Associate Vice President Global Reconciliation

### _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 Vice President is responsible for the responsible to work on Cash and PAR Reconciliation for Bank loan Products. Primary responsibilities: * Proactively research, resolve and prevent all cash and par breaks with custodian banks and third party administrators * Direct fund administrators and custodian banks on appropriate processing and review/reconcile processing output for accuracy * Reporting Cash & PAR breaks with custodian banks and third party administrators * Sound knowledge for Loan life cycle events Rollover, Paydown , Borrowing, PIK etc * Knowledge on loan restructure and corporate action events * Work with all internal and external stakeholders to improve and enhance settlement workflows * Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly KPIs reporting and Powerbi system knowledge is a strong plus. * Review daily recons between internal systems and third parties and resolve discrepancies, including MLR discrepancies * Influencing and participating in decisions on policies/procedures designed to ensure compliance with internal, legal and regulatory policies and ensure changing business requirements are met * Contribute ideas and recommendations to improve process efficiencies and increase risk mitigation * Participate in meetings representing recon and participate in department initiatives such as system enhancements, off hours testing and new business conversions as necessary. Required knowledge: * Strong fixed income product knowledge, particularly bank loans * Strong understanding of the bank loan industry and standards * Understanding of custodian bank/administrator’s and agent’s data * Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel * Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word , ClearPar, Wall Street Office and Geneva Experience / Education : * Graduate with 11 - 14 years of investment management operations experience with high emphasis on bank loan operations/ Settlement * Experience working with an outsource/offshore service provider * Experience working with custodian and agent banks **Reporting Relationships** Associate Vice President, Global Reconciliation _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._