Senior Associate (Non-Loan Settlements)

Ares Management Corporation; Mumbai City; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Ares Management Corporation in Mumbai is seeking an experienced Investment Operations professional to support fixed-income trading and settlement workflows. You will perform reconciliations, load trades into OMS, and coordinate with custodians and brokers to ensure accurate processing.

The role requires strong Excel skills, familiarity with Power BI, and the ability to meet tight deadlines while maintaining controls. A Bachelor’s in Finance and 2–3 years of relevant experience are expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance or related discipline from an accredited university.
• 2–3 years of investment management operations experience with emphasis on bank loans.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with Power BI is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed reconciliations of trade attributes and ensure alignment with counterparty records.
• Knowledge of Bond, ABS and FX settlement workflows.
• Initiate and manage trade amendments via SWIFT and liaise with custodians and counterparties.
• Knowledge of MIFID II and/or EMIR reporting advantageous.
• Knowledge of CSDR Claims process.
• Attention to detail when loading and updating trades in the OMS.
• Communicates well and manages workload to meet deadlines.
• Crosscheck trades with funding memos and settle with correct quantity.
• Proactively resolve settlement cash and par breaks with custodians and third-party admins.
• Identify process improvements to increase efficiency and risk mitigation.
• Review daily recons between internal systems and third parties.
• Participate in system enhancements and new business conversions as necessary.
• Take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.
• Demonstrate accountability and commitment to excellence.

Skills

Fixed income knowledge

Bank loans

Excel

MS Outlook

PowerBI

KPI reporting

Data reconciliation

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Finance

Tools

Clearpar

Clearstream

DTCC

Geneva

Job description

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

• Perform detailed reconciliations of trade attributes - including traded quantity, price and asset - to ensure alignment with counterparty records

• Knowledge of Bond , ABS and FX settlement workflows

• Existing knowledge of SWIFT and Euroclear. Clearstream , DTCC systems, including the ability to initiate and manage trade amendments via SWIFT. Proven experience in resolving trade failures with custodians and counterparties

• Knowledge of MIFID II and/or EMIR reporting advantageous

• Knowledge of CSDR Claims process.

• Attention to detail when loading and updating trades as needed in our OMS

• Communicates well and able to organize workload to meet deadlines

• Strong attention to detail when dealing with wire uploads

• Direct fund administrators and custodian banks on appropriate processing and review/reconcile processing activity to ensure accuracy.

• Proactively research, resolve and prevent settlement cash and par breaks with custodian banks and third-party administrators

• Timely crosschecking of trades with funding memos/Clear Par, booking trade fees as per funding memo, and settle with correct quantity

• Knowledge of loan settlements workflow and prior use of Clearpar advantageous

• Handle adhoc requests in a timely fashion

• Identify opportunities and work with all internal and external stakeholders to improve process efficiencies and increase risk mitigation

• Review daily recons between internal systems and third parties and resolve discrepancies

• Participate in department initiatives such as system enhancements, off hours testing and new business conversions as necessary.

• Take ownership of tasks and drive them to completion.

• Demonstrate a strong sense of accountability and a commitment to excellence.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Finance or related discipline

Experience Required:

• Strong fixed-income product knowledge, particularly bank loans
• Strong understanding of the bank loan industry and standards
• Understanding of liquid and derivative products
• Understanding of custodian bank/administrator’s and agent’s data
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Wall Street Office and Geneva
• KPI reporting and Powerbi dashboard knowledge is a plus Minimum 2-3 years of investment management operations experience with high emphasis on bank loan operations
• Experience working with an outsource/offshore service provider
• Experience working with brokers, custodians and agent banks
• Self-motivator and highly organized

Reporting Relationships

Principal, Middle Office