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:

Ares is seeking a Senior Associate to join the Performance and Attribution team in our London office. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a high-performing global team, with a primary focus on calculating and analyzing investment portfolio and composite performance, including detailed attribution and contribution analysis. The role also involves delivering timely asset-level track records and providing tailored performance insights to support portfolio management, investor relations, and marketing efforts.

An ideal candidate for this Senior Associate role is a self-motivated professional with a consulting mindset—skilled at asking insightful questions, building strong relationships, and quickly adapting to meet deadlines. They are highly organized and possess a strong client-service orientation, effectively managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment. The candidate should have a proven track record of success and experience thriving in high-growth, rapidly evolving settings.

Primary Functions and Essential Responsibilities:

• Calculate and interpret single period and multi-period contribution and attribution results, and performance-based risk and appraisal metrics for portfolio management and investor relations teams.
• Calculate security, sector, and total-level performance results for use in internal, client, and shareholder reporting, and performance composites.
• Ensure that data properly flows from the accounting system to the performance system and help to troubleshoot and resolve issues as necessary.
• Adhere to procedures designed to ensure compliance with the Global Investment Performance Standards (GIPS), SEC, and FINRA regulations.
• Fulfill ad hoc client and marketing requests, and answer DDQ and RFP questions.
• Assist with executing strategic projects such as asset track records, onboarding assets from acquisitions and integrating non-supported business units.
• Help develop innovative solutions to increase efficiency and enhance reporting and analytical capabilities of the team.

Education & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a business-related or quantitative field preferred (e.g. economics, statistics, mathematics, finance, accounting, etc.).
• CFA charter and/or CIPM designation is desirable.
• Commitment to pursue CIPM designation for candidates without CFA charter or CIPM designation.

Experience:

• 3 - 5 years of performance-related experience is required.
• Understand of performance concepts, including time-weighted returns, money-weighted returns, contribution etc.
• Strong fixed-income product knowledge, including leveraged loans, high yield bonds, derivatives, and other fixed income instruments is desirable
• Strong Microsoft Office skills required
• Experience using Eagle Performance and Bloomberg is desirable.
• Basic understanding of Python, SQL, and PowerBI is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Dependable, great attitude, highly motivated and a team player
• Strong attention to detail with high level of accuracy and process ownership.
• High accuracy and detail orientation; confident decision-making skills
• Able to pick up and work with new technology solutions (Power BI, multiple Excel add ins, SharePoint. Etc.)
• Outstanding communication (written and verbal), presentation, documentation, and interpersonal skills; strong customer focus

Reporting Relationships

Principal, Performance & Attribution

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.