Danielle Zembal
Senior Fund Accountant
Kirkland,WA
Summary
Dynamic Senior Fund Accountant at Carta that heavily utilized agile finance principles. Expert in preparing comprehensive financial reports and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance efficiency. Skilled in learning any accounting software such as Carta's own to deliver impactful solutions while fostering strong client relationships.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Fund Accountant
Carta
08.2024 - Current
- Prepared and reviewed financials for up to 12 clients at a time. The financials included the balance sheet, statement of cash flows, partners capital accounts, statement of investments, and management fees
- Liaised with tax team, auditors and controllers to communicate fund details for the pro forma and year end financials.
- Met with fund managers regularly to align efforts to confirm accurate financial reporting.
- Ensured reports and calculations were in line with the limited partnership agreements.
Fund Accountant
Carta
06.2022 - 08.2024
- Created the financials and prepared the various calculations for clients quarterly or annually depending on the type of fund. This included: management fee, capital calls, and carried interest calculations mostly.
- Worked with engineers to reduced the time it took to make reports.
- Liaised with tax team, auditors, and the controller to communicate fund details.
- Booked all of the transactions for my assigned clients and their funds and created rules to auto book constant transactions.
- Set up expense payments and investment wires for clients.
- Generated routine and ad-hoc financial statements for management.
Product Analyst
Carta
09.2021 - 06.2022
- Collaborated with many internal teams to complete projects.
- Assisted in creating a best process for assigning tasks/emails to the fund controllers and their teams on salesforce and then eventually within Carta's own system once it was built out enough.
- Submitted 1099's for all of the clients on Carta Fund Administration.
- Studied multi-faceted development issues and suggested solutions to satisfy project goals and adhere to timeline and budget parameters.
Longshoreman
PMA
01.2018 - 09.2021
- Operated equipment while observing standard safety procedures, such as forklifts and trains.
- Maintained clean, orderly work environment free of hazards.
- Verified quantity and description of materials received by checking merchandise against packing list.
- Strapped items down over protective padding to secure throughout transportation.
Education
BBA - Finance
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA06-2017
Skills
- Salesforce
- Metabase and Looker
- Microsoft Office Suite (mainly Excel)
- Software implementation
- Fund accounting
- General ledger maintenance
- GAAP compliance
- Accounting software
- Annual/quarterly reports preparation
- Training junior teammates
Timeline
Senior Fund Accountant
Carta
08.2024 - Current
Fund Accountant
Carta
06.2022 - 08.2024
Product Analyst
Carta
09.2021 - 06.2022
Longshoreman
PMA
01.2018 - 09.2021
BBA - Finance
Pacific Lutheran University