Vice President, Tax

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

The Vice President of Public Credit Tax will work with the Head of Tax Reporting – will lead and oversee all strategic tax planning, preparation and review of the tax provisions (including excise taxes), and tax and information reporting for our public credit funds that are regulated investment companies (“RIC”). One of our public credit funds, Ares Capital Corporation (“ARCC”), is the largest and most established publicly traded business development company (“BDC”) in the U.S. ARCC invests primarily in debt and non-control equity investments, but also has a history of acquisitions that have included control equity positions. ARCC holds several equity positions in blocker corporations.

This position is responsible for assisting with all tax matters across the various public credit funds that are primarily taxed as RICs. The VP of Tax will work closely with outside accounting firms, fund accounting and FP&A teams to ensure the quality of internal tax operations and regulatory tax filings. As part of a dynamic rapidly growing environment, opportunities should arise to assist other silos.

• Liaising with accounting teams and tax advisors overseeing compliance with the RIC qualification tests
• Determination of taxable income, including calculation of E&P estimates and spillover income and monitoring and documenting book/tax differences
• Ensuring transactions in the portfolio are properly accounted for as well as determining proper flavor (i.e., ordinary or capital)
• Calculation and publication of “QII” notices and answering questions from stockholders
• Calculation of tax provisions for corporate investments and tacking tax basis for partnership and corporate investments
• Oversight of the preparation of federal and state and local tax returns by outside accounting firms and reviewing for accuracy
• Reviewing and managing the process of preparation of quarterly taxable income estimates
• Assisting in the review of US withholding issues, including reporting for Form 1099 and Form 1042
• Respond to notices from federal, state, and local tax authorities
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• CPA license preferred.
  
  

Experience Required

• Minimum 10 years of corporation, partnership, and regulated company tax experience, preferably with combination of public accounting and in-house experience with an investment firm, with exposure to state and international tax filing requirements and issues, tax planning and compliance, and similar tax concepts
• Experience with inbound and outbound investment activities such as passive foreign investment company issues, withholding tax issues, and related reporting requirements
• BDC experience is nice to have.
  
  

General Requirements

• The ability to absorb complex tax concepts (with an emphasis on credit and partnership/corporate investments), possess a broad base of experience in all federal and state tax matters, with international tax also an area of involvement
• The ability to support innovative processes and approaches to problems in an ever-growing business; instinctively seeking ways to improve efficiency
• The ability to operate independently and effectively organize multiple tasks, prioritize, and manage multiple assignments under tight deadlines, excellent organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present tax issues and other relevant information to business and investment professionals and then be able to respond to questions from such professionals. Need to be able to understand economics of investment and translate into “taxes” then be able to articulate the tax effects to investment team.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office, tax research, and other financial applications.
• Team player is a must.
  
  

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Compensation

The anticipated base salary range for this position is listed below. Total compensation may also include a discretionary performance-based bonus. Note, the range takes into account a broad spectrum of qualifications, including, but not limited to, years of relevant work experience, education, and other relevant qualifications specific to the role.

$185,000 - $210,000

The firm also offers robust Benefits offerings. Ares U.S. Core Benefits include Comprehensive Medical/Rx, Dental and Vision plans; 401(k) program with company match; Flexible Savings Accounts (FSA); Healthcare Savings Accounts (HSA) with company contribution; Basic and Voluntary Life Insurance; Long-Term Disability (LTD) and Short-Term Disability (STD) insurance; Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and Commuter Benefits plan for parking and transit.

Ares offers a number of additional benefits including access to a world-class medical advisory team, a mental health app that includes coaching, therapy and psychiatry, a mindfulness and wellbeing app, financial wellness benefit that includes access to a financial advisor, new parent leave, reproductive and adoption assistance, emergency backup care, matching gift program, education sponsorship program, and much more.

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.