level (or equivalent), with minimum of 1-3 years of audit experience preferred

• Public accounting experience (preferably with Big 4) and/or relevant corporate/in-house experience strongly preferred

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel required

• Meticulous, ability to work collaboratively in a team environment, excellent communication and interpersonal skill, able to work independently, great attitude, highly motivated and a team player

Reporting Relationships

Managing Director, Finance and 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.