Partner 30, Tax Manager, Venture Funds

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies, across AI, bio + healthcare, consumer, crypto, enterprise, fintech, games, and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $90B under management across multiple funds.

We’ve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. We’ve invested in companies like Anduril, Airbnb, Coinbase, Cursor, Databricks, Deel, Figma, GitHub, Roblox, SpaceX, and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology, helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role

The primary responsibilities of the Tax Manager are to (a) coordinate and oversee the outsourced preparation of U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign income tax filings and investor reporting for our funds, (b) provide tax support to deal teams regarding appropriate structuring for investments, operations, and exits, (c) respond to investor inquiries, (d) handle tax controversy matters for the funds and associated legal entities, and (e) ad hoc tax research.

This role requires an in-office presence 2 days a week in our Menlo Park, CA or San Francisco, CA office 

To join our team, you should be excited to:

• Tax Compliance and Reporting
  • Analyze transactions and GAAP trial balance information to convert from GAAP to § 704(b) to federal income tax basis
  • Prepare general partner estimates on a quarterly basis including allocation schedules and respective 704(b) book-ups, as applicable
  • Liaise with finance team to prepare tax estimates and payments for management company
  • Advise the management company accounting team regarding tax issues
  • Prepare and update fund entity schedule for realized transactions, including analyzing the book/tax adjustments
  • Track flow-thru investments and ensure K-1s have been received from the underlying fund managers