Associate, Rfp Writer - London, United Kingdom - Ares Management

Ares Management
Ares Management
Verified Company
London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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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.

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Job Description:


Role Summary:


Ares Management is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment to join the Ares RFP Team to support marketing and investor relations activities.

The RFP Writer will support various product management teams across Ares by leveraging firm-wide resources to respond to Requests for Proposals ("RFPs"), Requests for Information ("RFIs"), Due Diligence Questionnaires ("DDQs"), and ad-hoc queries for clients/prospective investors.

This role is integral to the business development efforts of the firm and will work closely with various teams to ensure that all responses are compelling, accurate, and completed on a timely basis.


Primary Functions & Essential Responsibilities:

  • Manages the coordination and timely completion of RFPs, RFIs and DDQs including compiling existing language, creating new language as needed, and reviewing documents to ensure high quality, errorfree final responses.
  • Builds a thorough understanding of the firm's products and investment strategies to facilitate the accurate and consistent creation of proposals.
  • Collaborates closely with product management and relationship management teams to promptly respond to clientdriven requests.
  • Demonstrates excellent interpersonal and communications skills, both verbally and in writing, and the ability to work directly with senior team members under tight deadlines.
  • Reviews, proofreads, and checks qualitative and quantitative content for accuracy, including questionnaires and industry databases.
  • Liaise with other internal support departments to obtain data, supporting documentation, and other responsive information.
  • Updates and manages proposal content in a thirdparty database (Loopio), ensuring the integrity and quality of internallystored content.
  • Works confidently with quantitative personnel and AUM data.
  • Becomes a champion of the RFP Process to internal partners, initiating innovative ideas and creative approaches to increase efficiency and further the goals of the RFP Process and the work product of the team.
  • Works with outsourced consultant database population vendor for all active strategies; review/audit qualitative and quantitative firm/strategy information including performance, AUM and characteristics.
  • Possesses the ability to pivot and work on multiple strategies/asset classes as needed.

Education:


  • Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or international equivalent, preferably in a related field (economics, finance, accounting, or marketing).

Experience Required:

  • 36 years in financial industry experience in an investor relations role and experience with RFPs preferred.
  • Experience with formatting, reviewing and proofreading of materials for content and grammar.

General Requirements:

  • Highly organized with a proven ability able to handle multiple concurrent assignments; assumes personal responsibility for deliverables under tight deadlines, working well under pressure in a rapidly changing environment while maintaining the highest quality standards
  • Must be process and detailoriented, placing a high priority on accuracy with particular focus on qualitative and quantitative accuracy
  • Strong editorial judgement
  • Team player and selfmotivated with a strong work ethic who proactively can improve processes and work independently
  • Desire and ability to work in a dynamic, collaborative team environment with excellent interpersonal skills
  • Problem solver with ability to research solutions and suggest resolutions
  • Ability to stay calm and focused in a fastpaced environment while juggling multiple concurrent deadlines
  • Working knowledge of asset management industry
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
  • Experience with Salesforce, Loopio RFP software, Tableau, and PowerBI a plus.
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Head of RFP at Ares
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