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Ares Management is seeking an experienced and hard‑working Climate Senior Associate to own and execute climate change initiatives in Ares’ investment platform and corporate operations. Based out of our NewYork office, the Climate Senior Associate will partner with internal stakeholders—including the Infrastructure ESG / Climate Strategy Lead, broader ESG team, investment teams, and global marketing teams—as well as portfolio companies and LPs to create value by implementing our firm‑wide climate strategy.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Partner with the Infrastructure ESG / Climate Strategy Lead to shape and operationalize Ares’ firm‑wide approach to decarbonization and climate risk management.
• Engage day‑to‑day with Ares portfolio companies and assets across all business lines to advise leadership, identify value‑accretive decarbonization opportunities, and support execution of practical climate initiatives focused on operational improvements, risk mitigation, and long‑term value creation.
• Coordinate Ares’ annual financed emissions footprint, including data collection, education/training, QA/QC, calculation, analysis, reporting, and management of software vendors (primarily Watershed and Novata).
• Develop scalable tools to assist portfolio companies and assets in accelerating their decarbonization plans (e.g., playbooks, fact sheets, decks).
• Support Ares’ external climate‑related reporting (e.g., TCFD reporting, LP requests).
• Support investment professionals to better integrate climate risks and opportunities into the investment due diligence process.
• Analyze climate‑related firm‑wide risks and work with relevant corporate functions to establish mitigating practices.
• Serve as a go‑to internal expert on climate topics, providing clear recommendations and practical guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Manage relationships with external vendors, including consultants, software providers, and sellers of environmental commodities such as RECs and offsets.
• Perform research on a variety of climate topics, including peer efforts, frameworks/standards, regulation, and decarbonization strategies.
• Support select operational and execution‑oriented tasks such as meeting coordination, note taking, event planning, responses to investor RFPs, and assistance to the Infrastructure ESG / Climate Strategy Lead and others with development of decks and documents.

• Education: Bachelor’s degree required.
• Experience: Minimum of 5–7 years of experience in climate/ESG‑related business practices, investments, and sustainability, preferably within the financial services industry. Alternative asset‑management experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of climate and carbon—including emissions disclosure frameworks (e.g., TCFD), target‑setting methodologies (e.g., SBTi, NZAM), approaches to decarbonization, and management of physical and transition risks from climate change.
• Technical knowledge and experience specifically in carbon accounting—including basic science, governing frameworks (e.g., GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, PCAF), calculation methodologies, QA/QC, and reporting.
• Ability to conduct advanced analysis in Excel as well as partner with software vendors to develop analysis (direct software development experience not required).
• Demonstrated ability to toggle between strategic framing and technical/quantitative climate work, including translating complex issues for non‑technical audiences.
• Ability to work effectively with a range of stakeholders with varying degrees of climate knowledge and ‘meet them where they are’ as it relates to incorporating climate initiatives.
• Outstanding communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills—including ability to “influence without authority” in a multi‑stakeholder environment.
• Demonstrated success in managing complex projects or pieces of projects in a matrixed organization and driving measurable results.
• General knowledge of the finance and investment sector, private markets, and corporate operations.
• Strong networking and relationship‑building skills with external parties.
• Strategic thinker with an ability to work independently and proactively; keen eye for detail as well as the ability to focus and drive towards the bigger picture.
• Sharp presentation skills, meeting facilitation, interpersonal decision making, consensus building, and collaboration ease.

Base salary range: $160,000 – $180,000 per annum. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance‑based bonus.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• 401(k) program with company match
• Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA) and Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution
• Basic and voluntary life insurance; long‑term and short‑term disability insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Commuter benefits plan for parking and transit
• World‑class medical advisory team access
• Mental health app with coaching, therapy, and psychiatry
• Mindfulness and wellness app
• Financial wellness benefit with access to a financial advisor
• New parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care
• Matching gift program; education sponsorship program
• And many additional benefits.

Ares Management LLC (together with its related operating and administrative subsidiaries, “Ares Management”) is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, ethnicity, creed, sex, age, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, status regarding public assistance, military or veteran status, domestic violence victim status, gender identity and expression, transgender status, genetic information, status as unemployed, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Ares Management will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.