VP, Finance Tech Platform & Strategy

Ares Management LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) with company match

HSA/FSA options

Commuter benefits

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job summary

Ares Management LLC seeks a VP, Finance Technology to own strategy, roadmap, and adoption of the Financial Planning Platform. You will collaborate with FP&A, Fund Accounting, and Finance leadership to translate business needs into scalable platform solutions and AI-enabled workflows.

The role requires hands-on work with data, models, and reporting, guiding senior leaders and delivering measurable outcomes in a fast-paced, enterprise environment in New York.

Qualifications

• Experience owning an enterprise product or platform from strategy through delivery, adoption, support, and continuous improvement.
• Ability to work with forecasting, budgeting, scenario, and driver-based planning models, including assumptions, calculations, and business drivers.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills and the ability to establish trust with users, Finance leaders, technology teams, front-office stakeholders, and senior executives.
• Strong executive communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
• Willingness to work hands-on with data, formulas, calculations, assumptions, models, workflows, reporting, and platform configuration concepts.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform roadmap supporting forecasting, budgeting, scenario modeling, strategic planning, workforce planning, performance management, and management decision support.
• Partner with FP&A, Fund Accounting, Finance leadership, and investment teams to understand business drivers and outcomes.
• Improve the speed, quality, and transparency of forward-looking analysis and help users compare scenarios.
• Translate complex financial questions into intuitive platform solutions, analytics, and workflows.

Skills

Product leadership

Roadmap development

Backlog management

Executive communication

User experience

Data-driven decision-making

Cross-functional partnering

Hands-on data work

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Business

Tools

SQL

Python

Databricks

Azure Data Lake

Power BI

OneStream

Job description

Ares Management LLC seeks a VP, Finance Technology to own strategy, roadmap, and adoption of the Financial Planning Platform. You will collaborate with FP&A, Fund Accounting, and Finance leadership to translate business needs into scalable platform solutions and AI-enabled workflows.

The role requires hands-on work with data, models, and reporting, guiding senior leaders and delivering measurable outcomes in a fast-paced, enterprise environment in New York.