About the role
Electric Capital is a top early-stage venture firm investing in crypto and other frontier technologies. The Finance team manages all aspects of our fund operations while developing new processes to meet the demands of working in a dynamic, fast-changing financial and regulatory environment.
As a Finance Associate at Electric Capital, you will gain broad exposure to nascent technologies and build the skills necessary to succeed in the emerging crypto sector. You will work directly with Electric’s co-founders, controllers, and other senior management to deliver fund reporting, audits, and other operational processes. You will play a critical role in supporting finance-related projects and advancing firm-wide objectives. You will also participate in Electric’s efforts to build new AI technologies to optimize our operations.
Responsibilities:
Tax:
- Assist in managing the entire tax compliance lifecycle for the Funds, GPs, and Management Company.
- Review all tax documents prepared by tax advisors, including tax returns, K-1s, and foreign filings.
- Review the calculation for estimated taxes and facilitate payments.
- Assist in conducting tax code research and collaborate with tax advisors on strategic tax planning for the Funds, GPs, and Management Company.
- Serve as the primary contact for managing tax vendors; perform independent research to validate the tax positions and advice provided.
- Respond to tax-related requests and inquiries from investors.
- Assist in ad-hoc tax research projects to inform key decision-making.
Finance:
- Perform detailed review of the financial reports prepared by the fund administrator; produce quarterly NAV reports.
- Support the preparation and review of annual financial statements, working directly with auditors.
- Monitor and track fund performance and investments, including regular valuation updates.
- Participate in fund and firm operations, including accounts payable management, capital calls, and distributions.
- Address finance related inquiries from investors.
- Assist in ad-hoc analysis and strategic projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, tax or related field.
- 3-5+ years of asset management auditing or accounting experience, with at least 2 years in VC/PE.
- CPA is highly preferred and passing FAR & REG is required.
- Flexible, collaborative, and proactive with a self-starter mindset; able to thrive in a fast-paced environment with minimal supervision.
- Strong analytical skills, excellent judgment, and creative problem-solving skills.
- Excellent skills in Excel and Google Sheets.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Passion for crypto, tech and/or AI is a big plus.
- Based in San Francisco or New York and willing to come into the office 2 days a week.
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation: Competitive salary package including a $120K - $180K salary commensurate with experience. Potential for bonuses and participation in the firm's carried interest, which creates meaningful upside tied to our fund performance over time.
Benefits Package:
- Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
- Generous 401(k) matching program
- Qualified team members can invest in Electric's future funds
- Home office setup budget to create your ideal work environment
- Lunch and snacks in office, along with other perks
- Professional development budget for conferences, courses, and learning
- Unlimited PTO policy, paid federal holidays, and ability to work from home 2-3 days per week
Work Environment:
- Small team, big impact: Join a lean, flat, extremely high-caliber team where your contributions directly shape both portfolio companies and the future of crypto.
- Hybrid-first approach: We trust you to do your job well regardless of location. Most team members work from our offices 2-3 days per week for collaboration and connection.
- Intellectual stimulation: Work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and venture capital, gaining exposure to frontier technologies, top technologists, and the engineering-led investment strategies shaping the future of money.
Location: San Francisco (HQ) or New York
Our values
We hire teammates whose integrity and demand for excellence match our culture and values:
- Founders come first. We come second: Investors lose when they develop an ego or a sense of entitlement. Founders lose when they stop believing in themselves or their companies. Everything we do is in service of supporting the founders who are building iconic companies.
- Be honest: With yourself and with others. Stay honest when it is hardest to be honest; that is when it matters most.
- Have conviction: Work only with people we are willing to fight for and fight for them.
- Demand excellence: Demand excellence from yourself, your colleagues, and founders. Work only with exceptional people and give them tremendous trust. Be unabashedly ambitious.
- Think in decades. Act in seconds: As a venture firm we are investing for the very long term, but we move with the speed and urgency of the startups we partner with.
About Electric Capital
Electric Capital is a top early-stage venture firm that invests in the next generation of iconic frontier technology founders. As a highly technical, engineer-led VC firm with over $3B in assets under management, we leverage deep expertise in cryptography, distributed systems, and machine learning to identify and support the builders shaping the future.
We're often the first check into transformative companies. We invest at the idea stage and partner with founders through launch and scale. Our portfolio includes category-defining projects like Aven, Bitnomial, Bitwise, Celo, dYdX, Ellipsis, Kraken, Magic Eden, Monad, NEAR, and Re. Prior to Electric, our partners were early investors in companies like Airtable, Boom Supersonic, Color Genomics, Cruise, Figma, Material Security, Newfront Insurance, Notion, and Pulley.
Electric team members have collectively started eight companies (six acquired), shipped products used by billions of people, run billion-dollar business units, invested in 50+ startups that have a cumulative market cap of $50B+, and traded billions in esoteric derivatives. We don't just write checks — we partner actively with founders to solve complex technical and strategic challenges. Our offices are in San Francisco, New York, Toronto, and Tokyo. Find us at www.electriccapital.com.
