Fund Accounting Senior Manager

Hard Yaka; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 198,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Belltower Funds, a division of AngelList, seeks a Fund Accounting Senior Manager in New York. You will oversee accounting, valuation, and reporting for thousands of funds, coordinate with external auditors, and drive process improvements.

A CPA and strong US GAAP expertise are highly valued, with leadership responsibilities across a growing team. You will work from our offices in NYC or SF with a hybrid schedule, contributing to automation efforts and ensuring timely fund audits and accurate

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in investment company accounting with CPA preferred.
• Experience with US GAAP (ASC 946, ASC 820) and fund accounting.
• Experience liaising with external auditors and SOC 1 processes.
• Strong communication and leadership skills to coach a team.

Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting for investment funds and ensure accurate reporting.
• Lead production of financial statements and footnotes for funds.
• Collaborate with auditors and cross-functional teams on audits.
• Develop processes to improve controls and drive automation with engineering.
• Mentor managers and senior accountants and review valuations.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Self-motivation

Education

CPA license

Job description

About Belltower Fund Group:

Belltower, AngelList’s funds services division, is empowering world-changing fund investments.

Belltower was formed in 2019 as AngelList’s native fund administrator. Belltower provides fund administration services to the venture space. Our coverage spans syndicates, venture funds, and first-of-their-kind rolling funds. Our full-service fund management offering streamlines the complexity of running a fund by integrating financial reporting, tax, compliance, portfolio management, and other services that managers typically have to cobble together from multiple vendors. Our services, combined with AngelList’s software, enable us to launch and scale a fund efficiently, allowing fund managers to focus on what they do best: investing.

Since 2019, Belltower has supported 27k+ funds representing over $25B in assets under administration, leveraging AngelList’s fund admin software to power the service layer for funds launched on the AngelList platform.

About the Role:

The Fund Accounting Senior Manager is a critical member of the team responsible for overseeing the accounting, valuation, and reporting functions for 27,000+ funds run from the AngelList platform. This role will be a key member on a team that manages complex fund accounting work that leverages some automation and some manual work that is not yet automated. The Fund Accounting Senior Manager will resolve exceptions, address investor inquiries, and research new technical issues.

This role reports into the Fund Accounting Director and collaborates with other fund accounting team members and cross-functional operations teams. The focus is on managing the production of financial reporting deliverables for funds while also ensuring accurate accounting updates (including valuation of investments), resolving exceptions, addressing investor inquiries, and researching new technical issues. The role will involve interfacing directly with fund leads, fund investors, external auditors, and other parties.

You Will:

• Oversee key team processes involved in ensuring accurate accounting for and reporting of investment companies
• Develop and own descriptions, matrices and flow charts in relation to the key processes and controls
• Develop and own processes to onboard new clients from existing administrators and service providers
• Interact with external auditors and ensure timely completion of fund audits
• Oversee portfolio company events and data evaluation, determining appropriate valuation actions for each investment
• Coach and oversee a team of managers and/or senior accountants
• Ensure that accounting treatment for funds is in accordance with US GAAP, particularly ASC 946, ASC 820, and evaluate special situations
• Collaborate with engineering teams to drive increased automation

You Have:

• 8+ years of experience in investment company accounting, with a strong academic track record and CPA license (strongly preferred)
• Have experience working at a public accounting firm and/or experience at a fund administrator or investment advisor in a fund accounting focused role
• Proficiency in US GAAP, particularly ASC 946 and ASC 820
• Extensive experience in financial statement creation for investment companies/funds, including writing footnotes
• A track record of improving financial reporting control environments and SOC 1 report process implementation and/or management
• Experience in preparing materials for and coordinating with external auditors
• A commitment to success, self-motivation, and proactivity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with portfolio companies and lead investors

Working Here

We operate out of hubs in New York City and San Francisco. For most roles on those teams, we work from the office at least two days per week (Tuesdays and either Wednesday or Thursday).

If you don’t meet every requirement above, we value complementary strengths and operators who learn by doing.

Compensation: The compensation for this role consists of a competitive base salary, benefits, and equity package. The base salary for this role starts at $220,000+ annually but will vary based on a number of factors including a candidate’s professional background, experience, level, and location. Additional details about our Total Rewards package will be provided during the recruitment process.

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