Analyst, Real Estate (Portfolio Management)

Ares Management Corporation; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and V

Vision plans

401(k) program with company match

Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)

Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with

Life Insurance

Disability insurance

EAP

Commuter Benefits plan

Access to medical advisory team

Mental health app with coaching

Mindfulness and wellbeing app

Financial wellness benefit

New parent leave

Adoption assistance

Emergency backup care

Matching gift program

Education sponsorship program

Job summary

Ares Management Corporation is seeking an Analyst to support real estate investment and fund activities through financial analysis and asset-level evaluation. You will maintain models, enhance analytics infrastructure, and partner across teams to deliver insights to stakeholders and investors.

The role requires strong analytical skills, technical proficiency, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 1 to 3 years of applicable work experience in commercial real estate or related fields.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, engineering, data science, or related field.
• Experience with Argus Enterprise and Excel modeling strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support fund financial modeling, forecast equity deployment, and portfolio returns.
• Lead property cash flow models for leasing, capex, and market assumptions.
• Assist in quarterly valuations using Argus and Excel.
• Support buy/sell/hold analyses at multiple market levels.
• Collaborate with acquisitions and development on new investments.
• Assist budgeting with capital projections and deployment forecasting.
• Own internal and external reporting deliverables.
• Support Investor Relations with due diligence and ad hoc requests.
• Build and maintain data systems and dashboards across teams.

Skills

Excel modeling

Power BI

SQL

Python

Valuation concepts

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in finance or related

Tools

Argus Enterprise

Yardi

Power Platform

RealPage AIM

Job description

Position Summary

The Analyst will support the oversight and execution of the firm’s real estate investment and fund activities through financial analysis, thoughtful evaluation of asset and fund performance, and hands‑on involvement in transactions and reporting. This role plays a key part in maintaining models and projections, enhancing data and analytics infrastructure, and partnering across teams to deliver clear insights to internal stakeholders and investors. The ideal candidate brings strong analytical skills, technical proficiency, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast‑paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in managing fund financial model, forecasting equity deployment, investment volume, fund and asset-level returns, and portfolio structure.
• Manage property cash flow models for leasing activities, capital expenditures, market leasing assumptions and capital markets assumptions.
• Lead the quarterly valuation process for the fund's properties utilizing Argus and excel.
• Support detailed buy/sell/hold analyses at the property, submarket, and market levels.
• Collaborate with acquisitions and development teams to review proposed new investments for the fund.
• Support budgeting process including capital projections for existing assets, equity raise forecasts, and deployment projections.
• Ownership of ongoing internal and external reporting deliverables.
• Assist Investor Relations team with due diligence and ad hoc requests from investors.
• Acquire detailed market knowledge including understanding location, product, supply and demand within each market.
• Work with finance, technology and investor relations teams to build and maintain data systems and dashboards.

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• 1 to 3 years of applicable work experience, preferably in commercial real estate (investment, asset management, valuation), investment banking, or data science.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, engineering, data science, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Appraisal or valuation experience desired.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform (Power Query, Power BI, SQL), CoPilot, LLMs, Python, Jira, RealPage AIM, and database management highly desired.
• Strong Excel model building skills, PowerPoint presentation skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience with Yardi IP/IM and Argus Enterprise preferred.
• Proficiency with accounting fundamentals and financial analysis.
• Understanding of DCF, IRR, and investment valuation concepts.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to build and maintain effective, collaborative relationships with internal and external partners.
• Organized and detail oriented with the ability to adapt to a changing and fast‑paced environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, communication, and collaboration in a team environment.
• Self‑starter with superior analytical skills; a problem solver with an astute attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate (verbal and written) in an articulate and effective manner.

Reporting Relationships

Vice President, Real Estate Equity Compensation

Base Salary

$85,000.00 - $105,000.00

Benefits

• Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans
• 401(k) program with company match
• Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)
• Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance
• Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit
• access to a world‑class medical advisory team
• a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry
• a mindfulness and wellbeing app
• financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor
• new parent leave
• reproductive and adoption assistance
• emergency backup care
• matching gift program
• education sponsorship program
• and much more

Company Description

Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles. As of June 30, 2026, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $671billion of assets under management(1) with more than 4,400 employees operating across North America, South America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. For more information, please visit www.aresmgmt.com.

Equal Employment Opportunity & Fair Chance

Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, “Ares Management”) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. (1) As of June 30, 2026. AUM amounts include funds managed by Ivy Hill Asset Management, LP., a wholly owned portfolio company of Ares Capital Corporation and registered investment adviser.