Senior Associate Investment Operations

### _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** Primary functions and essential responsibilities: ================================================= * Review and validate initial setup of securities in data reference system * Track elements of the deal closing process and ensure receipt of executed documents * Scrub credit agreements for key data point and ensure all systems are updated accurately * Review final deal closing checklists and validate all tasks were correctly executed * Perform various data checks to ensure the accuracy of key data points * Perform daily checks to ensure payments for ABS, CMBS, CLO equity deals are processed in timely manner. * Review cash and position breaks across multiple asset types and ensure resolution and escalation (as necessary) * Perform various reporting tasks, control checks, and reconciliations on a daily, weekly and monthly basis * Run metrics on key performance indicators * Participate in meetings representing recon and participate in department initiatives such as system enhancements, off-hour testing and new business conversions as necessary. * Knowledge of Private Credit funding documentation like Utilization requests & Funds flow statement * Hands on experience on Preparing trade booking files. * Experience on internal cash movements along the funds structure. * Knowledge of Amendments and restructurings for Loans. * Experience on working for agented and non-agented deals. * Experience on end-to-end Deal closing and funding * Liaising with various parties like agents, sponsors, custodians and counterparties to ensure timely settlement. * Well versed with direct lending and bilateral loan funding process. * Knowledge of trade settlement in clearpar and trade closure will be added advantage Qualifications: =============== * Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Finance or related discipline Experience Required: ==================== * Strong knowledge of credit agreements * Strong knowledge of bank loans * Knowledge of Geneva accounting system, Wall Street Office (WSO), & ClearPar preferred * Strong written and verbal communications skills * Proficiency in Microsoft Office * Knowledge of complex fund structures a plus * Minimum 6 years of relevant operational experience * Experience with structured products including ABS, CMBS, and CLO Equity * Experience with various types of investment vehicles (hedge funds, BDC’s, CLO’s, etc.) * Experience in loan servicing, notice processing, and corporate actions/restructures * Experience in cash/position reconciliations * Experience on OMS and Deal Cloud will be added advantage. **Reporting Relationships** Principal, Investment Operations _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._