Associate/Analyst, SPV Oversight

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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

• Education and Professional Qualifications

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.