Controller

NFX; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the venture capital space is seeking a Controller to oversee their finance function. The ideal candidate will manage accounting, reporting, and compliance while collaborating with senior leadership. This role requires strong analytical skills, a Bachelor's degree, and experience in fund administration. The company offers competitive compensation and a dynamic work environment.

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision Insurance

401(k) with generous match

Flexible time off

Parental leave

Life and supplemental life insurance

Short-term and long-term disability insurance

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of experience in accounting and fund administration.
• CPA and MBA or equivalent are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead all aspects of NFX’s finance function.
• Own full-cycle US-GAAP accounting across all entities.
• Coordinate annual audits and aid in tax filings.

Skills

Analytical

Organizational

Multitasking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business management

Tools

QuickBooks

Excel

Allvue

Cobalt

Job description

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Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $220,000.00/yr

Reports to: CFO

The Opportunity

As Controller, you will work with the CFO to lead all aspects of NFX’s finance function as we scale our platform and assets under management. You will own end-to-end accounting and reporting for both the management company and our venture funds, partnering closely with all internal functions and external providers.

Key Responsibilities

• Help build a high-performing finance team and scalable processes.
• Provide strategic thought-partnership to the CFO, COO, General Counsel, and investment team.

Fund & Management Company Accounting

• Own full-cycle US-GAAP accounting and record-keeping across all NFX entities.
• Manage outsourced fund administrators; review capital calls, distributions, quarterly workpapers, financial statements, and partner capital statements.
• Maintain the management company's monthly reporting and financial statements, including the GL, AP/AR, and cost allocations.

Valuations & Portfolio Reporting

• Help prepare and manage quarterly portfolio company valuations and fair-value analyses.
• Review and manage the outsourced fund administrator and portfolio management system, regarding the quarterly LP reporting packages, NAV, IRR, MOIC, and other financial metrics.
• Help prepare and review any ad-hoc analyses for fundraising, portfolio management, etc.

Compliance, Audit & Tax

• Coordinate annual audits and aid in tax filings for all entities; liaise with auditors and tax advisors.
• Help coordinate compliance reporting and other regulatory requirements.

Treasury & FP&A

• Aid in the budgeting, forecasting, and cash-management across funds and the management company.
• Deliver thoughtful information/dashboards on fee income, carry waterfalls, cash runway, and other operating KPIs.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Help administer and optimize NFX’s finance tech stack (QuickBooks, Allvue, Cobalt, Carta, Excel, and internal systems) and help automate reporting workflows.
• Champion data quality and operational excellence across the finance and accounting organization.

Ideal Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, or business management.
• Experience: 6–10 years, including a mix of public accounting/fund administration and hands-on venture capital/private-equity fund and management-company accounting.
• Credentials: CPA and MBA or equivalent are a plus.
• Proven success managing outsourced fund administrators and building scalable processes.
• Deep knowledge of USGAAP, partnership accounting, and valuation methodologies.
• Highly motivated and detail-oriented with strong analytical, organizational, and multitasking skills.
• Advanced Excel and experience with QuickBooks, Allvue, Cobalt, and other reporting/analytics tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to translate complex financial concepts for non-finance audiences.

What Is NFX Like?

We run our venture firm like a startup. This is the venture firm we wish existed when we were running our own startups.

We operate as a team, not as siloed partners. We have fun, make it rain, and laugh a lot.

In addition to investing, we write code, develop content, make connections, and build exceptional leaders.

Here are some of the software products we’re building for the startup ecosystem:

• Signal , the network of VC’s and Founders
• BriefLink , a tool for Founders to pitch VC’s

This is some of the content we’ve produced:

• https://www.nfx.com/library
• https://www.nfx.com/masterclass

Because of our content, we are among the most-visited VC websites in the world. We are experts in network effects, growth, and fundraising.

Our partners have started 10 companies worth over $10B upon exit. So we are known to have a unique ability to relate to, and coach, those we invest in.

We have a mission to help keep Silicon Valley a “creativity-first” culture and avoid becoming a “money-first” culture. We think that drives higher returns, is better for us as people, and better for the ecosystem as a whole.

We invest in early-stage startups–pre-seed and seed. We lead our investments 95% of the time, meaning we don't get FOMO and we have the confidence to decide. We are hands on helping with strategy, product, team, and the other critical aspects of companies. We are all founders many times over, so we have been in their shoes and are often their best source of advice.

We’ve invested in 27 unicorns, including companies like Trulia, Lyft, Houzz, DoorDash, Poshmark, Honeybook, Outdoorsy, Incredible Health, SuperPlay, Mammoth Biosciences, Papaya Gaming, and many more.

This position is NOT a remote position. Please do not apply if you are not in the San Francisco Bay Area or cannot work out of our San Francisco office.

• Medical, dental, and vision Insurance for you and dependents
• 401(k) with generous match
• Flexible time off
• Parental leave
• Life and supplemental life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disabilityinsurance
• A team of high-caliber, principled, fun peoplewho are startup tech professionals, not financiers

Compensation

• $150-220K annually plus carry

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing and Finance

• Industries

  Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals

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