Direct Lending Portfolio Analyst: Valuation & Insights

Ares Management Corporation; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical/Rx

Dental and Vision plans

401(k) program with company match

Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA)

Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with

company contribution

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short/​

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Commuter Benefits plan

Job summary

Ares Management Corporation seeks an Analyst/ Associate for the Direct Lending - Portfolio Management team. The role centers on portfolio monitoring, valuation, analytics, and restructurings, with interaction across deal teams, investor relations, accounting, and operations.

Responsibilities include monitoring 15–20 investments, supporting deal teams, conducting quarterly valuations, and producing periodic reports for internal and external audiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or international equivalent.
• 1-3 years of finance or accounting experience with exposure to valuation methods required.
• Advanced MS Excel modeling skills (v-lookup, macros, and pivot tables)
• Beginning to intermediate MS PowerPoint skills
• Self-motivated and driven; ability to work effectively in a collegial, fast moving, demanding, and dynamic environment
• Creative problem solver
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness

Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage 15-20 assigned corporate debt and equity investments
• Provide direct support to deal teams as necessary including assisting with re-underwrites, amendments, diligence on opportunities with active investments, and assisting with the preparation of investment committee memos
• General portfolio management including quarterly valuation and reporting
• Communicate with portfolio company management teams and sponsors to assist with the detailed monitoring of the portfolio (hold lender calls and diligence calls, attend board meetings, etc.)
• Utilize firm's proprietary software tools for company tracking of KPIs
• Perform mark-to-market quarter end valuations
• Analyze portfolio trends and track relevant current market activities
• Develop and produce periodic and ad hoc reports and presentations for both internal (investment team, senior management, board of directors, investor relations) and external target audiences (investors, limited partners)

Skills

Financial analysis

Interpersonal skills

Self-motivated

Creative problem solving

Integrity

Education

Bachelor's degree or international equivalent

Tools

Excel (Advanced)

PowerPoint (Intermediate)

Job description

Ares Management Corporation seeks an Analyst/ Associate for the Direct Lending - Portfolio Management team. The role centers on portfolio monitoring, valuation, analytics, and restructurings, with interaction across deal teams, investor relations, accounting, and operations.

Responsibilities include monitoring 15–20 investments, supporting deal teams, conducting quarterly valuations, and producing periodic reports for internal and external audiences.