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
