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Vice President in the U.S. Ares Real Estate Group
Company NameAres Management
Dates EmployedJul 2013 – Oct 2015
Employment Duration2 yrs 4 mos
LocationGreater New York City Area
Manage $3.3 billion domestic and international portfolio of 30 real estate and real estate-related investments; responsible for all aspects of fund operations, including investor communication, performance, projections & valuations.
Analyze and communicate the US Real Estate Group’s AUM and revenue to internal stakeholders.
Partner with colleagues at all levels and across business units to tackle complex issues and execute programs that align multiple stakeholders.
•Responsible for valuing assets across all real estate asset types and geographies
•Communicate with 246 unique investors across three real-estate private equity funds with total commitments of over $2.8 billion
•Transformed communication with investors from a fragmented method a more holistic approach in which each fund manager manages relationship with his/her fund investors while executing portfolio and fund management
•Synthesized stakeholder feedback and requirements to redesign financial report content, data presentation and analysis, thus increasing transparency to investors
•Revamped outdated investor database to state-of-the-art system resulting in streamlined communications and increased efficiency; migrated investor CRM and reporting into Ares environment post-merger
•During the economic downturn, created “Watch List” which identified troubled assets and maturing debt – the Watch List contributed to the firm’s successful recovery of troubled assets and played a positive role in the firm’s future fund raising |