Fund Controller
Carta operates an intelligent platform for private capital markets, connecting data, workflows, and people across portfolio management, cap tables, fund administration, and tax services. It serves private equity firms, venture capital firms, private corporations, and limited partners.
About Carta
Carta provides a platform that helps players in private capital—including private equity firms, venture capital firms, private corporations, and limited partners—manage portfolios, move money, and model the future with unprecedented connectivity. Its offerings combine cutting-edge AI with expert human service, including cap table management, fund administration, tax services (such as Carta Fund Tax and QSBS attestation), 409A valuations, compliance, and reporting tools. The platform emphasizes real-time visibility, agentic intelligence for productivity, strategic modeling for scenario planning, and end-to-end collaboration between firms, companies, investors, and partners. Carta serves a large client base including over 1.7 million equity holders, 50,000+ companies, and 9,000+ funds and SPVs, with clients ranging from venture capital funds to global private corporations operating across multiple countries.
Skills
About the Role
You will join a rapidly growing Fund Administration team, partnering with top venture capital and private equity firms to streamline their financial accounting needs. You'll work cross-functionally with product, engineering, go-to-market and operations teams while deepening your accounting expertise in a fast-paced environment. You will also mentor junior team members and help position Carta as the leading Fund Administration group.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in the Venture Capital or Private Equity industry
- Experience maintaining, managing and nurturing multiple client relationships
- Experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements and Private Placement Memorandum
- Experience reviewing financial statements and footnotes for consistency with reporting frameworks
- Experience with Waterfall calculations, management fees and carried interest allocations
- Experience working on complex entity structures and report consolidations
- Strong critical thinking, problem solving and decision making skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and multitask to meet multiple deadlines
- Experience managing and monitoring timely delivery of quality client deliverables
- Understanding of Venture Capital and Private Equity Fund Administration and local fund structures like Unit Trust, Investment Company, Limited Partnerships (VCLP, ESVCLP), stapled structures
- Experience implementing accounting data into a general ledger system
- Experience supporting customers through a software platform and presenting demos to prospective clients
- Experience leveraging technologies to automate processes and gain efficiencies
- Experience providing training and guidance to new and existing team members
- Risk management experience, identifying risk and putting controls in place
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Private credit experience preferred
- CPA or CMA preferred
Responsibilities
- Understand and prioritize client needs while scaling CFO services
- Support capital calls and distributions
- Provide audit and tax support
- Support pre-close and post-close services
- Prepare quarterly and annual financials
- Manage limited partner communications
- Help clients utilize tools such as real-time IRR and portfolio data
- Provide additional data points such as TVPI and RVPI
- Work with product and engineering teams to develop the Venture Capital product suite
- Consult with clients and implement Fund Administration software
- Interact with clients on a daily basis and manage client relationships
- Interact with external auditors and tax providers
- Review client deliverables including financial packages, capital calls and distributions
- Assist the Senior Director to execute new and current processes within the team
- Ensure the accounting team is SOC compliant in all processes and procedures
- Mentor junior team members