Senior Fund Accountant
Carta provides an intelligent platform for private capital operations, connecting data, workflows, and people. Its products support equity management, fund administration, portfolio analytics, compliance, tax, and related services for companies, funds, investors, and legal teams.
About Carta
Carta operates a platform for private capital that helps companies, private equity and venture capital firms, limited partners, and other financial organizations manage portfolios, move money, and model investment scenarios. Its offerings include equity and cap table management, valuations, compensation, liquidity, fund administration, fund tax, SPVs, deal CRM, portfolio valuations, loan operations, LP analytics, compliance, contracts, and attorney-led legal services. Carta combines software, AI capabilities, and expert human services for private capital workflows.
Skills
About the Role
You will partner with top venture capital firms to streamline their financial accounting needs. You will work cross-functionally with product, engineering, go-to-market and operations teams while growing your foundational knowledge of accounting in a fast-paced environment. You will help provide leverage to clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling CFO services, including capital calls and distributions, audit/tax support, pre/post close services, quarterly and annual financials, and Limited Partner communications. You will also bring transparency to founders, VCs, and LPs by helping them utilize tools such as real-time IRR, real-time portfolio data, and additional data points like TVPI and RVPI. You will contribute to improving the product and software by working with product and engineering teams, and help turn a service industry into a software business through consulting with clients and implementing Fund Administration software.
Requirements
- 3+ years of closed-end fund accounting experience
- Accounting or finance degree
- Experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements
- Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Fund or Funds, Fund Administration
- Understanding of local fund structures like Unit Trust, Investment Company, Limited Partnerships (VCLP, ESVCLP), stapled structures
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills
- Experience mentoring/coaching junior accountants
Responsibilities
- Support capital calls and distributions
- Provide audit and tax support
- Deliver pre/post close services
- Prepare quarterly and annual financials
- Handle Limited Partner communications
- Provide real-time IRR and portfolio data to clients
- Provide additional data points such as TVPI and RVPI
- Work with product and engineering teams to develop the Investor Services product suite
- Consult with clients and implement Fund Administration software
- Mentor and coach junior accountants