Fund Accountant

Fourquarters Recruitment; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wealth incentives and salary packaging

Parental leave benefits

Well-being and EAP

Mentoring and coaching

Leave options and flexible working

Job summary

Carta is hiring a Senior Fund Accountant to join our rapidly growing Fund Administration team in Sydney. You will own core fund reporting, NAV calculations, and balance sheet reconciliations while liaising with fund managers, auditors, and tax advisors.

The role offers a hybrid work arrangement and opportunities to work across venture capital funds. We seek candidates with 3+ years of closed-end fund accounting, a relevant accounting degree, and CPA/CA progress.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of closed‑end fund accounting experience.
• Accounting or finance degree required.
• CA/CPA qualified or working towards an equivalent.
• Understanding of Limited Partnerships and venture capital/fund structures is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Own core fund reporting and analysis, including monthly management packs and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Support financial integrity across the fund lifecycle, including BAS, tax distributions, unit pricing and cashflow management.
• Partner with fund managers, transaction teams, auditors and tax advisors to support acquisitions and day-to-day fund activity.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and reporting across Finance.
• Onboard new properties and funds, contributing to growth of the Diversified platform.

Skills

Team collaboration

Client service

Organisational skills

Analytical skills

Time management

IFRS/AAS knowledge

Education

Accounting degree

CA/CPA/ACCA/ACA qualification or in progress

Tools

Yardi

Excel

Microsoft Office

Job description

Senior Fund Accountant / Assistant Manager Fund Accountant
Sydney, Australia
Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 18:00
Hybrid

Intro:

The Senior Fund Accountant works with and reports to Senior Manager, Fund Services, is responsible for supporting the administration and service delivery of Fund/SPV structures across a portfolio of Real Estate. The role involves working closely with the team to meet client expectations, streamline processes, and maintain strong client relationships.

Some of the things you’ll be doing:

• Oversee day-to-day Fund/SPV administration for Real Estate portfolios, including preparation of monthly and quarterly management accounts and reporting, year-end financial statements, assisting with audits, coordinating tax compliance, and managing payment services for unit trusts and private companies.
• Calculation of net asset values on a variety of complex Real Estate Funds as well as preparation of NAV packs.
• Serve as the central point of contact for a portfolio of Australian client accounts.
• Ensure work is delivered to a high standard and provide coaching and guidance to junior staff and team in India where necessary.
• Manage relationships internally and with external service providers, including auditors, tax advisors, and property managers.
• Assist with the onboarding of new clients.
• Participate in ad hoc projects as required.
• Build and maintain strong client relationship

What technical skills, experience, and qualifications do you need?

• 2–7 years of relevant experience in fund administration, fund houses, or professional accounting firms.
• Hold an accounting qualification (CA/CPA/ACCA/ACA etc) or progressing towards one
• Possess knowledge of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Australian Accounting Standards (AAS).
• Excellent team collaboration skills.
• Strong client service orientation with a focus on delivering results.
• Exceptional organisational, analytical, and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Expertise in Yardi, not required but preferred

The Company:
A well- established organisation is searching for a Fund Accountant to join their team. This role will be working as part of an established team and will be on a 6-12 month contract role.
Key Responsibilities:

• Manage the month-end close for fund entities, including reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, intercompany transactions, tax and cashflow reporting.
• Prepare and review fund NAVs, unit pricing, consolidations, and equity-accounted investments.
• Manage accounting for investments, foreign currency, debt, interest, hedging and covenant reporting.
• Support audits, tax compliance, GST lodgments, and liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Drive process improvements, support finance projects and systems, and meet key reporting deadlines.

About You

• Preferably CA or CPA qualified
• Need 3-5 total years' experience within a similar role and an interest in hospitality. Real estate or private equity and fund management.
• Great verbal and written communication skills

Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.

The Fund Administration team at Carta is rapidly growing, and we have a proven product/market fit in the venture capital space. Our three main pillars of competency in Fund Administration at Carta are technical excellence, client management and innovation. We put our customers first, are willing to learn and grow, are problem solvers, deliver consistent on-time results, ensure data security is a priority, project management effectively, maintain a professional community and work as one team.

We’re hiring for all levels of experience from entry level to experienced Fund Accountants with the following skills and interests:

The Company You’ll Join

Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page .

The Team You’ll Work With

The Fund Administration team at Carta is rapidly growing, and we have a proven product/market fit in the venture capital space. Our three main pillars of competency in Fund Administration at Carta are technical excellence, client management and innovation. We put our customers first, are willing to learn and grow, are problem solvers, deliver consistent and on-time results, ensure data security is a priority, project manage effectively, maintain a professional community and work as one team.

