Associate, Fund Accounting

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
• Assist with preparation of US GAAP financial statements for monthly reporting and quarterly and annual SEC filings.
• Oversee and review daily and monthly NAV packages from the fund administrator.
• Assist with monthly/quarterly close process and preparation of various financial statement account balance reconciliations and workpapers.
• Review of NQ, NCSRS and NCSR reporting for the funds.
• Review of monthly NPORT reporting
• Provide compliance reporting (Form PF, ADV, etc.)
• High level of interaction across the organization, including communications with portfolio managers, investor relations, operations, tax and financial reporting.
• Manage daily cash activities for a publicly traded BDC, including processing of payments, depositing of checks and posting to the general ledger.
• Prepare/review monthly cash reconciliations for all legal entities.
• Assist in basic treasury functions, including opening/closing of bank accounts.
• Support corporate real estate lease administration, including maintenance of landlord lease schedules, subtenant rent roll schedules, and subtenant cost recovery efforts.
• Collaborate with team members to manage monthly and quarterly expense allocation and recovery functions between investment funds.
• Work with the tax team to administer timely and thorough payment of tax estimates and liabilities for all legal entities that require special handling.
• Participate and contribute to regular review of processes and deliverables to improve effectiveness, efficiency and accuracy.
• Various ad-hoc/special projects.

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