Senior Fund Accountant

Carta Healthcare; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 96,832 - 124,498; Full time

Job summary

Carta Healthcare in Hamilton is looking for a Senior Fund Accountant to join their rapidly growing Fund Administration team. The role involves partnering with top venture capital firms to streamline their financial accounting needs and collaborating with product, engineering, and operational teams to enhance software solutions.

The ideal candidate possesses strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills and is well-versed in venture capital and fund administration. This is an opportunity to thrive in a dynamic, engaging environment while contributing to the growth of the Fund Administration business at Carta Healthcare.

Qualifications

• Strong critical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Ability to communicate information timely to stakeholders.
• Experience in interpreting Limited Partnership Agreements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with top venture capital firms to support their financial needs.
• Work cross-functionally with product and engineering teams.
• Improve software through consulting and implementation.

Skills

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Communication

Understanding of Venture Capital

Multitasking

Job description

The Company You’ll Join

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world-class software, purpose-built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence.

Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together, Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions don’t work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - it’s a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

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

The Problems You’ll Solve

• Help provide leverage to our clients by understanding and prioritizing their needs while effectively scaling our services. Some of the strategic support that we provide includes:
  • Capital calls
  • 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 Venture Capital product suite
• Turn a service industry into a software business through consulting with clients and implementing our Fund Administration software

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 on‑time results, ensure data security is a priority, project management effectively, maintain a professional community and work as one team.

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

• 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 manner to all relevant stakeholders and are able to multitask to meet multiple deadlines
• You have an understanding of Venture Capital, Private Equity, Hedge Funds, Fund Administration
• You have experience interpreting and understanding Limited Partnership Agreements
• You’re interested in working on projects in a fast‑paced environment with a supportive team and as an individual

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.
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