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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

Summary:

• The Associate is responsible for the day-to-day post settlement maintenance of all securities traded by the firm.
• Shift time: 3 PM to 12 AM IST

Primary responsibilities:

• Loan Servicing Specialist will be primarily responsible for processing loan transactions.
• Sound knowledge for Loan life cycle events-Rollover, Paydown, Borrowing, PIK etc
• Knowledge on loan restructure and corporate action events
• Direct fund administrators and custodian banks on appropriate processing and review/reconcile processing output for accuracy
• Proactively research, resolve and prevent all cash and par breaks with custodian banks and third-party administrators
• Work with all internal and external stakeholders to improve and enhance settlement workflows
• Prepare daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly KPIs reporting and Powerbisystem knowledge is a strong plus.
• Review daily recons between internal systems and third parties and resolve discrepancies, including MLR discrepancies
• Influencing and participating in decisions on policies/procedures designed to ensure compliance with internal, legal and regulatory policies and ensure changing business requirements are met
• Contribute ideas and recommendations to improve process efficiencies and increase risk mitigation
• Participate in meetings representing recon and participate in department initiatives such as system enhancements, off hours testing and new business conversions as necessary.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university in Finance or related discipline

Required knowledge:

• Strong fixed-income product knowledge, particularly bank loans
• Strong understanding of the bank loan industry and standards
• Understanding of custodian bank/administrator’s and agent’s data
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel
• Proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Word, ClearPar, Wall Street Office and Geneva

Experience required:

• Minimum 4-6 years of investment management operations experience with high emphasis on bank loan operations/ Settlement
• Experience working with an outsource/offshore service provider
• Experience working with custodian and agent banks

Skills / Abilities:

• Extremely detailed oriented with a proven track record for accuracy
• A self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization and time management skills
• Strong control focus and ability to challenge streamline processes
• Team-oriented work ethic that includes willingness to help others
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment
• Demonstrates initiative and a willingness increasing own knowledge and assuming additional responsibility.
• Critical thinker who can act with minimal supervision but seeks advice appropriately.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

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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.