Vice President, Treasury - Los Angeles, United States - Ares Management

Ares Management

Verified Company

Los Angeles, United States

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

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.

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Job Description:

Ares is a fast-paced, high growth and rapidly changing environment.

To succeed, the individual will need a flexible and consultative skill set, including the ability to think strategically, execute tactically, and collaborate across multiple business lines, and other internal/external teams, levels, and situations.

Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Bank Account Management_
Sourcing and opening bank accounts, including all required currency accounts, and managing sweep options on excess cash. This will include setting up and maintaining all bank accounts throughout the firm.
Sourcing new banking relationships and vetting them with both internal and external stakeholders
Building and strengthening existing banking relationships while ensuring Ares has the right support model at the banks.
Cash Operations and Wires_
Support activities for overnight monitoring of inputs to the cash management function (investment pipeline, currency balances, unsettled trading activity, etc.).
Track noninvestment related cash movements (contributions/withdrawals, fees, etc.).
Design and maintain controls to ensure all cash transactions were accurately recorded; work with banks to resolve and clear all cash account exceptions as needed.
Monitor inbound/outbound data feeds between Treasury Management System (TMS) and various systems and build controls to ensure data accuracy.
Help to manage the system integrations between Treasury system and other internal and external systems.
Help investigate cash breaks between our Ares and the banks.
Sourcing settled and traded cash balances and transactions to provide central visibility, oversight, and data integrity. Implement controls to ensure data sourced is accurate and timely.
All cash and wire movements are centralized for processing, tracking and audit purposes, including collateral management, delayed draw funding's, deal closing, and expense payments. Ensure all centralized data flows properly into the liquidity reports.
Build and maintain portfolio level credit facility data, servicing, all associated cashflow management, and reconciliations, including all systematized borrowing base modeling, testing, calculation, and maintenance.
Liquidity Forecasting and Stakeholder Management_
Prepare liquidity forecasts for Accounting and Financial Planning and Analysis Teams by managing all inputs and reconciliations (starting cash balances, asset borrowings and repayments, capital activity, upcoming deployment pipeline and trade settlements)
Standardize liquidity reporting to both internal and external stakeholders.
Answer inquiries regarding cash availability and liquidity needs.
Create and maintain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to facilitate continuous improvement for both external parties and internal stakeholder.

Education:

Bachelor's degree in Finance or other business related discipline

Experience Required:

Minimum of 10 years of experience in top tier, global capital markets or investment management firms with experience in Treasury Operations, Cash Management, and/or Accounting
Prior experience with an Alternative Asset, Fixed Income, Leveraged Loan preferred.
Strong knowledge of liquidity forecasting and cash modeling
Experience with Hazeltree, Everest, Wall Street Office, Geneva, and/or IVP data management platforms preferred.
Experienced with a diverse set of investment vehicles such as Institutional Separate Accounts, SMA/Limited Partnerships, Open-End Mutual Funds, Closed-End Funds and UCITs, CLOs, and complex fund structures.
Intermediatelevel technical skills a bonus (VBA, SQL, Excel, Power BI, etc.)
Understanding of basic accounting theories
Knowledge of complex fund structures a plus
Corporate Finance and Alternative Investment Knowledge preferred.
Experience working with financial intermediaries like investment banks, leverage providers, broker/dealers and Prime Brokers a must.
Experience building and implementing workflows, inclusive of monitoring controls for ongoing due diligence.

General Requirements:

Ability to successfully manage multiple complexes, time sensitive priorities and competing demands with multiple stakeholders by leveraging a handson approach.
Strong time management and prioritization skills; ability to work under tight deadlines in a fastpaced environment