Summer Intern

Overview

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.

2027 Summer Internship Program Application

Final date to receive applications Sunday, March 8th, 2026

• Anticipated graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028
• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student, ideally majoring in a field related to Finance, Business Administration, or Economics
• Have a track record of academic excellence and participation in campus activities
• Knowledge of finance and accounting is a plus but not required. We are primarily looking for general aptitude and willingness to learn
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Novice to intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and proven ability to multi‑task
• Initiative and a strong entrepreneurial mindset
• The ability to research solutions and be a problem solver
• Looking to complete a 10‑week summer internship

• Anticipated graduation date between December 2027 and August 2028
• Currently enrolled as an undergraduate student, ideally majoring in a field related to Finance, Business Administration, or Economics
• Have a track record of academic excellence and participation in campus activities
• Knowledge of finance and accounting is a plus but not required. We are primarily looking for general aptitude and willingness to learn
• Superior oral and written communication skills
• Novice to intermediate Microsoft Excel skills
• Exceptional attention to detail and proven ability to multi‑task
• Initiative and a strong entrepreneurial mindset
• The ability to research solutions and be a problem solver
• Looking to complete a 10‑week summer internship

• Understanding and executing the due diligence process
• Collaborating with other members of the deal teams
• Designing, building and updating integrated financial models using Excel and other tools
• Developing and providing investment recommendations and preparing investment committee memos
• Understanding industry research, trends and drivers
• Conducting market research for investment opportunities in the pipeline
• Interfacing with portfolio companies, management teams, third party diligence providers, and other external partners
• Fund‑level management and reporting
• Supporting deal teams with structuring, underwriting and closing equity and debt investments across diverse industries
• Business group specific tasks

PLEASE NOTE: You can only interview and end up interning with one of our business groups that participate in the summer intern program. As part of the application, we’ll ask for your business group preference as well as your location preference. Please thoroughly review below for group descriptions and take note of their available location(s).

Commercial Finance (Tarrytown, Chicago)
Ares Commercial Finance (ACF) leverages the scale and flexible capital of the Ares platform to provide innovative asset‑based and cash flow solutions to small and middle‑market companies, as well as asset‑backed facilities to specialty finance companies. ACF is part of the Ares Credit Group, which as of December 31, 2025, had over $406.9 billion of assets under management. Our senior ACF investment professionals have on average over 24 years of experience in commercial finance and asset‑based lending.

Our team uses a combination of specialized credit and collateral monitoring to provide clients with flexibility and greater credit availability. ACF has the ability to structure and agent deals to support the growth and changing capital needs of its clients. ACF’s lines of credit may be structured as working capital financing,…