Carta

Senior Fund Accountant

Carta$80K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of relevant experience in accounting or fund administration
  • Strong understanding of venture capital, private equity, and hedge funds
  • Experience with Limited Partnership Agreements
  • Proficient in critical thinking and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to manage multiple deadlines effectively
  • Excellent communication skills with stakeholders
  • Experience in using tools for financial analysis and reporting

Responsibilities

  • Assist clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs
  • Support capital calls, audit/tax processes, and financial reporting
  • Enhance decision-making by providing real-time financial data
  • Collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve the product suite
  • Transform service-oriented tasks into software-driven solutions
  • Deliver timely communication and updates to clients and stakeholders
  • Engage cross-functionally with operational and market teams

Benefits

  • Growth opportunities in a rapidly expanding team
  • Supportive work culture focusing on collaboration
  • Engagement with leading venture capital firms
  • Emphasis on continuous learning and professional development
  • Opportunity to influence product innovation and delivery
Full Job Description
The Problems You'll Solve
  • Help provide leverage to our clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling our services. Some of the strategic support that we provide includes:
    • Capital calls
    • 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 Venture Capital product suite
  • Turn a service industry into a software business through consulting with clients and implementing our Fund Administration software
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, deliver consistent on-time results, ensure data security is a priority, project management effectively, maintain a professional community and work as one team.
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
  • You have strong critical thinking and problem solving skills, and accurately judge when to make decisions versus escalate them
  • You're interested in providing best-in-class-service
  • You communicate information in a timely, appropriate manner to all relevant stakeholders and are able to multitask to meet multiple deadlines
  • You have an understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Fund Administration
  • You have experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements
  • You're interested in working on projects in a fast paced environment with a supportive team and as an individual


About Carta

Carta is a financial services company that provides equity management software for companies and investors. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Carta's software allows companies to manage their cap tables, valuations, and equity plans, while also providing investors with access to private markets. The company has raised over $600 million in funding and has over 1,000 employees.
Learn more about Carta
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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