Staff Accountant

What Impact You Will Own and Drive

• Fund Administration and Client Service Execution: Drive key analyses, calculations, and inputs that go into producing client-facing reports.

• Own Core Fund Accounting functions: Preparation and/or assistance in preparation of client deliverables and functions, LPA calculations, and underlying inputs required for generating accurate client-facing reports (e.g. bank reconciliations, capital calls and distributions)

• Maintain and Oversee Live Data Systems: Ensure the accounting system is kept current by processing bank transactions, valuation adjustments, and real-time client inquiries.

• Guarantee Reporting Quality: Ensure absolute accuracy and timely completion of all fund accounting reporting deliverables, including financial statements, capital calls, and capital account statements.

• Validate Performance Metrics: Produce and confirm the reliability of all portfolio and fund-level performance metrics (e.g., IRRs, TVPI).

• Cross-Functional Compliance Support: Actively assist with specialized workflows related to tax, audit, compliance, and regulatory reporting requirements.

• Operational Excellence: Understand how to use technology as a resource to streamline operations and deliver excellent client service. Actively explore opportunities and ideas for automation and systemization improvements.

• Champion Systemization: Identify, propose, and spearhead the launch of automation and systemization enhancements across fund administration processes.

• Drive Product Development: Actively provide detailed feedback on new technology features and functionality, and generate requirements and ideas for future automation solutions. Help drive new features

• Client Service: Support the team in nurturing and growing trust-based relationships with clients.

• Thought Partnership: Identify opportunities to serve as a thought partner to general partners and limited partners.

• Client Communications: Serve as the first line of defense for all client inquiries, needs, and opportunities.

What You Need

• 1-2 years of fund accounting experience in venture capital, growth equity or private equity asset classes.

• Track record of achievement at a leading fund administration services business.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field required.

• Passion for technology and a desire to use technology to improve business operations.

• Experience scoping out system requirements and implementing new systems.

• Superior proficiency with financial statements and fund accounting tools and solutions (different general ledgers, bookkeeping systems)

• A keen interest in using AI and machine learning to solve complex problems.

• Practical experience with the entire investment lifecycle (from fund formation to fund dissolution) for venture capital, growth equity, and private equity asset classes.

• Comprehensive grasp of industry best practices for fund management and operations, including regulatory, tax, audit, compliance and other areas.

• Experience with Limited Partnership Agreements, LLC Operating Agreements, and other legal requirements. Understanding of traditional close-ended fund structures, SPVs, GP entities, blocker entities, parallel entities, and other investment structures (e.g. evergreen, master/feeder, and series fund structures).

• Thorough understanding of GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and regulatory compliance, specifically as related to calculations and journal entries.

• Proficiency in preparing fund financial statements (Statement of Assets and Liabilities, Schedule of Investments) and comprehensive Limited Partner (LP) reporting, including capital account statements.

• Knowledge of tax, audit and compliance regulations and requirements.

• Experience with SOC 1 and SOC 2 controls to develop and maintain robust internal systems to ensure data security, operational reliability, and meet client audit requirements.

• Fluency with software solutions and openness to explore and adapt modern technologies and resources to deliver an enhanced and more efficient client service experience.

Nice to have

• Demonstrated impact as a founding member of a fund administration services business.

• Experience in leveraging AI/ML to solve different problems in fund administration.

• Track record in achieving operational excellence and efficiencies through tech-enabled automation and systemization.

• CPA certification.

Who You Are

• You set high goals, are driven to become the best at what you do and do not settle.

• You put the needs, priorities and interests of clients at the heart of everything you do, never compromising customer experience for anything else.

• You nurture an environment that attracts, develops and empowers the brightest minds to collaborate and achieve audacious goals.

• You are mission-driven and motivated to build a category-defining business from scratch.

• You possess relentless drive, grit, and the inspiration to work at an early-stage startup.

• You act like an owner, deal well with ambiguity, and push for results without constant guidance.

• You are an ambitious problem-solver, balance speed and quality, and can effortlessly navigate complex situations.

• You value excellence, integrity, and the meritocracy of ideas.

• You are a strong communicator and collaborator who thrives in a hybrid work environment.

• You provide and receive feedback with honesty, care, and thoughtfulness.

• You are curious and have a rare growth mindset.

• You have a superior attention to detail and are committed to ensure accuracy and excellence in client service, experience, and deliverables.

Why Join Our Mission

• Tangible Ownership. You'll own significant parts of a product used by some of the most sophisticated investment firms in the world.

• Enduring Impact. Private markets hold nearly $30 trillion, and most of it still runs on spreadsheets, PDFs, and inboxes. The platform you build here will change how this industry operates.

• Dream Team. We're deliberate about who we hire. You'll work with some of the brightest minds in AI and finance and do the best work of your career.

• Problem-Solving at the Frontier. We pair people, AI, and deterministic systems to fit the solution to the problem. We automate what's earned and keep a person on the rest.

• Compensation and Equity. Competitive base salary, comprehensive benefits, and equity ownership in a high-growth, funded venture.