Principal, Senior HR Business Partner (Global Client Solutions and Wealth Management Solutions)

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.

Ares is seeking an accomplished Senior Human Resources Business Partner to support its Global Client Solutions (GCS) and Wealth Management Solutions (WMS) businesses. This role will serve as a senior HR advisor to GCS and WMS leadership and will play a critical role in shaping and executing the talent and organizational strategies that support the continued growth and evolution of these businesses. The Senior HRBP will partner closely with senior GCS and WMS leaders to build, develop, and retain high-performing teams capable of delivering against the firm's ambitious growth objectives. The role requires a strategic, commercially minded HR leader who can operate effectively at the most senior levels of the organization, understand the dynamics of global client-facing and distribution businesses, navigate complex organizational issues, and translate business priorities into effective talent strategies. The successful candidate will bring deep expertise across talent management, organizational effectiveness, leadership development, workforce planning, succession planning, performance management, and employee relations. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to senior leadership while helping the businesses scale effectively, develop leadership capability, strengthen talent pipelines, and evolve their organizational models to support continued growth. Ares is a fast-paced, high-growth, and rapidly evolving organization. Success in this role requires the ability to move seamlessly between strategic advisory and hands-on execution, exercise sound judgment in complex situations, and build strong relationships across businesses, functions, geographies, and levels of the organization. Reporting relationships Reports to: Head of Talent Supervises: n/a Primary functions & responsibilities ·         Act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior GCS and WMS leaders, developing a deep understanding of business strategy, growth objectives, organizational priorities, and talent needs to deliver commercially relevant HR strategies and solutions. ·         Partner closely with business leadership to develop and execute talent and organizational strategies that enable growth and ensure the organization has the right talent, structure, and capabilities to deliver against evolving business priorities. ·         Advise leadership on organizational design and effectiveness, including operating models, spans and layers, role clarity, team structures, leadership accountabilities, and organizational capabilities required to support continued scale and growth. ·         Lead strategic workforce and headcount planning, partnering with leadership to anticipate future talent and capability requirements and align investment in talent with business priorities. ·         Drive succession planning and talent reviews across GCS and WMS, identifying critical roles and talent and developing thoughtful succession and development strategies. ·         Proactively identify organizational, talent, and workforce trends across the businesses and translate these into actionable insights and recommendations to strengthen organizational effectiveness, talent outcomes, and the employee experience. ·         Lead and influence key annual talent processes, including performance management,