Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis

Overview

In this role you will lead FP&A for Ares’ European Credit and Real Assets businesses, shaping budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning with high-visibility to regional and global leadership. You will build and refine complex financial models, produce executive reporting, and provide actionable profitability insights. The position emphasizes data integrity, governance, and cross-border collaboration to drive efficiency and transparency. This is a hands-on, strategic finance partner role at a growing global alternative asset manager with a strong emphasis on impact and transformation.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, monthly forecasting, and long-range planning for European Credit and Real Assets
• Develop and maintain sophisticated financial models for funds, products, and initiatives (fees, carried interest, allocations)
• Own G&A expense forecast, drive cost transparency, and identify efficiency opportunities
• Produce executive reporting packages and dashboards for European segment performance
• Prepare variance analyses and commentary on actual vs. budget/forecast
• Act as FP&A partner to European leadership across Credit and Real Assets
• Provide financial insights, scenario analysis, and recommendations to support decisions
• Mentor and develop European FP&A team members
• Foster strong cross-functional relationships with deal teams, operations, and global FP&A
• Champion data governance, automate recurring reporting, and align with global standards
• Help modernize FP&A through data, automation, AI, and planning technology

Key requirements

• Bachelor
• 8–12 years in FP&A, corporate finance, or strategic finance; preferably in alternative investments
• Senior/leadership experience with cross-border/European exposure
• Knowledge of fund structures, management fee bases, and incentive fee mechanics
• Advanced Excel and financial modeling
• Experience with planning systems (Anaplan, OneStream, AI, Power BI) is highly preferred
• Excellent communication and ability to influence senior leadership

• clear communication
• stakeholder management
• leadership and mentoring
• financial modeling
• budgeting and forecasting
• fund mechanics (fees, carried interest)

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