Manager, Portfolio Operations

General Catalyst is a multi-stage venture capital firm that invests in powerful, positive change that endures—for our entrepreneurs, our investors, our people, and society. We support founders with a long-term view who challenge the status quo, partnering with them from seed to growth stage and beyond to build companies that withstand the test of time. With offices in San Francisco, Palo Alto, New York City, Boston, and London, GC takes a highly integrated approach with no single headquarters location, but rather multiple offices that work in close collaboration. The firm has helped support the growth of category defining businesses across regions such as: Airbnb, Snap, Canva, Warby Parker, Gusto, Stripe, HubSpot, GitLab, Samsara, and Livongo. For more: www.generalcatalyst.com. 

Position Overview:

The Portfolio Operations team at General Catalyst is an integral part of the firm’s operations and investment process and works with all other teams at the firm, including investment professionals, investor relations, the finance team, and the legal team.

Specific responsibilities of the Manager, Portfolio Operations position includes:

• Supporting the communication, process, and collaboration around investments.
• Owning and tracking the data around portfolio companies.
• Developing insights based on the portfolio data at a company and portfolio level.
• Supporting high touch projects at the portfolio or individual portfolio company level that require a financial modeling expertise. 
• Portfolio Level: returns analysis, detailed data models to support finance team and fundraising efforts, etc.
• Portfolio Company Level: cash management, revenue modeling, financings, exit modeling, etc.
• Frequent interactions with portfolio company CEOs and CFOs

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, or a related field.
• 2-4 years of professional experience in an operational finance role focused on financial modeling.
• Extreme interest in the venture capital/private equity business. Prior exposure to VC/PE a plus.
• Detail oriented with ability to work across multiple projects simultaneously.
• Passion for innovation and driving efficiencies across operations.
• Highly collaborative individual able to work with members of different teams at General Catalyst.

Preferred Skills:

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience using other Microsoft products, databases, and G Suite.
• Data analytics - can understand the big picture behind a problem and work towards a solution.
• Ability to go through a financial statement and create a model.
• Exposure to Salesforce, CRM, or BI tools is a plus.
• Experience building dashboards is a plus

General Catalyst embraces our responsibility to create a sense of belonging for all races, identities, genders, and backgrounds across our industry. We are committed to diversifying our industry in terms of our team and the founders we back.