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
Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders
Analyze business processes and architect prioritized solutions focused on meeting firm and business unit objectives
Act as liaison between business users and vendors / development resources to facilitate large scale change and technology initiatives
Build and execute inter-team project plans, keeping stakeholders and sponsors informed throughout the project lifecycle
Product ownership of applications used by the Operations team and responsibility of staying ahead for its strategic, development and support needs
Identify opportunities to improve business processes and operational efficiency; recommending solutions and build as necessary
Analyze the data from various sources, identify patterns, structures and data life-cycle
Analyze user requirements and issues; provide the best fit solution, while maintaining the integrity of existing applications
Act as liaison to internal development team by translating business requirements into functional requirements and by maintaining all developed applications
Build requirements for Data-Model, integration, and process workflow
Drive quality control, to maximize value of various systems
Perform QA and UAT testing throughout all future systems iterations
Provide direction and support to vendors / application developers when application changes require knowledge of or changes to system functionality
Form strong working relationships with internal users - both business and technical - to facilitate application support and adoption
Act as liaison to internal development team to maintain custom developed applications
qualifications
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Accounting, or Finance
MBA and / or CFA certifications are a plus
Prior experience in alternative investment manager, hedge fund or retail investment management firms preferred
Experience Required:
5 + years of total experience with at least 3 years in a Business Analyst role
Prior experience as a business analyst, SME in credit or alternative asset management firms is a plus
Prior experience in the business a plus
Must have experience working in small project teams
Experience working directly with business teams is a plus
General Requirements:
Prior hands on knowledge as a business analyst on industry leading reference data, accounting, operations, valuation, risk or performance systems (IVP, Bloomberg, Markit, S&P, Intex, etc.)
Strong analytical skills to identify patterns of data and structures to correlate data from multiple sources
Ability to synthesize business challenges and clearly present a business case, able to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
Strong organization and documentation skills
Strong SQL skills to work with large volumes of data
Familiarity with institutional trading workflows and technology
Experience with Agile methodology is desirable
Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user base that demands high quality applications Ability to manage multiple projects and iterations
Able to prioritize in a fast moving, high pressure, constantly changing environment
Demonstrate excellent communication (verbal and written) and time management skills with an ability to multitask, prioritize and meet deadlines
A self-directed individual with a can-do attitude, willing to work in an energetic, fast-paced team environment, a proactive nature and the ability to resolve issues with minimal supervision
Reporting Relationships
Principal, Technology India
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.
