Analyst​/Associate, Alternative Credit Investor Relations

Job Description

Ares is currently searching for a highly motivated, detail-oriented team player to join as an Analyst or Associate on the Alt Credit Investor Relations Team in the New York office. Ares is a leading participant in the global alternative credit markets with approximately $48.7 billion of assets under management invested across multiple, actively managed funds as of March 31, 2026. The Alt Credit Team comprises over 80 investment professionals located primarily in New York City, Atlanta and London.

Ares’ Alt Credit platform employs strategies that are asset-focused, making investments backed by assets and contractual cash flows such as loans, leases and receivables. Alt Credit fills gaps in the capital markets between credit, private equity and real estate, investing across a spectrum of liquid and illiquid opportunities that include various specialty finance sectors, net leases, structured products, cash flow streams (e.g., royalties, licensing, management fees), and other asset types.

Alt Credit has a broad range of sub-strategies designed to be client-focused and solutions-based with three main formats: pure play, customized and flagship funds.

The Analyst/Associate will be responsible for assisting with product development, marketing strategy, and the creation of marketing and due diligence materials for our Alt Credit business. The Analyst/Associate will also be very involved with ongoing investor relations activities for Alt Credit funds and separately managed accounts. The role supports key strategic priorities and provides a high degree of visibility to senior management and investors.

The candidate must have strong organizational, interpersonal and analytical skills, as well as strong writing capabilities.

To succeed in this role, an individual must possess a strategic orientation combined with strong analytical and writing skills. In addition, this person will be a conceptual thinker, creative, articulate and have the ability to understand and convey a variety of concepts at all levels. Outstanding execution and organization skills combined with excellent judgment and exemplary ethics and values are imperative.

• Strong verbal and written communication skills, ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and represent the Firm in a professional manner;
• Outstanding communication skills, both verbal and written;
• Detail-oriented with ability to multi-task;
• Ability to meet deadlines and perform under pressure;
• Highly motivated self-starter with a strong work ethic;
• Exceptional relationship skills -- able to establish rapport and quickly engender trust and respect with a wide range of individuals representing the spectrum of institutional investors, including staff, Board members, consultants, and other industry contacts. Must also be able to develop relationships with a variety of internal Ares constituents including marketing, finance and accounting, legal and compliance, portfolio management and investment professionals;
• Outgoing, collaborative, and inclusive style, well-developed ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment;
• High energy level displayed within a culture of intensity, accessibility and availability;
• Knowledge of structured credit, based on banking/structuring, investment, portfolio management, and/or marketing experience

• Create and develop content for marketing and due diligence materials such as private placement memorandums (PPM), pitch books, fact sheets, and due diligence questionnaires (DDQs) for investment vehicles
• Prepare responses for request for proposals (RFPs), DDQs, track record analyses, consultant questionnaires/databases and investor requests
• Liaise across functions to obtain and synthesize information from the investment teams, performance, legal, tax, operations, finance, and accounting teams in order to prepare communication materials
• Conduct ongoing market and competitor research, including monitoring of peer performance, investment vehicles, and strategies
• Coordinate logistics and presentation materials for investor meetings and industry…