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

Primary functions & responsibilities

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Financial Reporting and Close

• Support for accurate and timely preparation of local GAAP financials (primarily IFRS/Luxembourg and United Kingdom), including notes and disclosures.
• Preparation of quarterly financial reports, including local GAAP consolidated financial statements and trial balance reporting for United Kingdom and Luxembourg operating entities as well as for various branch entities throughout Europe.
• Preparation of quarterly journal entries for conversion from US GAAP to local GAAP as well as assistance with ad-hoc journal entries. 
• Performance of monthly and quarterly reconciliations.
• Assistance with preparation of financial component of board packages.

Value Added Tax (VAT), Corporate Income Tax (CIT) and other Regulatory Compliance

• Assist in preparing VAT returns: invoice downloads, reclassification journal entries, payment requests and coordination with third party compliance consultants.
• Coordination of delivery of financial statement information to International Tax teams and third party consultants and preparation of CIT payment requests. 
• Assistance with e-invoicing implementation and requirements as necessary.

Audit Support

• Work closely with auditors in the United Kingdom, Luxembourg and Sweden, providing documentation and resolving auditor queries.
• Coordinating for query resolution with other teams in Corporate Accounting. 
• Adherence to specific timelines and follow ups with auditors on deliverables and timing.

Other

• Preparation of intercompany files for netting review, payment requests and reconciliations.
• Assistance with preparation of transfer pricing models and booking journal entries as necessary.
• Participate in global and regional projects to enhance controls, processes and/or efficiencies.
• Collaborate with Accounts Payable, Treasure and other finance teams and offices globally.

qualifications

Education:

•  Chartered Accountant with post-qualification experience of 3+ years in public accounting or industry experience.

Experience Required:  

• Strong understanding of US GAAP and IFRS.  Specific UK GAAP and other local European GAAP a plus. 

• Preferred experience with Fusion/Oracle.
• Proficient in Excel and Outlook.
• Workiva and OneStream experience a plus.
• Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence tool as well as ChatGPT, CoPilot or other AI a plus.

General Requirements:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.  Ability to effectively communicate with team members around the globe (India, United States, Europe).
• Great attitude; highly motivated team player.
• A self-directed individual with a can-do attitude, willing to work in an energetic, collaborative, and fast-paced environment, proactive in nature, and a proven ability to learn quickly, display flexibility and adaptability while resolving issues with minimal supervision.
• High accuracy and detail orientation.
• Ability to be flexible in terms of hours to coordinate with team members across various time zones.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

HR/Sourcing to provide

Reporting Relationships

Assistant Controller

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.