Director of Fund Accounting

About Us

Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets. Our goal is to make these markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid, and we're achieving this by revolutionizing the way investment vehicles are created and executed.

At Sydecar, we're not just a platform; we're a trusted partner in venture capital. We're dedicated to simplifying and standardizing the private investing experience, empowering capital allocators to discover and support visionary entrepreneurs who are shaping the future.

Our platform is designed with ease and efficiency in mind. We take care of all the behind-the-scenes tasks, from automating banking, ensuring compliance, handling contracts, managing taxes, to streamlining reporting. This leaves investors the freedom to concentrate on what matters most: making valuable deals and nurturing meaningful relationships.

Join us at Sydecar, as we lead the charge in revolutionizing private investing.

About the Role

Sydecar is looking for a hands-on, process-oriented Director of Fund Accounting to lead our internal accounting professionals through a period of rapid growth. This person will be responsible for ensuring the timeliness and accuracy of deliverables, including financial reports, across thousands of SPVs and funds on our platform, while also improving how these functions scale through automation, documentation, and product partnership.

You’ll work closely with our Customer Experience, Product, and Legal teams to shape and improve Sydecar users’ experiences. This role is a strong fit for someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves and working cross-functionally to remove friction and improve outcomes.

What You’ll Do

Functional Ownership

• Oversee all aspects of fund accounting for SPVs and funds across Sydecar’s platform.

• Ensure timely preparation and delivery of financial statements, waterfall calculations, and capital account statements.

• Own the integrity of fund data flowing through the general ledger and integrated systems.

Team Leadership

• Manage a team of fund accountants.

• Set and monitor KPIs, manage resourcing across busy seasons, and coach the team to scale output rather than headcount.

• Serve as an escalation point for complex accounting inquiries, both internally and from customers.

Process Design & Product Enablement

• Work with Product and Engineering to scope, test, and implement automated workflows for fund reporting.

• Help define business rules and edge cases to translate operating agreements into scalable product logic.

• Improve and standardize internal processes to maximize efficiency and limit opportunity for errors.

• Oversee and delegate the design of internal SOPs to standardize accounting processes, improving accuracy and reducing cycle time.

Cross-Functional Contribution

• Collaborate with the Head of Customer Experience to improve service delivery and reporting transparency.

• Support the Customer Experience team by creating documentation, performing trainings, and creating structured review processes.

• Contribute to client-facing resources, including Help Center articles and onboarding guides.

About You

Experience

• 10–15+ years in fund accounting roles for alternative investments.

• Strong working knowledge of VC/PE structures and fund operations.

• Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional teams and execute through ambiguity.

• Experience scaling systems and workflows at a fast-paced, tech-forward company.

• CPA is a plus but not required.
  

Skills

• Expertise in GAAP and partnership accounting, including interpreting operating agreements.

• Experience with general ledger software.

• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with the ability to distill complexity for non-experts.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with software and systems engineers to ensure product design meets the complexity required for fund accounting and tax solutions.

• Willingness to diligently prioritize multiple urgent/important projects and manage deadlines.

Mindset

• Operates with urgency but doesn’t sacrifice accuracy.

• Comfortable navigating incomplete systems while building better ones.

• Assertively advocates for best practices

• Confident when influencing stakeholders while maintaining willingness to commit to an agreed path.

• High accountability and a bias toward action.

• Equally comfortable digging into the numbers or advising product specs.

Sydecar’s values

Our values are important to the way we live and work at Sydecar. They guide our priorities, behaviors and interactions.

Ownership

We are committed to and proud of our work and growth. We hold ourselves accountable for achieving our goals. 

Excellence

We set and exceed ambitious goals through ownership, data-driven decisions, and rigorous execution.

Humility

We value feedback and recognize that growth comes from learning from each other and our experiences.

Win Together

We are driven by a passion for winning and we champion the success of our team members, our customers, and our partners.

Sydecar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sydecar are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Sydecar will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Sydecar encourages applicants of all ages.