Head of Fund Operations

The role

Lead the combined Fund Services and GP Services organization, about 40 people across onshore and offshore teams. Own fund operations from formation and subscriptions through deployments and post-close actions, and build operations for larger institutional clients.

What you will do

• Lead operational changes to make AI tooling work in practice: team responsibilities, controls, training and measures of success.
• Develop managers, set clear accountability and build service capabilities for larger clients.
• Improve delivery times and productivity.
• Resolve root causes of errors and prevent repeat incidents.
• Use operational evidence to prioritize workflow changes and safe, useful automation with Product and Engineering.
• Keep the client's experience at the center of operational decisions.
• Own fund operations from formation and subscriptions through deployments and post-close actions.
• Take on distributions over time.

Required qualifications

• Have built and scaled complex operations with financial, legal, tax or compliance consequences.
• Can explain the scale you managed and the results you delivered.
• Have led managers through meaningful change.
• Combine sound risk judgment with strong client instincts and practical technology experience.
• Have built or run strong control environments: preventive and detective controls, clear ownership, and evidence that holds up to audit.
• Can learn a complex domain quickly while working through experienced managers.

Before you apply

• Fund administration experience is valuable, but adjacent backgrounds with a clear record of learning quickly are considered.
• A CPA is not required.

About the company

Belltower, AngelList's funds services division, provides fund administration services to the venture space, including syndicates, venture funds and rolling funds. Since 2019 it has supported 27k+ funds with over $25B in assets under administration.