Associate Fund Controller

You'll help provide leverage to our clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling CFO services. You'll bring transparency to founders, VCs, General Partners, Limited Partners, and private credit managers by helping them utilize Carta's tools and resources such as real-time IRR, real-time portfolio data, and credit investment performance metrics. You'll collaborate with product and engineering teams to improve the software, consult with clients on implementing fund administration software, and interact with clients and external auditors and tax providers on a daily basis. You'll review client deliverables including financial packages, capital calls, distributions, and credit facility reporting, and assist Directors in executing new and current team processes, while also helping guide and mentor junior team members.

Responsibilities

• Support capital calls and distributions
• Provide audit and tax support
• Handle pre- and post-close services
• Prepare quarterly and annual financials
• Manage Limited Partner communications
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop the Private Equity product suite
• Consult with clients and implement fund administration software
• Interact with clients daily and manage client relationships
• Interact with external auditors and tax providers
• Review client deliverables including financial packages, capital calls, distributions, and credit facility reporting
• Assist Directors to execute new and current processes within the team
• Ensure the accounting team is SOC-compliant in all processes and procedures
• Guide and mentor junior team members

Requirements

• 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
• Experience maintaining, managing, and nurturing multiple client relationships
• Experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements (LPAs)
• Ability to review financial statements and footnotes ensuring consistency with relevant GAAP (US GAAP, IFRS) and industry practice
• Experience with Waterfall calculations, management fees, and carried interest allocations in Private Credit and VC/PE structures
• Experience with complex entity structures including master-feeder and parallel fund structures, and consolidated reporting
• Strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• Effective communication and multi-tasking skills
• Deep understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, and Private Credit markets
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with systems such as Xero, Investran, QuickBooks, and other Private Credit-specific platforms
• Experience with general ledger systems and implementing new systems or workflows
• Ability to leverage technology to automate processes and improve efficiency