We’re hiring for all levels of experience from entry level to experienced Fund Accountants with the following skills and interests:

The Problems You’ll Solve

• Help provide leverage to our clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling our CFO services. Some of the strategic support that we provide includes:
• Capital calls and distributions
• Audit/tax support
• Pre/post close services
• Quarterly and annual financials
• Limited Partner communications
• Bring transparency to founders, VCs, and LPs and help our clients make more accurate decisions by helping them utilize our tools and resources such as:
• Real-time IRR
• Real-time portfolio data
• Provide additional data points (TVPI, RVPI)
• Improve our product and software through working with our product and engineering teams to continue to develop our Investor Services product suite
• Turn a service industry into a software business through consulting with clients and implementing our Fund Administration software

The Impact You’ll Have

Our goal is to position Carta as the leading Fund Administration group. As a Senior Fund Accountant at Carta, you will be part of a highly dynamic team to support our goal and the future of the Fund Administration business. In this role, you will partner with top venture capital firms to streamline their financial accounting needs. You will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally with our product, engineering, go-to-market and operation teams, all while growing your foundational knowledge of accounting in an engaging, fast-paced environment.

About You

We’re hiring across all levels of experience and are looking for someone that is interested in building their career at the intersection of technology and Fund Administration. Additionally, you’re open to constant change and learning as we continue to innovate.

• You have 3+ years of closed‑end fund accounting experience
• You have an accounting or finance degree
• You have experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements
• You have strong critical thinking and problem solving skills, and accurately judge when to make decisions versus escalating them
• You’re interested in providing best‑in‑class‑service
• You communicate information in a timely, appropriate and effective manner to all relevant stakeholders and are able to multitask to meet multiple deadlines
• You have an understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Fund or Funds, Fund Administration.
• You have an understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity Fund Administration as well as local fund structures like Unit Trust, Investment Company, Limited Partnerships (VCLP, ESVCLP) , stapled structures
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills and a proactive mindset toward adopting AI to streamline and enhance operational workflows
• You’re interested in working on projects in a fast paced environment with a supportive team and as an individual
• You have experience mentoring/coaching junior accountants.

Disclosures:

• We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email.
• Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.
• For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy , CA Candidate Privacy , and Brazil Transparency Report .
• Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to

In our Diversified Finance team, the Fund Accountant plays an important role in supporting the financial discipline behind that strategy - helping ensure our funds are accurate, well managed and set up to deliver for our investors.

How you’ll make an impact:

• Own core fund reporting and analysis - prepare monthly management packs, balance sheet reconciliations and analytical commentary that give stakeholders clear visibility of fund performance and key movements.
• Support financial integrity across the fund lifecycle - contribute to BAS, tax distribution calculations, unit pricing, cashflow management and annual/interim financial statements, helping ensure funds are accurate, compliant and well controlled.
• Partner closely with the business - work with Fund Managers, transaction teams, auditors, tax advisors and broader Finance to support acquisitions, disposals, audit processes and day to day fund activity.
• Help drive better ways of working - identify opportunities to improve processes, systems and reporting across Finance, bringing a proactive mindset to how the team operates.
• Contribute to the growth of the Diversified platform - play a hands on role in onboarding new properties and funds, supporting transactions and delivering finance activity that enables the business to keep moving at pace.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Future focused capabilities including self-awareness, resilience, agility and generosity.
• An ability to work in a fast‑paced environment with strong time management skills, initiative and the ability to prioritise.
• Good attention to detail with ability to anticipate questions and validate data accordingly.
• Has good interpersonal skills, a positive demeanour with “can do attitude”.
• Resourceful and can continuously identify areas for improvement.
• Strong administrative skills with ability to prioritise workload in order to meet strict deadlines.
• Ability to work on own initiative willingness to follow issues through to completion.
• A degree qualification in Accounting, Finance, Commerce, Business or a related discipline.
• CA/CPA qualified or working towards an equivalent.
• Good knowledge of Excel and other Microsoft office suite.
• Exposure to reporting and analytic skills with accounting systems package.

Benefits that matter

Our people share in our success. From employee share ownership to career development, we back our people for the long term.

• Wealth: Short and long-term incentives, salary continuance and crisis insurance, employee securities and salary packaging.
• Family: 20 weeks paid primary carers leave, 10 weeks secondary carers leave, parental transition support, school holiday programs.
• Well‑being: Sonder 24/7 EAP, Tuesday breakfasts, wellbeing leave, WELL-accredited workplaces and AIA Vitality.
• Learning: On-the-job experiences, 24/7 online learning, mentoring and coaching.
• Leave: Birthday leave, purchased leave, volunteer leave, career breaks, fertility leave, and wellbeing leave.
• Community: Pledge 1%, volunteer leave, workplace giving and dollar matching
  

Why Charter Hall

As Australia’s leading diversified property funds manager, we bring together scale, expertise and a strong performance track record to deliver for our investors. What sets us apart is our active approach – managing funds, assets, leasing and development across Office, Industrial & Logistics, Retail, Diversified and Social Infrastructure to unlock long‑term value.

We’re always looking ahead, exploring new ways to connect people, capital and opportunity. Backed by an entrepreneurial, collaborative and customer‑focused culture, Charter Hall is a place where talented people can step up, contribute and make an impact.

Learn more: Charter Hall is committed to an inclusive recruitment experience where everyone feels respected and supported. If you need adjustments at any stage of the process, let us know and we’ll work with you to make it accessible.