Analyst, Investment Operations

Company: Ares Management
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As an Operations Associate in the Systematic Credit Operations Team, you will support a broad set of workflow tasks, collaborate with internal teams and external vendors, and help drive best-practice processes and oversight. Your role integrates with Portfolio Management and Engineering to ensure smooth trade life cycles, reconciliations, and risk controls for fixed income products. You will contribute to a collaborative, inclusive culture while operating in a high-performance environment. This position offers the chance to shape middle-office oversight in a growing asset management setting.

Responsibilities

  • Support a broad range of operations tasks and collaborate with internal teams and external vendors
  • Contribute to best practice ideas, processes, and oversight within Operations
  • Work on outsourced middle office processes and oversight
  • Engage with Portfolio Management and Engineering to align on trade-related activities
  • Oversee trade life cycle, reconciliations, corporate actions, and collateral management
  • Assist in P&L and NAV review and oversight
  • Maintain effective communication with external providers and internal stakeholders

Key requirements

  • 4-6 years of relevant experience (ideally in an Investment Banking team)
  • Experience with fixed income products (bonds, convertible bonds, CDS, FX, futures, IR swaps)
  • Trade life cycle and trade settlement
  • Reconciliations
  • Corporate actions
  • Collateral management
  • Oversight of outsourced providers
  • P&L and NAV review and oversight
  • Strong communication skills
  • Project management experience
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Proactive problem solving
  • Programming skills (advantage)
  • Experience with outsourced middle office oversight

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Posted: October 1st, 2026