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
Reporting relationships
Reports to: Managing Director (London), Senior Team Manager (Mumbai)
Primary functions & responsibilities
Commercial Results
Serve as a trusted voice to the internal SRM & IR Team on materials, investor focus areas, and fund data
Fully task manages the Mumbai IR team that involves coordinating the team to prepare deliverables in time to meet reporting cycle deadlines without delay
Differentiate themselves as a critical member of the IR Mumbai team in carrying out more complex subject matter expert workstreams with little help and intervention from senior team members
Recognize which inbound queries (internal and external) the Mumbai-based team can address and react accordingly
Main point-of-contact for Associates and Analysts on IR Mumbai projects within a specific product
Demonstrated ability to answer in-depth ad hoc investor inquiries independently
Supports content creation using their product knowledge to craft effective marketing messages
Continue to seek and implement efficiencies across management of tasks
Communication
Intermediate presentation skills; trusted to present product-specific information to internal stakeholders across the Mumbai office
Excellent written communicator demonstrated through quarterly reports, responses to clients and tailored product-specific updates (where applicable)
Able to provide constructive feedback to Associates and Analysts to help improve their verbal and written communication skills
Team & Leadership
Actively participates in hiring and developing junior resources to create a culture of engagement, motivation, and positivity.
Informally lead/mentor junior team members in both day-to-day work and team projects; manages processes to deliver materials
Help manage underperforming candidates to bring them in line with expectations for their grade
Understands where to prioritize time for highest impact and redirects workstreams to most critical areas of focus and value
Personal Impact & Effectiveness
Recognition of gaps in own skill-set, strong judgement and decision making, communicating with conviction, humility, process improvement mindset and handling ‘the grey’ areas
Continued maturity that aligns with the firms growth, using a solutions orientated mindset, to overcome internal obstacles and limitations
Raise awareness of their role and impact within the team, also across the local office, where there is not necessarily always an obvious path to create visibility of their impact
Able to build relationships with global team members and across Investment teams within Mumbai as well as broader Management team within the region.
Qualifications
Education: MBA/ CA and bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or another pre-professional field, or a discipline with exposure to accounting or corporate finance.
Experience Required: 12+ years of relevant work experience. Investment banking / Asset Management firm / Alternative Investments / Credit or Private Equity Investor Relations.
General Requirements:
Detail oriented
Team management experience and coaching
Strong modeling skills
Experience with asset management systems or other relational databases
Experience at a regional, national, or global financial services firm
Self-starter, exceptional communication and organizational skills necessary
Ability to work independently as well as with “the team”
Excellent oral and written communication skills and computer literacy
Knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Word, Excel, Outlook
Reporting Relationships
Managing Director, Credit IR
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.