Senior Associate, Digital infrastructure F&A

Ares Operations•Bellevue, WA

20h

About The Position

Ares is looking for a Senior Associate to join the Digital Infrastructure accounting team. Ares is seeking an accounting professional to support and take initiatives across a range of accounting areas as Ares continues to increase in size and complexity. This role will be responsible for accounting for Ares Investments in the funds that we manage and the modernization of Ares’ investment process, including collection, transformation, recording, and reporting.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
4+ years of progressive professional experience in accounting.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail but can still see big picture.
Passion to learn about the Digital Infrastructure business
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to identify and analyze problems and to develop an effective course of action; solution mindset.
Excellent communication and writing skills.
Desire to own issues and be accountable.
Seeking a candidate with a strong desire for personal and professional growth.

Nice To Haves

An advanced degree is considered a plus.
CPA or CA preferred.
Public accounting experience preferred.
Financial services experience is preferred.
Exposure to investment management, fund accounting, and SEC reporting, is strongly preferred.
Familiarity with Yardi Voyager and/or Procore solutions a plus

Responsibilities

Responsible for fund accounting for the Digital Infrastructure portfolio, including: Accounting for capital activity, corporate actions, and valuations of investments in the Digital Infrastructure funds
Performing accounting research, reaching accounting conclusions around rechargeability of fund costs and other relevant areas - support of the business as required
Ongoing management of fund billing and cost allocations in coordination with Corporate Accounting team
Building good working relationships with other business functions, particularly portfolio management and investor relations
Ownership for analyzing, solutioning and operationalizing best in class investment accounting and reporting practices, including: Seeking end-to-end accounting and reporting with minimal manual intervention once securities are booked at point of entry
Ongoing support of new global development technology and Financial ERP implementations
Enhancing top-down dashboard reporting for management to be able to review, reference and absorb information quickly on the performance of the business
Responsibility and support of the global development accounting function, including: Coordination with regional teams in US, Japan, and UK for monthly close
Assisting with required asset reporting for tracking project status and cash flow forecasting
Contributing to various special projects including capital transactions, acquisitions, and process improvements to improve overall group efficiencies
Helping to automate other accounting and financial reporting requirements through employing available AI tools
Support internal reporting requirements and other ad-hoc requests of various internal users including other finance and accounting teams, investor relations, and the front office.
Other duties as assigned by management