Ares Management Careers, Benefits, Review

Diversity in all of its forms is key to our firm’s open culture and long-term success. By fully appreciating our team members' diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives, we believe Ares is positioned to realize favorable outcomes for our investors and for the firm. To support our diverse workforce and enrich our work environment, Ares offers a multitude of programs and policies that reflect our purpose-driven culture. Read our 2022 DEI Report.

Ares' Inclusion & Diversity Council

The mission of the Ares’ Inclusion & Diversity Council is to establish well-orchestrated strategies and operating plans that incorporate business alignment, leadership accountability and measured success in the following areas:

• Cultivate relationships with diversity organizations to tangibly and materially impact diversity recruiting pipelines
• Partner with business leaders to implement best practices that support diversity in interviewing and hiring methods
• Foster a culture of inclusion that embraces all forms of diversity, including but not limited to: ethnicity/background, gender, sexual orientation, and thought
• Identify key retention levers to support diverse team members

Ares Network of Empowered Women (ANEW)

The Ares Network of Empowered Women (ANEW) is focused on expanding the representation of female professionals at every level of the organization and helping women develop the skill sets they need to advance their careers. Our goal is to develop and promote initiatives that address the unique challenges women face in the industry and workplace.

Ares Black Alliance

The ABA is a group focused on leadership, development and recruitment of persons of color. ABA values and engages its members, allies and partners through a series events which range from volunteering initiatives to lunch-and-learns with the aim of empowering all Ares' employees and making the firm a more inclusive place to work. This employee-led group is committed to excellence in professional development, giving back to the community, and a fair and equitable employee experience while driving superior business results. The group provides a safe and supportive environment where all member voices count. ABA's strategy is based on four pillars: Attract, Change, Advance & Engage.

Mosaic

Mosaic is focused on creating an environment in the work place in which BAME (Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic) individuals can thrive.  Mosaic's purpose is to further develop all BAME (Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic) professionals by supporting current employees progression in a way which will avoid `diversity churn'. This effort is motivated by the need to create real change and to promote a society for long-term, sustainable inclusion for BAME (Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic) professionals in the finance industry.

Ares Unidos

Unidos recognizes the importance of highlighting the diverse cultures within the Latinx community and building a collaborative network that promotes unity, empowerment and cultural awareness.  We are focused on advancing/retaining existing talent, celebrating our rich heritage, connecting employees with educational resources and giving back to the communities where we live and work.  Juntos, podemos!

Out at Ares

Out at Ares seeks to promote an inclusive, respectful, and diverse workplace environment at Ares that empowers LGBT employees and their allies. This group focuses on the recruitment, retention, development, and support of our LGBT employees and their families. We strive to achieve these goals through active engagement with internal and external stakeholders, education, ally development, networking events, and volunteering in the communities where Ares operates.

Elevating API Voices

EAV's mission is to create a supportive environment, facilitate professional development, and promote educational, cultural, and social awareness for API employees and their families to help advance Ares' Inclusion & Diversity principles of fostering diverse talent, promoting an inclusive workplace, and enriching the work environment.

Disability Resources Around Me (DREAM)

DREAM is a community for employees with special needs children, providing resources and support to help these parents as they build careers at Ares. DREAM promotes an environment of mutual respect and teamwork, while providing an avenue for those seeking the guidance, encouragement, and camaraderie of others who have successfully faced similar parenting challenges. We strive to raise awareness of the challenges faced by these employees and provide resources in line with Ares' employee-friendly work environment.

Inclusion & Diversity

We believe that communities are strengthened by diverse backgrounds and thought, where everyone has a sense of belonging and can make a contribution. Ares is proud to partner with several organizations fostering these goals within our communities. We work with the organizations in many different ways, including offering donations, employee volunteerism, providing internships and serving on boards.

Ares in Motion (AIM)

At Ares, we actively support our local communities and charities through firm-wide sponsorships, board positions, charitable donations and grass roots volunteerism.

Throughout the year and across our global locations, our Ares In Motion (“AIM”) program offers a variety of opportunities that serve our diverse communities and engage our team members in a meaningful way.

We are particularly proud of our Annual Global Volunteer Initiative, where employee volunteers select and plan a number of community-based events that range from community clean-ups and revitalization projects, preparing and providing essentials to those less fortunate, to hands-on classroom training and mentorship workshops for students in under-served communities.

Volunteer

Ares offers a variety of volunteer and community engagement opportunities to team members throughout the year. Team members are encouraged to share their event ideas, join regional planning committees, or participate as an event day volunteer. 

Charitable Matching

Designed to support the personal charitable giving activities of our team members to eligible institutions by matching employee donations dollar for dollar. 

Corporate Giving Program

Provides support to non-profit organizations and events through corporate sponsorship. Each year, Ares partners with various organizations dedicated to Education, Civics, Arts & Culture, and Disaster Relief. 

Relief Efforts Program

Offers Ares team members an opportunity to aid disaster relief, prevention and education, and armed services support efforts in the United States and around the world. 

As a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future, we seek to lead the alternative investment industry, both in terms of generating returns and making a lasting positive impact. Our ambition is to help make alternative investing in the private markets an engine for an inclusive and lower-carbon economy by engaging across our spheres of influence with the potential to touch thousands of companies in which we invest and the communities they serve.

Our growth in becoming one of the largest alternative investment managers is aligned with this vision and is a testament to our shared values, experienced management team, and focus on performance and high-quality investor base.

