Senior Associate​/Vice President, Credit Secondaries

Location: Greater London

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* 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
**** Overview:
** Ares Secondaries has pioneered and innovated within secondary markets across three decades and a range of alternative asset classes, including private equity, credit, real estate, and infrastructure. Over the course of our 30-year history in this space, we have invested across thousands of partnership interests, driving highly differentiated and proprietary transactions through our deeply established relationships with institutional investors, fund sponsors, and market advisors.

Today, Ares Secondaries has more than 150 professionals across six offices in New York, Boston, Dallas, London, Hong Kong, and West Hartford, Connecticut. Ares Secondaries is a market leader across GP-led and LP-led transactions.

We are seeking a motivated professional to join our Credit Secondaries investment team as Vice President / Senior Associate in our London office
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Evaluate investment opportunities and drive the fundamental due diligence and analytical effort during the investment process.
* Leading transaction teams throughout the entire process, including managing and reviewing the work of junior team members.
* Prepare and present investment recommendations to committees and broader investment team.
* Managing the closing process, including the preparation and confirmation of legal documentation and other related materials.
* Developing and demonstrating an ability to consistently represent the firm in the global investment community including representing the firm outside of the office at marketing meetings, diligence sessions, investor meetings, conferences, and other events.
* Develop a network of contacts in the credit secondaries industry through deal negotiations, due diligence activities and attendance at industry conferences and other networking events.
* Assisting in portfolio analytics and fund performance monitoring.
** Education/Experience

Required:

*** 5+ years of relevant work experience in Credit Lending, Direct Lending, or Secondary Investing.
* Strong academic record, demonstrated leadership skills, excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
* Sophisticated modelling and analytical capabilities.
* Detail oriented with the ability to manage multiple projects.
* Ability to work effectively in a dynamic team environment, and with senior and junior professionals.
* Self-motivated with an entrepreneurial spirit and the ability to handle and thrive with increased independence and managerial responsibilities.
** Reporting Relationships
** Managing Director, Secondaries
* There is no set Final date to receive applications for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.
* Ares Management Corporation (NYSE: ARES) is a leading global alternative investment manager offering clients complementary primary and secondary investment solutions across the credit, real estate, private equity and infrastructure asset classes. We seek to provide flexible capital to support businesses and create value for our stakeholders and within our communities. By collaborating across our investment groups, we aim to generate consistent and attractive investment returns throughout market cycles.

As of September 30, 2025, Ares Management's global platform had approximately $596 billion of assets under management(1) with more…