Associate/Analyst, SPV Oversight

### ***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**

• *Key Responsibilities**

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• Perform quarterly and annual financial reviews in line with defined risk tiers, materiality thresholds and review standards.
• Review underlying SPV and PropCo statutory financial statements, including supporting schedules, disclosures and reconciliation to underlying accounting records.
• Review trial balances, reconciliations, financial statements, supporting schedules and material movements.
• Identify errors, missing support, inconsistencies, late deliverables and recurring review points.
• Prepare clear workpapers, complete evidence and concise review conclusions.
• Track deadlines, exceptions, remediation actions and administrator responses through agreed workflows.
• Escalate material accounting, reporting, control or delivery issues to the Senior Associate or Team Lead.
• Follow up with administrators to obtain complete, accurate and review\-ready information and monitor actions through to closure.
• Support KPI reporting, issue ageing, rework analysis and evidence\-quality monitoring.
• Collaborate with colleagues in India, Luxembourg and European Fund Controllership.
• Contribute expertise to team and organisational initiatives relating to systems, internal processes, workflow automation, data analytics and AI\-enabled review.

• *Experience and Qualifications**

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• *Education and Professional Qualifications**
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• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Commerce or a related discipline.
• Qualified or semi\-qualified CA preferred.
• CPA, ACCA or equivalent professional qualification is advantageous.

• *Experience**
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• Approximately 1\-2 years of relevant experience for the Analyst level.
• Approximately 3\-5 years of relevant experience for the Associate level.
• Experience in accounting, fund administration, financial reporting or audit.
• Exposure to real estate, SPV accounting, holding companies, fund structures or European entities is preferred.
• Exposure to process improvement, automation or project\-based change initiatives is advantageous.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Advent Geneva is advantageous.

• *Technical and General Requirements**
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• Financial statement, analytical review and reconciliation experience.
• Basic understanding of US GAAP, journal entries and financial reporting.
• Ability to independently review and challenge financial information rather than rely solely on preparer\-level checks.
• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills.
• Strong analytical and problem\-solving capabilities.
• Strong interest in using technology, data and AI to improve financial review and oversight processes.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritise work and manage deadlines across multiple review cycles.

• *Candidate Profile**

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• Detail\-oriented and disciplined, with a reviewer rather than preparer mindset.
• Highly motivated team player with a strong work ethic.
• Comfortable raising questions and escalating material issues.
• Strong ownership and willingness to follow observations through to closure.
• Clear and concise approach to documentation.
• Collaborative and comfortable working across India and Europe.
• Strong development potential within a growing oversight platform.
• Interest in technology, automation, dashboards and AI\-assisted review.

• *Success Measures**

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• Reviews completed in line with the agreed plan and methodology.
• Delivery within agreed deadlines.
• Complete and well\-organised review evidence.
• Clear and concise review conclusions.
• Timely identification and escalation of issues.
• Effective follow\-up of administrator responses and remediation actions.
• Positive contribution to systems, process improvement and automation initiatives.

• *Reporting Relationships**

Head of Fund Accounting, India*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.*