Vice President Investor Relations Product Specialist

### _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** ### Reporting relationships ### Reports to: Managing Director (London), Senior Team Manager (Mumbai) ### Primary functions & responsibilities ### **Commercial Results** * ### Serve as a trusted voice to the internal SRM & IR Team on materials, investor focus areas, and fund data * ### Fully task manages the Mumbai IR team that involves coordinating the team to prepare deliverables in time to meet reporting cycle deadlines without delay * ### Differentiate themselves as a critical member of the IR Mumbai team in carrying out more complex subject matter expert workstreams with little help and intervention from senior team members * ### Recognize which inbound queries (internal and external) the Mumbai-based team can address and react accordingly * ### Main point-of-contact for Associates and Analysts on IR Mumbai projects within a specific product * ### Demonstrated ability to answer in-depth ad hoc investor inquiries independently * ### Supports content creation using their product knowledge to craft effective marketing messages * ### Continue to seek and implement efficiencies across management of tasks ### **Communication** * ### Intermediate presentation skills; trusted to present product-specific information to internal stakeholders across the Mumbai office * ### Excellent written communicator demonstrated through quarterly reports, responses to clients and tailored product-specific updates (where applicable) * ### Able to provide constructive feedback to Associates and Analysts to help improve their verbal and written communication skills ### **Team & Leadership** * ### Actively participates in hiring and developing junior resources to create a culture of engagement, motivation, and positivity. * ### Informally lead/mentor junior team members in both day-to-day work and team projects; manages processes to deliver materials * ### Help manage underperforming candidates to bring them in line with expectations for their grade * ### Understands where to prioritize time for highest impact and redirects workstreams to most critical areas of focus and value ### **Personal Impact & Effectiveness** * ### Recognition of gaps in own skill-set, strong judgement and decision making, communicating with conviction, humility, process improvement mindset and handling ‘the grey’ areas * ### Continued maturity that aligns with the firms growth, using a solutions orientated mindset, to overcome internal obstacles and limitations * ### Raise awareness of their role and impact within the team, also across the local office, where there is not necessarily always an obvious path to create visibility of their impact * ### Able to build relationships with global team members and across Investment teams within Mumbai as well as broader Management team within the region. ### Qualifications ### Education: MBA/ CA and bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or another pre-professional field, or a discipline with exposure to accounting or corporate finance. ### Experience Required:  12+ years of relevant work experience. Investment banking / Asset Management firm / Alternative Investments / Credit or Private Equity Investor Relations. ### General Requirements: * ### Detail oriented * ### Team management experience and coaching * ### Strong modeling skills * ### Experience with asset management systems or other relational databases * ### Experience at a regional, national, or global financial services firm * ### Self-starter, exceptional communication and organizational skills necessary * ### Ability to work independently as well as with “the team” * ### Excellent oral and written communication skills and computer literacy * ### Knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook **Reporting Relationships** _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._