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.

The Senior Associate will play a key role within the Income Fund Management team, working closely with Portfolio Management and Product & Investor Relations colleagues across the full lifecycle of fund management and capital raising activities. The role offers broad exposure to investment strategy, portfolio analysis, investor engagement, and new business initiatives, with responsibility for supporting ongoing fund operations, live capital raises, and prospective client and investor engagement across the platform.

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities

• Support the Portfolio Management and Product & Investor Relations (IR) teams

• Portfolio Management centered around strategy, investment review, portfolio analysis, internal and external reporting

  • Create and update asset and fund-level financial models

  • Perform in-depth portfolio analysis and reports

  • Conduct in-depth macroeconomic and sector research

  • New business development initiatives across all stages

• Product and IR duties centered around the execution of live capital raises

  • Prepare marketing and investor due diligence materials (Investor Presentation, INREV DDQ, Private Placement Memorandum, etc.)

  • Assist investors with their queries and investment/operational/ESG due diligence questionnaires; organize and attend regular due diligence meetings and asset tours

  • Liaise and coordinate with third-party legal/tax/ESG consultants and advisors

  • Work with different teams and offices to review transaction documentation, negotiate key terms of the transaction with prospective investors, and close transactions

  • Support senior management with prospective client/investor meeting, including the preparation of investor profile, financial analysis, market assessment, recent transactions report, etc.); participate in prospective client/investor meetings

  • Maintain deal and investor profiles on our CRM system

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline

• Prior experience in investment banking, private equity, and/or management consulting

• Exceptional junior candidates at Analyst level, including recent graduates, may also be considered

• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with excellent numeracy, analytical, presentation, and organizational skills

• Self‑starter with a proactive mindset, able to think ahead, consistently meet deadlines, and anticipate next steps

• Capacity to multitask, work independently across multiple projects and thrive in a team

• Rigorous attention to detail and problem-solving skills

• Intellectual curiosity and improvement mindset

• Academic excellence, strong written and verbal communication skills, excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills with colleagues and clients at all levels

• High standards of professional and ethical conduct

• Fluent English speaker with additional Japanese and/or Korean will be highly preferred

Reporting Relationships

Managing Director, Portfolio Management Income Fund, Real Estate Japan

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.