Senior Associate, 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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• Lead complex quarterly and annual financial reviews in line with defined risk tiers, materiality thresholds and review standards.
• Lead and quality\-control the review of underlying SPV and PropCo statutory financial statements, including key disclosures, supporting schedules and accounting conclusions.
• Review and challenge trial balances, reconciliations, financial statements, supporting schedules and material movements.
• Assess accounting conclusions, exceptions and control issues, considering their materiality and wider portfolio impact.
• Identify and escalate material, recurring or systemic accounting, reporting and delivery issues.
• Review workpapers and conclusions prepared by Analysts and Associates and provide clear, practical feedback.
• Take ownership of assigned portfolios and ensure reviews are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines.
• Challenge administrators on incomplete, inaccurate or late deliverables and follow issues through to closure.
• Coordinate deadlines, open issues and remediation actions across multiple entities and review cycles.
• Support the Team Lead with workload planning, prioritisation, quality assurance and day\-to\-day delivery.
• Coach Analysts and Associates and contribute to their technical and professional development.
• Support KPI reporting, issue ageing, root\-cause analysis, rework monitoring and administrator performance assessment.
• Collaborate with Luxembourg support, European Fund Controllership and other relevant stakeholders.
• Help identify, design and implement technology, automation and AI\-enabled solutions that improve review quality, consistency, scalability and efficiency.
• Contribute expertise to broader team and organisational initiatives relating to systems and internal processes.

• *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, CPA, ACCA or equivalent accounting qualification, supported by strong relevant financial statement review experience.
• CFA qualification is advantageous but not required.

• *Experience**
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• At least six years of relevant experience in accounting, fund administration, financial reporting or audit.
• Strong financial statement review, reconciliation, analytical review and quality\-assurance experience.
• Experience with real estate, SPV accounting, holding companies, fund structures or multi\-jurisdictional portfolios is preferred.
• Previous experience reviewing the work of junior colleagues or providing coaching is preferred.
• Project management, process transformation or recognised innovation experience is preferred.
• Big Four or comparable audit, financial reporting or fund administration experience is advantageous but not required.
• Experience with Microsoft 365, Power BI, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central or Advent Geneva is advantageous.

• *Technical and General Requirements**
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• Strong knowledge of accounting principles, generally accepted accounting principles and financial reporting.
• Basic understanding of US GAAP.
• Ability to exercise accounting judgement, challenge conclusions and distinguish material risks from lower\-priority observations.
• Strong analytical, problem\-solving and exception\-identification capabilities.
• Intermediate or advanced Excel skills.
• Strong interest in using technology, data and AI to improve financial review and oversight processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound professional judgement.
• Ability to prioritise and manage multiple deadlines in a fast\-paced, high\-growth environment.
• Ability to challenge service providers professionally and communicate issues clearly to senior stakeholders.

• *Candidate Profile**

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• Experienced, hands\-on reviewer with sound judgement and a strong focus on material risk.
• Highly motivated, proactive and resilient.
• Strong ownership and willingness to follow issues through to final resolution.
• Confident challenging administrators and accounting conclusions.
• Able to distinguish material issues from lower\-risk observations.
• Clear, concise and evidence\-based written communication.
• Comfortable reviewing and coaching less\-experienced colleagues.
• Pragmatic, collaborative and able to work effectively across India and Europe.
• Strong continuous\-improvement mindset with an interest in automation, dashboards and AI\-assisted review.
• Demonstrates potential to progress into broader oversight or team\-leadership responsibilities.

• *Success Measures**

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• Accurate and timely completion of assigned reviews.
• High\-quality workpapers, evidence and review conclusions.
• Effective quality control of Analyst and Associate work.
• Timely identification and escalation of material or recurring issues.
• Reduction in repeat review points and unnecessary rework.
• Effective resolution of administrator observations and remediation actions.
• Positive contribution to team capability, methodology, technology and

reviewer development.

• *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.*