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.

Job Description

Position Overview

The Analyst for Real Estate Operations will be responsible for assisting with critical operational reporting, data management and analysis of property assets and operational information across multiple funds and asset types. Responsibilities include collection and maintenance of key periodic data for operational and financial reporting, support of internal teams and third-party partners, assisting with ESG initiatives and cross-functional support of special projects.

Essential Duties

• Maintain leasing activity data and metrics in support of monthly operational reporting
• Provide data collection and analysis support for ESG initiatives and special projects
• Develop and/or enhance processes to ensure integrity of data used for calculation of key operational metrics
• Assist with monthly data collection efforts in support of global real estate data transformation projects
• Support regular and ad hoc data requests from various internal teams
• Provide operational data and analysis as requested for Asset Management, Portfolio Management, Investor Relations, Marketing and Financial Reporting
• Project management of asset management operational activities such as budgeting, market lease assumptions, valuations, tax appeal/planning and reporting
• Provide third-party real estate tax consultants with asset/leasing information for maintenance of managed assets, development of property budget estimates, and support of tax appeal analysis and litigation
• Other duties as assigned
  

Required Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree and related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1-2 years of real estate valuation, appraisal, management or related experience required.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret financial statements, and legal documents required.
• Prior experience with real estate taxes and/or coordination with tax consultants a plus.
• Ability to effectively present information, define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Capable of effectively working in a team environment
• Proficiency with spreadsheets (Excel) and familiarity with database systems preferred.
• Knowledge of industry-level accounting and asset management systems (Yardi) preferred.
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.
• Willingness to occasionally work irregular or long hours may be required.

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