Ares Management Tech Stack
Global alternative asset manager with $623B AUM across credit, PE, real estate, and infrastructure
Ares Management is a publicly traded alternative investment firm managing $623 billion across credit, private equity, real estate, and infrastructure strategies. With 4,200 employees across 15+ countries, the hiring surge (286 roles in 30 days, accelerating) is finance-heavy (180 finance hires, 54 legal) — typical of an asset manager scaling back-office operations and compliance infrastructure. The tech stack reflects this operational footprint: Workday, ADP, and Concur for payroll and expense management; Bloomberg, SWIFT, and Euroclear for trading and settlement; Palo Alto Networks, Defender, and CSPM for governance — signaling active investment in regulatory compliance and cloud-native security controls.
Tech Stack 107 technologies
What Ares Management Is Building
◆Challenges
- Streamlining rfp processes
- Risk mitigation
- Improving team efficiency
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory standards
- Enhancing political contribution compliance
- Process inefficiencies
- Increasing efficiency of information flow
- Improving accuracy and timeliness of financial reporting
- Ensuring compliance with global regulations
- Improving proposal quality and delivery timelines
▲Active Projects
- Marketing and due diligence materials for alt credit business
- Transitioning payrolls to standard global payroll platform
- Client materials development
- Integrated marketing campaigns
- Build out the asia product platform
- Global datacenter program
- Fcp program efficiency projects
- Policy development for marketing review
- Asset management and sale of fund investments
- Develop global marketing strategy
Hiring Activity
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Regional Director, Marketing Communications Lead, Head of Marketing & Communications, Talent Development Process Lead, Head of Marketing
