International Tax Manager

Carta•New York, NY

About The Position

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world-class software, purpose-built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence. Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure. Together, Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions don’t work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - it’s a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital. For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page. You’ll be joining Carta’s Fund Tax team as an International Tax Manager, leveraging Carta’s proprietary tax engine to file tax returns for our Venture Capital clients. Your clients are the most talented venture capitalists, fund managers and dealmakers in the world. You will help them realize their ambitions of supporting the companies of tomorrow through our next-gen investment stack (including legals, vehicle formation, banking, investor onboarding and much more). You will be part of helping grow the venture capital ecosystem. You will also be collaborating with our wider Carta accounting, fund administration and compliance teams on relevant tax issues that relate to Carta’s products and services. Turning professional services into products is challenging: how do you productize workflows so that we can deliver the fastest tax solutions with perfect accuracy? We are at the intersection of finance, tax and technology: how do we build a tax engine that will make tax filings feel as simple as ordering a book online? We automate investment structures in venture capital: how can you help scale post-deal processes so that each container is as seamless and fun to use as the last one created?

Requirements

You understand the intricacies of US international tax filings relating to investment vehicles, and have a burning desire to see it automated and simplified.
You are excited to work on wider team projects which are not directly tax-related (e.g. legal, financial) as well as interacting with clients on administering their investment structures.
You have a high attention to detail: written and quantitative. You must be confident navigating your way around complex tax structures and documentation in relation to this.
You are passionate and knowledgeable about venture capital: you intimately understand the pressures facing our clients and are ready to roll up your sleeves in a fast paced environment
You’re interested in working on projects in a fast-paced environment with a supportive team and as an individual
You have strong critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills
You take pride in your ability to communicate effectively and are able to multitask to meet multiple deadlines
Core qualifications include extensive, hands-on experience with the complete partnership compliance cycle, with specific expertise in:
Partner-level international reporting (Schedules K-2/K-3)
Reporting on controlled foreign entities (Forms 5471, 8865, 8858)
Transaction reporting and passive investments (Forms 926 and 8621)
Foreign withholding and reporting regimes (Forms 1042/1042-S, 8804/8805)
Foreign financial asset reporting (Form 8938 and FBAR)
Foreign Ownership reporting (Form 5472)