Senior Associate, Digital Infrastructure Investments

Overview

As a Senior Associate in Ares Digital Infrastructure, you will join a fast-moving investment team focused on data center assets and related platforms. You will lead financial modelling, valuation, and underwriting for prospective investments and portfolio initiatives, helping shape strategic decisions for the ADI platform. You will manage deal execution from origination to closing, coordinating cross-functional diligence with external partners. You will also contribute to market intelligence, investment governance, and investor communications, driving value creation across the portfolio. This role offers exposure to high-profile data center investments and a collaborative, high-performance,跨

Responsibilities

• Lead financial modelling, valuation, underwriting, and scenario analysis for investments, developments, and portfolio optimisation
• Prepare and present investment analyses, underwriting conclusions, and risk assessments for Investment Committee and senior management
• Manage transaction execution from origination through closing, coordinating legal, tax, technical, environmental, and commercial diligence
• Participate in structuring, negotiation, and execution of acquisitions, developments, joint ventures, financings, and disposals
• Coordinate external advisors, lenders, and operating partners throughout transaction processes
• Support origination activities via market mapping, relationship development, industry research, and evaluation of new opportunities
• Prepare investment committee memoranda, executive summaries, board materials, and investor presentations
• Communicate findings and recommendations to senior executives, Investment Committee, investors, lenders, and counterparties
• Support investment governance and ensure key risks, assumptions, and decisions are documented
• Support asset management and value creation initiatives across leasing, capex, financing, performance, monetisation
• Conduct market, industry, and regulatory analysis to inform investment decisions
• Contribute to fund-level initiatives, portfolio reporting, and investor communications
• Support development of investment processes, methodologies, and internal knowledge resources
• Manage project timelines and coordinate junior team members and third-party consultants

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or international equivalent with excellent academic record
• 5-8 years of investment banking, private equity, or principal investing experience
• Fluent English in speaking and writing
• High proficiency in Microsoft Excel with ability to build complex operating models
• Excellent research and due diligence skills with strong numeracy
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and teamwork
• Intellectual curiosity, creative problem-solving, and adaptability
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; ability to prioritize
• Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness

• team collaboration
• communication
• problem-solving
• financial modelling
• valuation
• underwriting

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