Senior Associate, ESG Climate
Core
Own and execute climate change initiatives across Ares' investment platform and corporate operations, partnering with internal stakeholders, portfolio companies, and LPs to implement firmwide climate strategy.
Role type
Senior Associate, ESG Climate Strategy & Carbon Accounting
Builds
Firmwide decarbonization approach, scalable tools for portfolio companies, external climate reporting (TCFD), and integrated climate risk analysis in investment due diligence.
Domain
Alternative Investment Management / Climate Finance / Carbon Accounting
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Carbon accounting (GHG Protocol, PCAF), emissions disclosure frameworks (TCFD), target-setting methodologies (SBTi, NZAM), decarbonization strategies, physical and transition risk management, financial services investment experience, stakeholder management in matrixed organizations, project management, data analysis in Excel, vendor management.
Preferred skills
Alternative asset management experience, direct software development experience, advanced climate research capabilities.
Technologies
Watershed, Novata, Excel
Responsibilities
Shape and operationalize firmwide decarbonization and climate risk management approaches; engage with portfolio companies to identify decarbonization opportunities and support execution; coordinate annual financed emissions footprint including data collection, QA/QC, calculation, and reporting; develop scalable tools (playbooks, fact sheets) to assist portfolio companies; support external climate-related reporting (TCFD, LP requests); integrate climate risks into investment due diligence; analyze firmwide climate risks and establish mitigating practices; manage relationships with external vendors (consultants, software providers, environmental commodity sellers); conduct research on climate topics, frameworks, regulations, and strategies.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
