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
Ares is seeking a Vice President or Principal to join its Global Capital Solutions team. This individual will play a key role in the structuring, execution, and management of a broad range of strategic financing solutions across Ares' investment platform. The role offers exposure to a diverse set of transactions, including fund finance facilities, asset-backed finance (ABF) structures, securitizations, rated feeder vehicles, collateralized fund obligations (CFOs), private placements, and other institutional financing solutions.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong understanding of structured credit and financing markets, exceptional analytical capabilities, and the flexibility to manage multiple complex transactions simultaneously. This individual will work closely with senior stakeholders across the firm and represent Ares in discussions with investors, rating agencies, lending institutions, and other financing partners.
Reports to: Michael Durnin, Managing Director, Global Capital Solutions
Responsibilities:
- Support the origination, structuring, execution, and ongoing management of a broad range of structured products and asset-backed finance (“ABF”) transactions across the Ares platform.
- Analyze and evaluate financing alternatives, market conditions, and capital structure opportunities across various asset classes and investment strategies, with a particular focus on asset-backed, securitized, and other structured financing solutions.
- Develop and maintain complex financial models used for transaction structuring, asset and portfolio cash flow analysis, debt sizing and leverage analysis, ratings analysis, scenario and sensitivity analysis, and investor presentations.
- Analyze underlying collateral and portfolio characteristics to evaluate financing capacity, structural protections, credit enhancement, cash flow mechanics, and other key transaction considerations.
- Coordinate transaction execution with internal investment teams, legal counsel, rating agencies, lenders, investors, placement agents, and other external counterparties.
- Prepare investment committee materials, internal presentations, marketing materials, and financing proposals for senior management and external stakeholders.
- Lead due diligence efforts and support negotiations of transaction documentation and financing terms, including economic, structural, collateral, and ratings-related considerations.
- Monitor market developments within ABF, securitization, structured products, fund finance, and broader structured credit markets to identify new financing opportunities, develop innovative financing solutions, and optimize existing structures.
- Support the development and execution of financing solutions across a range of structures, including securitizations, asset-backed financings, rated note structures, fund-level financings, and other bespoke structured transactions.
- Manage multiple concurrent transactions with varying structures, underlying asset classes, timelines, and stakeholder requirements.
General Requirements:
- Relevant experience in structured products, structured finance, asset-backed finance, securitization, specialty finance, fund finance, private credit, investment banking, capital markets, or a related field.
- Strong understanding of structured products, ABF, securitization, and institutional financing markets, including familiarity with collateral analysis, transaction structures, and cash flow mechanics.
- Advanced financial modeling, analytical, and quantitative skills, with the ability to analyze complex asset pools, financing structures, and transaction economics.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present complex concepts clearly and effectively.
- Demonstrated ability to interact confidently with senior executives, investors, rating agencies, lenders, and other external stakeholders.
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
- Dynamic and adaptable professional who can transition effectively between transactions with distinct structures, asset classes, and financing objectives.
FINRA Series 7 and Series 79 licenses are preferred; candidates without current licenses must be willing to obtain them.
Personal Characteristics.
- Intellectual curiosity and strong commercial judgment.
- Collaborative team player with a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset.
- Strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, transaction-oriented environment while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfortable operating across a wide range of financing products and interacting with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
Reporting Relationships
Managing Director, Capital Solutions
Compensation
The 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.
$175,000 - $220,000
The 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.
Ares 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.
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.
