Senior Associate, Wealth Management Solutions - Singapore

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

Ares Wealth Management Solutions (WMS) APAC is looking for an Associate. The position will play a key role in supporting the distribution efforts of a range of alternative strategies offered to the Asian private wealth channel. The incumbent will work closely with members of WMS APAC to help drive towards the long-term growth and development objectives, primarily focused on Asia ex Japan.

Primary functions and essential responsibilities

• Act as business development support for WMS APAC senior business development managers
• Cultivating and manage relationships with private banks, wealth management platforms and family offices
• Help with onboarding, client reviews and DDQs across the full range of products offered by WMS in APAC
• Support the servicing, reporting requirements and data needs of clients in APAC, primarily in Asia ex Japan
• Maintain and manage product collateral for WMS APAC offerings, particularly the Chinese translations
• Conduct and maintain competitor analysis across assets classes covered by WMS APAC
• Help generate analysis and reports on sales activity and campaigns using Ares CRM tools.
• Support marketing efforts through running approval processes, helping develop collateral and social media
• Assist the head of WMS Southeast Asia across strategic initiatives.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably a major in Business, Management, Psychology, Social Sciences (other disciplines are also welcome) with strong academic records.

Skills and Abilities Required:

• 3-5y+ distribution / business development / product specialist experience across public and private markets into the private wealth or family office channels.
• Proven ability to build relationships through active listening and delivering client service to the highest standards.
• Market and investment acumen to understand and articulate alternative investment strategies
• Ability to demonstrate a client centric and outcome focused mindset
• Self-motivated team player with the ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a collegial, fast moving, demanding, and dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication and written skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Impeccable integrity and trustworthiness.
• Proficiency in business Mandarin

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There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.