Strategic Finance - Asset Management Consolidations Associate

Position Overview

Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. In our asset management business, we seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade credit to private equity. For more than three decades, our investing expertise across our fully integrated platform has served the financial return needs of our clients and provided businesses with innovative capital solutions for growth. Through Athene, our retirement services business, we specialize in helping clients achieve financial security by providing a suite of retirement savings products and acting as a solutions provider to institutions. Our patient, creative, and knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees, and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes.

Come to Apollo and join a community of extraordinary people who are committed to a culture of excellence and collaboration in everything that we do. We invest in our people for the long term and are committed to supporting their development at every stage of their career.

Apollo is seeking a Strategic Finance Associate to play a key, hands-on role in budgeting and forecasting for the company and will help with the planning, analysis and reporting of Fee Related Earnings (FRE) and financial impacts of the Apollo Asset Management segment and the underlying businesses across the platform. This person will build monthly and ad-hoc analyses and presentations for senior leadership and foster relationships with the business heads, CFOs and the executive team.

Primary Responsibilities 

• Coordinate with business leads, business-level CFOs, and other team members to define business reporting and analytics requirements and execute all aspects of deliverables

• Focus on analyzing and reporting firmwide Fee Related Earnings throughout the annual budget, 5-year plan, and monthly forecast processes

• Support the development of timely, high-quality FRE insights to help Senior Management set direction for the firm

• Analyze FRE performance versus projections by assessing key business drivers, risks/opportunities, and fund-level variances, including deeper investigation as needed

• Create presentations and key analyses for Senior Management and Board of Directors that effectively communicate the story

• Ensure the accuracy, integrity, and timely delivery of all FRE inputs and dependencies across the team

• Respond in a timely manner to all ad-hoc questions and requests for information. Become a widely recognized source for high quality management information for various departments

• Enhance and improve the scope and content of existing reporting & analyses to better serve a growing stakeholder base; work with Technology to automate reporting processes

Qualifications & Experience

• 3+ years of financial analysis experience, ideally in Investment Banking, Private Equity, or FP&A

• Excellent Excel-based modeling skills and PowerPoint presentation skills are required 

• Highly analytical thinking and financial reasoning capabilities with strong attention to detail and ability to think creatively 

• Operates with high degree of achievement and curiosity about helping to drive strategic initiatives and change across an organization

• Flexible and comfortable working in a fast-paced, highly demanding, rapidly changing environment 

• Outstanding communication, presentation, organizational, and interpersonal skills 

• Has a record of cross-functional collaboration, good judgment, and creative solutions

• Shown ability to partner with senior level stakeholders and run processes independently

• Experience leveraging OneStream, Power BI, AI-driven tools (Claude, ChatGPT) to enhance analytical workflows and insight generation

• An understanding of FRE in the asset management space is a plus

OUR PURPOSE AND CORE VALUES

Our clients rely on our investment acumen to help secure their future. We must never lose our focus and determination to be the best investors and most trusted partners on their behalf. We strive to be:

The leading provider of retirement income solutions to institutions, companies, and individuals.

The leading provider of capital solutions to companies. Our breadth and scale enable us to deliver capital for even the largest projects – and our small firm mindset ensures we will be a thoughtful and dedicated partner to these organizations. We are committed to helping them build stronger businesses.

A leading contributor to addressing some of the biggest issues facing the world today – such as energy transition, accelerating the adoption of new technologies, and social impact – where innovative approaches to investing can make a positive difference.

We are building a unique firm of extraordinary colleagues who:

Outperform expectations

Challenge Convention

Champion Opportunity

Lead responsibly

Drive collaboration

As One Apollo team, we believe that doing great work and having fun go hand in hand, and we are proud of what we can achieve together.

OUR BENEFITS

Apollo relies on its people to keep it a leader in alternative investment management, and the firm’s benefit programs are crafted to offer meaningful coverage for both you and your family. Please reach out to your Human Capital Business Partner for more detailed information on specific benefits.

Apollo Global Management Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. The firm and its affiliates do not discriminate in employment because of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or because of any other criteria prohibited under controlling federal, state or local law.

Pay Range

$110,000 – $130,000

Apollo Global Management, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries and affiliates) is committed to championing opportunity.

The firm and its affiliates comply with applicable discrimination and equal opportunities legislation in all of its jurisdictions and do not discriminate in employment or recruitment based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, veteran status, disability, age, citizenship, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

The contents of the qualifications and experience section of this job description are a guideline only. If an applicant can otherwise demonstrate their suitability for the role they will be considered.

The base salary range for this position is listed above. This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus based on personal, team, and Firm performance. Compensation ranges are based on several factors including job function, level, and geographic location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed here.