Senior Associate, Fund Accounting

Job Description

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

• Oversee and review monthly NAV packages from the fund administrator, including calculation of management and performance fees, as applicable. 
• Manage monthly and quarterly close processes, including reviewing work performed by the fund administrators along with producing original workpapers and analyses.
• Work and liaise with internal resources (primarily colleagues in the U.S.), fund administrators, and external auditors to meet all deliverables, including daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting deadlines.
• Work closely with operations and other groups in managing cash and position breaks.
• Review of quarterly and annual GAAP financial statements and footnote disclosures.
• Review regulatory compliance filings (e.g. Form ADV, Form PF, SLT, etc.)
• Review of Waterfall calculations & PCAPS.
• Review cash flow projections and daily cash management, including activity on credit lines, expected settlement timing of purchases and sales, and timing of capital calls and capital distributions.
• Monitor compliance with the Fund’s governing documents (e.g. Limited Partnership Agreement, Investment Management Agreement, investor side letters, etc.) and credit facilities, as applicable.
• Prepare and assist with ad-hoc limited partner reporting, analyst and front-office requests.
• Assist with preparation of information provided to the tax team for tax estimates and annual returns.
• Review and approval of expense activity and authorization of bank wires.
• Participate in team projects and initiatives for process improvements.
• Actively work on continuous improvement as we work to build out our new India office.

Reporting Relationships

Controller