Senior Associate, Fund Accounting

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 and essential responsibilities

• Ensuring completeness of financial records of AIF, including accounting, banking, reconciliations & expense payments.
• Managing daily operations of AIF Funds according to the Fund Documents and coordinating with the fund administrator
• Provide support in managing the financial accounts of the funds through liaison with internal resources to meet the applicable monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting requirements.
• Assist in statutory and other regulatory audit processes (including inspection from regulatory body) and ensure seamless closure within the timelines;
• Ensuring investor reporting within the timeframe agreed in the documents/ regulations including MIS management for financial performance;
• Ensuring timeliness of various tax filings as required for the AIF including tax payments, tax returns, tax assessment and any other activities as required under the applicable regulations;
• Compliance management of the AIF from a regulatory standpoint including all regulatory filings as may be required per the regulations and LP agreements;
• Calculating, reviewing and managing investor distributions as per Fund documents;
• Stakeholder management (auditors, trustees, bankers, custodians, fund accounting professional, tax advisors, legal Advisors and other stakeholders) on a timely basis;
• Work closely with the Fund accounting team to partner with the investment team to validate the funds' valuation and the asset management team to produce reports to Limited Partners (LPs)
• Monitor compliance with the funds' LP agreements.
• Assist in group reporting material preparation and submission.  
• Prepare and assist with ad-hoc internal analysis requests and LPs reporting.
• Keeping abreast with the changing regulations and analyzing its impact on the existing operations;
• Assisting Compliance / legal team in Fund documentation including Policies and Processes for AIF;
• Maintaining internal trackers and checklists to ensure all areas of AIF are effectively monitored;
• Ensure processes and procedures are adequate to meet quality standards and are consistently applied and regularly reviewed.
• Actively work on continuous improvement to build out the India Finance and Accounting function.

Education:

• CPA/CA

Experience Required:

• Approximately 7-10 years

General Requirements:

• Chartered Accountant or CPA license or Big-4 public accounting experience preferred.
• Prior experience / knowledge of AIF/ SEBI regulations / IFSCA is preferred.
• Highly organized and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth environment.
• Strong command of English language, both verbal and written
• Strong interpersonal skills for stake holder management
• Ability to analyze and summarize complex information both verbally and in writing.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills; attention to detail; ability to multi-task and manage various deadlines.
• Knowledge of financial markets and instruments preferred.
• Requires day to day use of MS Office applications (with advanced skills in Excel preferred)

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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.