Senior Fund Accountant - Implementations

The Problems You’ll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. 

As an Implementations Accountant, you will focus efforts on supporting new Fund Administration customers in their journey into Carta services. You work within our fast-growing Fund Administration business by coordinating, facilitating and managing onboarding activities that are critical to achieving success for both our customers and Carta within a tight deadline. You will: 

• Liaise between Sales and Fund Accounting teams as the bridge post-sales for new fund clients
• Interact with a fund’s back office (CFO, fund manager) to collect their historical accounting data, provide advisory support, and ultimately deliver accurate financial statements to both the client and internal stakeholders 
• Book and reconcile all accounting books and records from, at times, unstructured client data. This includes reproducing Capital Calls, Distributions, Expenses, Investments, Management Fees, Financial Statements, and Partners’ Capital to match client sources.
• Resolving escalations related to data migration, historical accounting discrepancies, and client onboarding issues
• Manage all aspects of customer onboarding for medium to high complexity new clients by managing timelines, setting clear customer expectations, and completing all compliance procedures pre go-live
• Build strong client relationships and provide a white glove experience by going on-site, anticipating client needs, and using Carta app capabilities effectively
• Identify process and quality improvements, assist with internal reviews, Quality Assurance, and train junior team members
• Sharing accounting and onboarding specificities with upstream teams for efficient post go-live fund administration

The Team You'll Work With

Our implementation accounting team acts as the bridge between sales and long term account management for new fund clients. The team ensures whatever information our clients had before joining Carta is correctly migrated into our system. Ours is a team of folks who have mastery of accounting, exhibit a high degree of problem-solving, efficiency, and integrity as they leverage their subject-matter expertise to provide customers with a world-class onboarding experience. 

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of experience in an accounting role where you executed all aspects of end of quarter and year closes, preferably working within the Venture Capital Fund Administration environment
• Strong accounting analysis skills with the ability to interpret a story through multiple years of unstructured data, and reproduce Financial Statements correctly
• Ability to build strong client relationships through transparent and forthright communication. Able to manage multiple clients while hitting deadlines and providing white-glove service
• Passionate about growing and advancing with Carta
• Proven internal influencer having implemented and successfully managed both small and large projects or initiatives with sustained, measurable success
• Incredible organizational skills, high attention to detail, and an ability to complete competing priorities quickly and autonomously