Analyst/Associate, Product Management and Investor Relations, Direct Lending

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

Ares is currently searching for a highly motivated, detail-oriented team player to join as an Analyst or Associate on the U.S. Direct Lending Product Management and Investor Relations team based in the New York office.

Ares U.S. Direct Lending Group (“DLG”) is one of the largest self-originating direct lenders. With a team of over 230 investment professionals in offices across the U.S., Ares U.S. DLG self-originates investment opportunities in senior secured loans, private high yield, mezzanine and select minority equity investments. Ares U.S. DLG provides investors access to its self-originating direct lending platform through several vehicles, including commingled funds, separately managed accounts and a publicly traded vehicle, Ares Capital Corporation (NASDAQ: ARCC).

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities: 

To succeed in this role, an individual must possess a strategic orientation combined with strong analytical and relationship management skills. The successful candidate should possess the following attributes:

• Highly motivated self-starter

• Knowledge of direct lending / leveraged finance, based on investments, portfolio management and/or marketing

• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure

• Detail oriented with the ability to multi-task

• Exceptional interpersonal skills – ability to engender trust and respect with a wide range of individuals, including investors, board members, consultants, other industry contacts and multi-disciplinary internal colleagues

• Outgoing, collaborative and inclusive

• Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment

• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills

Specific tasks will include:

• Develop marketing and due diligence materials such as private placement memorandums (PPM), pitch books and due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for investment vehicles

• Respond to questionnaires and data requests related to investor due diligence

• Assist team with monthly, quarterly and year-end fund reporting as well as ad-hoc investor requests

• Work directly with investors, business development team and various other groups to communicate strategies directly, follow-up on investor/prospect specific inquiries related to specific strategies and develop materials for use by the direct lending team, marketing team and other professionals as required

• Work across functions to obtain and synthesize information from the deal, reporting and accounting teams in order to prepare communication materials

• Conduct market and competitor research

• Create presentations and coordinate logistics for Annual General Meeting, investor meetings and conference calls

• Work on strategic projects for new business development initiatives
   

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.

• 1+ years of relevant work experience which can include investment banking, asset management and/or alternative investments.

• Experience with investor relations/business development from a placement agent/private direct lending fund, asset manager or private equity firm preferred

• Investment and leveraged finance experience preferred

• Series 7, 63, and SIE or ability to obtain

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General Requirements:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and represent the Firm in a professional manner

• Exceptional attention to detail, placing a high priority on accuracy and organization

• Problem solver with ability to research solutions and suggest resolutions

• Highly motivated with the ability to set priorities, multitask and monitor own workload to meet aggressive deadlines

• Takes initiative and has a strong work ethic

• Demonstrated experience working in a team environment with multiple tasks

• Highly proficient in Word, PowerPoint and Excel

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