Associate Fund Controller
As an Associate Fund Controller, you will provide strategic support to clients by managing capital calls, distributions, audit/tax support, and financial reporting. You will also collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve software and consult with clients on implementing fund administration software.
The Problems You’ll Solve
As an Associate Fund Controller, you will help provide leverage to our clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling our CFO services. Some of the strategic support we provide includes:
- Capital calls and distributions
- Audit/tax support
- Pre- and post-close services
- Quarterly and annual financials
- Limited Partner communications
You will bring transparency to founders, VCs, General Partners, Limited Partners, and now private credit managers by helping them utilize Carta’s tools and resources such as:
- Real-time IRR
- Real-time portfolio data
- Credit investment performance metrics and exposure reporting
You’ll also:
- Improve our product and software through collaborating with product and engineering teams to continue to develop our Private Equity product suite
- Turn a service industry into a software business through consulting with clients and implementing our fund administration software
- Interact with clients on a daily basis and manage effective client relationships
- Interact with external auditors and tax providers
- Review all client deliverables, including financial packages, capital calls, distributions, credit facility reporting, and ad-hoc client requests
- Assist Directors to execute new and current processes within the team
- Ensure the accounting team is SOC-compliant in all processes and procedures
The Impact You’ll Have
Our goal is to position Carta as the leading Fund Administration provider across Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Private Credit. This is a unique opportunity to work cross-functionally with our product, engineering, go-to-market, and operations teams while expanding your domain knowledge in an exciting and growing asset class. You will also help guide and mentor junior team members.
About You
- 4+ years of experience in Fund Administration
- CPA or CMA preferred
- Prior experience working with or within a fund administrator or private credit investment firm preferred
- You have experience maintaining, managing, and nurturing multiple client relationships
- You’re interested in providing best-in-class service
- You have experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements (LPAs)
- You can review financial statements and footnotes, ensuring consistency with relevant GAAP (US GAAP, IFRS) and industry practice
- You are experienced with Waterfall calculations, management fees, and carried interest allocations in both Private Credit and VC/PE structures
- You have worked on complex entity structures, including master-feeder and parallel fund structures, and are comfortable with consolidated reporting
- You possess strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills
- You are an effective communicator, excel at multi-tasking, and are deadline-driven
- You have a deep understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and Private Credit markets
- You’re proficient in Microsoft Office and have experience with relevant systems such as Xero, Investran, QuickBooks, and other Private Credit-specific platforms
- You have worked with general ledger systems and have implemented new systems or workflows
- You enjoy working in projects in a fast-paced environment, both independently and within a collaborative team
- You leverage technology to automate processes, improve efficiency, and enhance the client experience
- You enjoy mentoring and developing talent within the team