Senior Associate - Performance & Attrition - Finance & Accounting

Senior Associate - Performance & Attrition

- Performance Measurement : Calculate security, sector, and total-level performance results for use in internal, client, and shareholder reporting, and performance composites.

- Performance Evaluation and Analysis : Calculate and interpret single period and multi-period contribution and attribution results, and performance-based risk and appraisal metrics for portfolio management and investor relations teams.

- Investor Relations Support : Fulfill ad hoc client and marketing requests, and answer DDQ and RFP questions.

- Data Integrity and Analysis : Ensure that data properly flows from the accounting system to the performance system, troubleshoot issues, and evaluate how to process new transaction types.

- Compliance : Adhere to procedures designed to ensure compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS) and SEC regulations.

- Strategic Projects : Assist with planning and executing strategic projects such as onboarding assets from acquisitions, performance system development, and integrating non-supported business units.

- Process Optimization : Help develop innovative solutions to increase efficiency and enhance reporting and analytical capabilities of the team.

Ares Management Corporation ("Ares" or the "Firm") is a publicly traded, leading global alternative asset manager with approximately $334 billion of assets under management ("AUM") and over 2,310 employees.

- We seek to deliver attractive performance to our investor base across our investment groups and strategies, including credit, private equity and real estate. The firm is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices across the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "ARES".

- Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, "Ares Management") is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

- Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Job Title : Senior Associate, Performance and Attribution

Department : Finance and Accounting

Location : Mumbai

QUALIFICATIONS

Education :

- Education/Certification: Bachelor's degree in a business-related or quantitative field preferred (e.g. economics, statistics, mathematics, finance, accounting, etc.).

- Candidate with CFA charter and/or CIPM designation is desirable.

- Commitment to pursue CIPM designation is required for candidates without CFA charter or CIPM designation.

Experience Required :

- 7+ plus years of overall experience and 1 - 3 years of performance-related experience is required.

- Portfolio accounting-related experience is a plus.

General Requirements :

- Understand performance concepts, including contribution, attribution, multi-period contribution and attribution smoothing techniques, performance-based risk and appraisal metrics, basic portfolio accounting, and application of the GIPS standards.

- Strong fixed-income product knowledge, including leveraged loans, high yield bonds, derivatives, and other fixed income instruments.

- Excellent communication and analytical skills.

- Ownership of work with a high focus on service.

- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.

- Process oriented with the ability to identify inefficiencies and suggest workable solutions to streamline tasks.

- Multi-task, prioritize, and meet deadlines with limited direction.

- Strong attention to detail with high level of accuracy and process ownership.

- Excellent MS Excel skills that include the ability to create and manipulate pivot tables and write complex formulas.

- Experience using Eagle PACE, Advent Geneva, and Bloomberg is desirable.

- Basic understanding of Python, SQL, Tableau, and database structuring a plus.