What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Fund Accountant position at Carta?
THIS IS REMOTE ROLE BASED IN BOSTON, MA
The Team You’ll Work With
The Fund Administration team at Carta is rapidly growing, and we have a proven product/market fit in the venture capital space. Our three main pillars of competency in Fund Administration at Carta are technical excellence, client management and innovation. We put our customers first, are willing to learn and grow, are problem solvers, work with urgency, ensure data security is a priority, project management effectively, maintain a professional community and work as one team.
We’re hiring for all levels of experience from entry level to experienced Fund Accountants with the following skills and interests:
The Problems You’ll Solve
- Help provide leverage to our clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling our CFO services. Some of the strategic support that we provide includes:
- Capital calls and distributions
- Audit/tax support
- Pre/post close services
- Quarterly and annual financials
- Limited Partner communications
- Bring transparency to founders, VCs, and LPs and help our clients make more accurate decisions by helping them utilize our tools and resources such as:
- Real-time IRR
- Real-time portfolio data
- Provide additional data points (TVPI, RVPI)
- Improve our product and software through working with our product and engineering teams to continue to develop our Investor Services product suite
- Turn a service industry into a software business through consulting with clients and implementing our Fund Administration software
The Impact You’ll Have
Our goal is to position Carta as the leading Fund Administration group. As a Senior Fund Accountant at Carta, you will be part of a highly dynamic team to support our goal and the future of the Fund Administration business. In this role, you will partner with top venture capital firms to streamline their financial accounting needs. You will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally with our product, engineering, go-to-market and operation teams, all while growing your foundational knowledge of accounting in an engaging, fast-paced environment.
About You
We’re hiring across all levels of experience and are looking for someone that is interested in building their career at the intersection of technology and Fund Administration. Additionally, you’re open to constant change and learning as we continue to innovate.
- You have 2 years of professional accounting experience
- You ideally have over a year of closed-end fund accounting experience
- You have an accounting or finance degree
- You have experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements
- You have strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills
- You’re interested in providing best-in-class-service
- You take pride in your ability to communicate effectively and are able to multitask to meet multiple deadlines
- You have an understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Fund Administration
- You have advanced Microsoft Office skills with Xero, Investran, and Quickbooks experience
- You have experience working with Gsuite, Slack, Salesforce, and Box
- You’re interested in working on projects in a fast paced environment with a supportive team and as an individual
This is a remote role based in Boston, MA.
