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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.\nJob Description\nAres is seeking an experienced Associate to join its Global Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team in New York and serve as the dedicated FP&A partner for the evergreen funds within the Infrastructure Equity strategy. The associate will own the fund-level financial models and provide integrated planning, forecasting, performance analysis, and decision support in close partnership with the Infrastructure Equity team and finance stakeholders.\nThe ideal candidate combines advanced financial modeling skills and strong accounting and financial statement knowledge with the ability to translate complex fund and portfolio data into clear insights and recommendations.\nPrimary functions and essential responsibilities\nSupport the FP&A VP and build effective relationships across Infrastructure Equity investment team, fund and corporate accounting, tax, divisional CFO organization, and technology teams.\nPlanning, Forecasting & Performance Analysis\nSupport the annual budget, periodic forecast, and long-range planning processes for the evergreen funds within the Infrastructure Equity strategy.\nIntegrate investment-level assumptions with fund-level forecasts, including investment performance, cash flows, liquidity, leverage, NAV, earnings, distributions, and investor returns.\nAnalyze actual and forecasted performance, identify key business drivers and risks, and clearly explain variances against prior forecasts, budgets, underwriting cases, and realized results.\nTranslate fund performance and model outputs into relevant management fee, incentive fee, and other earnings forecasts used in divisional and consolidated Ares planning and reporting.\nPrepare clear, concise analyses and materials for senior leadership, investment committees, and other internal stakeholders.\nFund Model Ownership & Governance\nOwn and maintain the fund-level financial models for the evergreen funds within the Infrastructure Equity strategy.\nPartner with investment, tax, accounting, and other stakeholders to incorporate new investments, fund developments, revised investment performance expectations, updated funding assumptions, and actual results.\nManage the recurring fund-model input process across deal teams, including coordinating submission timelines, validating inputs, facilitating appropriate review, and escalating material changes or unresolved issues.\nMaintain model integrity through disciplined version control, documentation, reconciliation, and review procedures.\nReconcile model outputs with investment reporting, accounting records, periodic valuations, and fund financial statements in partnership with fund and corporate accounting.\nStrategic Decision Support & Reporting\nTranslate complex model outputs into insights and recommendations supporting capital allocation, portfolio construction, financing, liquidity management, and other fund-management decisions.\nPartner with investment and tax teams to maintain accurate forecasts of taxable income, earnings and profits, and other relevant fund-level tax attributes.\nPrepare and review analyses supporting reporting packages for investors, lenders, boards, and internal committees.\nSupport ad hoc financial analysis and strategic initiatives for the Infrastructure Equity team and Global Corporate FP&A leadership.\nProcess Improvement, Data & Technology\nImprove the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of fund-level planning, forecasting, reporting, and analytical processes.\nSupport the development and enhancement of dashboards, management reporting, and analytical tools.\nIdentify opportunities to automate recurring workflows and leverage new technology and data solutions as they become available.\nPromote consistent FP&A practices, controls, documentation, and reporting standards.\nQualifications\nEducation:\nUndergraduate and/or advanced degree in finance, accounting, economics, engineering, or mathematics preferred\nundefined\nExperience Required:\nA minimum of three years of experience in investment banking, private equity, corporate finance, FP&A, accounting, valuation, or another highly analytical finance role\nFamiliarity with midstream, power generation, digital infrastructure, transportation, or other infrastructure subsectors\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex research, analysis, and model outputs into clear findings and presentation materials\nExceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines\nExpert analytical, data management, and financial modeling skills using Excel and advanced technology solutions\nFamiliarity with financial planning, consolidation, reporting, and analytics applications, including Oracle, Hyperion, OneStream, Power BI, Anaplan, Alteryx, and Workiva\nExperience building, maintaining, or working with relationship, hierarchical, SQL or Access databases preferred\nGeneral Requirements:\nGenuine interest in Infrastructure Equity fund fundamentals and technology-driven workflow improvements\nCollaborative, team-oriented approach, strong interpersonal skills, and a sense of ownership\nSelf-motivated and proactive, with a can-do attitude and the ability to resolve issues independently in a fast-paced environment\nReporting Relationships\nPrincipal, Financial Planning & AnalysisCompensation\nThe anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.\n$130,000 - $150,000\nThe firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.\nAres offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.\nThere is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. 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