Associate, Real Estate Asset Management; Logistics

Associate
- Asset Management (Logistics)

The Associate
- Asset Management (Logistics) will support the Asset Management team in driving value creation, monitoring performance, and executing business plans across a diversified portfolio with a focus on pan-European logistics. The role will partner closely with senior asset managers, investment teams, finance, and third-party operators/servicers to ensure high-quality analysis, reporting, governance, and disciplined execution throughout the asset lifecycle. While reporting to a designated Vice-President or above, the Associate will work day-to-day with different senior members of the Investment team across the portfolio.

Based in Paris, this position supports assets across Europe, working across the full range of strategies and structures (direct holdings, joint ventures, and Co-Invest vehicles).

The Associate will contribute to acquisitions onboarding, ongoing asset oversight, financing and refinancing processes, and exit execution, with a focus on rigorous financial analysis, data integrity, and clear communication to internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage asset-level business plans in partnership with wider Deal Team and external operating partners, ensuring clear priorities, measurable milestones, and accountability.
• Monitor operating performance (NOI, occupancy, leasing velocity, renewals, arrears, opex) and proactively address underperformance through agreed action plans.
• Co-ordinate annual budgeting and Quarterly IRR reforecasting processes with operating partners, ensuring timely delivery, appropriate assumptions, and alignment to portfolio targets.
• Help identify and execute value creation initiatives including revenue management, ancillary income, pricing optimisation, cost control, and unit/amenity upgrades.
• Monitor capital expenditure programmes (maintenance and value-add), including scope definition, prioritisation, procurement oversight and delivery tracking.

Third-Party Management, Data & Governance

• Act as a critical Ares' day-to-day asset management interface with external operating partners, property managers and key third-party service providers.
• Endorse and maintain governance rhythms (weekly/monthly operating reviews, quarterly business reviews), ensuring clear decision-making and documented follow-ups.
• Review and advise on partner reporting, KPIs and assumptions to ensure consistent reporting standards across sector is maintained.
• Prepare materials for weekly/monthly operating reviews and quarterly business reviews, including dashboards, KPI packs, and meeting minutes/action trackers as required.
• Drive the standardisation of reporting templates and definitions across the sector to enable consistent portfolio aggregation and performance comparisons.

Market, Commercial & Portfolio Analytics

• Maintain awareness of market parameters (rents/pricing, vacancies, supply pipeline, cap rates, comparable transactions) and apply towards actionable insights for business plans.
• Support valuation processes by compiling inputs, updating cash flow assumptions, and coordinating with third-party valuers where relevant.
• Maintain awareness on key macro, regulatory and sector-specific developments relevant to the assets and ensure relevant actions for asset strategy and risk management.
• Prepare ad hoc analysis in support of asset-level decisions (capex prioritisation, leasing/commercial strategies, restructuring options, hedging considerations as applicable).

Reporting & Stakeholder Management

• Prepare recurring asset and deal level reporting packs for internal committees and senior management, including performance highlights, risks, and required decisions.
• Ensure data quality and version control across models, forecasts and reporting outputs; maintain clear assumptions and supporting backup.
• Input and reconcile actuals, perform quality checks, and update asset/deal models accordingly to reflect latest performance and revised assumptions.
• Prepare investor reporting and due diligence requests by coordinating inputs from internal teams and third parties and performing checks for completeness and consistency.
• Work closely with Investments, Portfolio Management, Finance, Tax, Legal and ESG to support execution across the asset lifecycle and timely resolution of queries.

IPD Management

• Coordinate periodic IPD data submissions across assets (working with internal teams and third parties) and ensure completeness, consistency and timely delivery.
• Maintain the IPD reporting database, including data quality checks, reconciliations to internal reporting, and documentation of assumptions and methodologies.

Acquisition Support

• Support acquisitions by providing asset-level and market intelligence (rent/occupancy comps, supply pipeline, regulatory considerations and operating benchmarks), contributing to underwriting assumptions and business plan strategy, and coordinating operational due diligence with third-party operators and internal stakeholders to ensure seamless transition…