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

Ares Infrastructure Debt is hiring an Associate to join its team based in Sydney. Our global team, with offices in New York, London, Singapore, and Sydney, invests across core infrastructure sectors including power, energy, transport, and telecommunications. Since 2000, the team has deployed over $12bn across 130+ assets, making us one of the world’s leading infrastructure debt investors.

Primary Responsibilities:

In this role, you’ll be responsible for originating, structuring, and executing new transactions, with a strong focus on financial analysis, research, preparing presentations and memos, and managing both new and existing investments. Key responsibilities include:

• Build financial models and determine appropriate capital structure with acceptable levels of debt and equity

• Perform in-depth diligence into investments, to develop a deep understanding of the merits and risks of potential investments

• Prepare and present investment memos to the investment committee

• Support deal execution and closing workstreams on new investments

• Conduct regular market research and competitor intelligence identifying trends and new business areas

• Assist in the identification of opportunities

• Assist in the preparation of pitch proposals and marketing materials for new business activities

• Support portfolio management for each investment

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree or international equivalent

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience at a top-tier investment bank or private equity firm in infrastructure project finance, M&A, or corporate finance

Requirements:

• Proactive self-starter eager to make an impact, comfortable working in a small, close-knit team

• Exceptional financial and analytical skills with strong financial modeling capabilities (in Excel) and high-level proficiency with PowerPoint

• Outstanding interpersonal and leadership qualities are a must as well as the ability to confidently interact with senior management, investors, and peers

Reporting Relationships

Partner, Infrastructure Debt

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.