At Ares, we cultivate teams of intelligent, hard-working and caring professionals with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Our greatest assets are our culture and our team. Our success has been driven in large part by our distinctive culture. While we are a mosaic of different backgrounds and experiences, we are unified and grounded in everything that we do by our shared values. Our culture is underpinned by living these core values each day.

Collaborative: We believe that active collaboration across our team and with our investors and strategic partners generates better outcomes.

Responsible: We are a driver of positive change, sustainability, and diversity, equity and inclusion both inside and outside of our organization.

Entrepreneurial: We empower our people to take an "ownership approach," operate as leaders and pursue smart risks because we believe this drives excellence.

Self Aware: We believe in direct feedback, approach everything with a growth mindset, celebrate our wins, learn from our losses and strive for continuous improvement.

Trustworthy: We serve an important role in the lives of our stakeholders and we honor the trust that has been placed in us through our daily actions.

Rewards & Benefits

At Ares, we offer a variety of exciting and challenging careers at the forefront of the alternative investment management industry. As a high-growth company, we are always seeking talented professionals with diverse backgrounds to join our teams. We are focused on attracting, developing and retaining talented, highly accomplished professionals by cultivating a work environment in which contributions are acknowledged and rewarded. This acknowledgment is realized through competitive compensation and benefit programs including the following:

• Market competitive salaries
• Performance bonuses
• Enhanced workplace flexibility
• Profit sharing programs
• Medical, dental and vision benefits
• Income protection benefits
• Retirement savings options and corporate matching program
• And much more…

At Ares, we embrace our differences. Diversity in all of its forms is key to our firm’s open culture and long-term success. By fully appreciating our team members' diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives, we believe Ares is positioned to realize favorable outcomes for our investors and for the firm. To support our diverse workforce and enrich our work environment, Ares offers a multitude of programs and policies that reflect our purpose-driven culture.

ARES' DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION COUNCIL

The mission of the Ares’ Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council is to establish well-orchestrated strategies and operating plans that incorporate business alignment, leadership accountability and measured success in the following areas:

• Cultivate relationships with diversity organizations to tangibly and materially impact diversity recruiting pipelines
• Partner with business leaders to implement best practices that support diversity in interviewing and hiring methods
• Foster a culture of inclusion that embraces all forms of diversity, including but not limited to: ethnicity/background, gender, sexual orientation, and thought
• Identify key retention levers to support diverse team members

ARES BLACK ALLIANCE (ABA)

The ABA is a group focused on leadership, development and recruitment of persons of color. ABA values and engages its members, allies and partners through a series events which range from volunteering initiatives to lunch-and-learns with the aim of empowering all Ares' employees and making the firm a more inclusive place to work. This employee-led group is committed to excellence in professional development, giving back to the community, and a fair and equitable employee experience while driving superior business results. The group provides a safe and supportive environment where all member voices count. ABA's strategy is based on four pillars: Attract, Change, Advance & Engage.

ARES NETWORK OF EMPOWERED WOMEN (ANEW)

The Ares Network of Empowered Women (ANEW) is focused on expanding the representation of female professionals at every level of the organization and helping women develop the skill sets they need to advance their careers. Our goal is to develop and promote initiatives that address the unique challenges women face in the industry and workplace.

DISABILITY RESOURCES AROUND ME (DREAM)

DREAM is a community for employees whose lives have been touched by a disability, whether visible or invisible. DREAM promotes an environment of mutual respect and teamwork, while providing an avenue for those seeking the guidance, encouragement, and camaraderie of others who have successfully faced similar challenges. We strive to raise awareness of the challenges faced every day by these employees and their loved ones, by providing resources in line with Ares' employee-friendly work environment. Awareness is key to making our environment and society more accessible for all.

ELEVATING API VOICES (EAV)

EAV's mission is to create a supportive environment, facilitate professional development, and promote educational, cultural, and social awareness for API employees and their families to help advance Ares' Inclusion & Diversity principles of fostering diverse talent, promoting an inclusive workplace, and enriching the work environment.

MOSAIC

Mosaic is focused on creating an environment in the workplace in which BAME (Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic) individuals can thrive.  Mosaic's purpose is to further develop all BAME professionals by supporting current employees’ progression in a way which will avoid `diversity churn'. This effort is motivated by the need to create real change and to promote a society for long-term, sustainable inclusion for BAME professionals in the finance industry.

OUT AT ARES

Out at Ares seeks to promote an inclusive, respectful, and diverse workplace environment at Ares that empowers LGBT employees and their allies. This group focuses on the recruitment, retention, development, and support of our LGBT employees and their families. We strive to achieve these goals through active engagement with internal and external stakeholders, education, ally development, networking events, and volunteering in the communities where Ares operates.

ARES UNIDOS

Unidos recognizes the importance of highlighting the diverse cultures within the Latinx community and building a collaborative network that promotes unity, empowerment and cultural awareness. We are focused on advancing/retaining existing talent, celebrating our rich heritage, connecting employees with educational resources and giving back to the communities where we live and work. Juntos, podemos!

FAMILY FRIENDLY PROGRAMS

Ares recognizes the importance of building and supporting a family, and the policies below reflect our commitment to assist our employees as they endeavor to fulfill their responsibilities at work and at home.

• Parental Leave for primary and non-primary caregivers in connection with the birth of a child, adoption or surrogacy
• “Welcome Baby” gifts
• Adoption assistance
• Reproductive assistance
• Breast milk shipping
• On-site Mothers' Rooms
• Flexible work arrangements
• Domestic partner benefits
• Care@Work benefits, including emergency back-up care services