Analyst, Systematic Credit Investment Operations

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

Summary:

We are looking for a proactive and collaborative Operations Analyst to join our Systematic Credit Operations Team at Ares. In this role, you will take responsibility for a broad range of tasks and will collaborate with various internal teams and external vendors and providers, as well as your colleagues within Operations.

The Role:

Alongside your broad range of Operations tasks, you will have the opportunity to contribute to best practice ideas, processes, and oversight within the Operations Team. You will have demonstrable experience of working on the sell side, or within asset management / a hedge fund, and you will be familiar with outsourced middle office processes and oversight.

Strong communication skills are vital in this role, as you will work in partnership with external vendors and providers as well as other Systematic Credit teams, including Portfolio Management and Engineering. Project management experience and programming skills are also an advantage.

Essential Skills and Direct Experience with:

• Fixed income products, such as Bonds, Convertible bonds, Credit Default Swaps (single name and index), FX, Futures and Interest Rates Swaps
• Trade Life Cycle and Trade Settlement
• Reconciliations
• Corporate actions
• Collateral Management
• Outsourced providers, including oversight and collaboration
• P&L and NAV review & oversight

Desired Skills and Experience with:

• Hedge funds
• UCITS funds, ETFs, SMAs

Reporting Relationships

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.