Associate Fund Accountant - Digital Infrastructure

Ares Management Asia (india) Private Limited; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Ares Management Asia (india) Private Limited in Mumbai is seeking an Associate, Fund Accounting to support the Digital Infrastructure business. The role focuses on ensuring high-quality fund accounting processes and timely reporting across global stakeholders.

You will work with external administrators and auditors, perform quarterly closes, review financial statements under GAAP/IFRS, and contribute to cash flow analysis, risk, and valuation support while leveraging Excel, Power BI and related

Qualifications

• Approximately 3-5 years of relevant work experience.
• CA/CPA qualification required.
• Experience with private equity structures preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support fund accounting for Ares Real Asset Digital Infrastructure.
• Coordinate quarterly closes with external administrators.
• Review GAAP/IFRS financial statements and disclosures.
• Prepare cash flow projections and daily cash management.
• Maintain fund dashboards and track record.
• Assist with tax estimates and partner reporting.

Skills

Private equity knowledge

Excel

Power BI

JIRA

Communication

Education

Chartered Accountant/CPA

Tools

Advent Geneva

Investran

Excel

Job description

Associate, Fund Accounting- Digital Infrastructure

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

• As a member of the team focus on Fund Accounting, supporting Ares Real Asset Digital Infrastructure business.
• Ensure process and procedures are adequate to meet quality standards and are consistently applied and reviewed regularly.
• Work with and liaise with global internal resources (Colleagues in Asia-Pacific, Americas and Europe) external Fund/SPV administrators, and external auditors to meet all quarterly, and annual reporting requirements/deadlines.
• Perform quarterly close processes, including review work of external administrators, along with producing workpapers and analysis.
• Review quarterly and annual GAAP or IFRS financial statements and footnote disclosures for multiple Funds, capital account summaries for limited partners, investor reports, presentations, questionnaires, and Management Co. reports feeding into Ares public filing.
• Review or perform calculation of management fees, complex waterfall calculations, property performance, AUM, NAV etc.
• Assist with coordination of wire process
• Produce cash flow projections and analyze daily cash management, including activity on credit lines, expected settlement timing of purchases and sales, and timing of capital calls and distributions.
• Monitor compliance with the Funds Limited Partnership Agreements and credit facilities, including the preparation or review of compliance reporting.
• Prepare and assist with ad-hoc limited partner reporting and front-office requests to ensure timely response to our investors
• Assist with preparation of information provided to tax team for quarterly tax estimates and annual returns.
• Review and approval of expense activity.
• Maintain Fund dashboards and manage track record.
• Contribute to the valuation process, calculation of gross to net adjustments and preparation of valuation committee materials.
• Support investment decision process by maintaining fund models, proving scenario/sensitivity analysis, key property and financial metrics and KPIs.
• Support budgeting and forecasting process with calculation of management fees and carried interest, and projected fund performance.
• Support risk management processes with qualitative and quantitative fund data.
• Liaise with a wide range of internal stakeholders and external service providers to ensure the quality and timely flow of financial data.
• Actively work on continuous improvement.

Qualification

Qualification: Approximately 3-5 years of relevant work experience Chartered Accountant/CPA

General Requirements

• Knowledge of private equity structures, alternative investments is a must.
• Big-4 public accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment, use of AI tools.
• Strong communication skills will be important; ability to analyze and summarize complex information both verbally and in writing with colleagues in a global setting.
• Ability to assist in managing several third-party relationships (outside administrators, custodians)
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; ability to multi-task and manage various deadlines.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills; attention to detail and timelines required.
• Experience with certain systems (Advent Geneva; Investran;) experience a plus; requires day to day use of Excel.
• Knowledge of Power BI, JIRA is a plus.
• Strong work ethics.

Reporting Relationships

Chief Accounting Officer

Experience Level Mid Level .