About Us
Cartesian was “Built for Users, By Users”. We sit at the intersection of Finance/Accounting and Investment Operations, serving Family Offices, Private Investment Funds, and Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Emanating from the middle and back office of a London-based single-family office with operations in four countries, we service over 60 entities, including an investment vehicle holding over 40 different investments, such as private funds and portfolio companies.
Our mission is to empower clients to make informed decisions and contribute to their firm's success by providing exceptional finance/accounting and investment operations services. With deep expertise in Finance, Investment Management, Consulting, Technology, and Start-Ups, we understand your business and its needs.
Areas of Focus
Family Offices
- Operational challenges within the accounting and investment operations
- Incorporating an institutional-quality accounting, finance and investment operations process to produce GAAP financials and become audit-ready
- Automate multi-entity reconciliation vs manual reconciliation in Excel – provide a lens into the firm’s consolidated operations
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Areas of Focus
Investment Managers
- Operational challenges within the accounting and investment operations
- Fee compression coupled with increased regulatory requirements to operate their business
Areas of Focus
Small & Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
- Either sponsored-owned or standalone businesses that require accounting and finance services to either support or augment an existing accounting team
Services
Cartesian will work closely with you and your team as well as your service providers to execute on your firm’s behalf to build and operate an institutional quality accounting and finance and investment operations department for your firm.
Accounting & Finance: Small & Medium Enterprises / Portfolio Companies
- Books & Records
- Accounts Receivable
- Accounts Payable
- Payroll oversight and processing
- Bank reconciliation
- Cash flow forecast
- Tax preparation
- GAAP Financials / Audit-Ready
- Financial Statement Preparation Assistance
Accounting & Finance: Alternative Investment Funds
- Shadow Books & Records
- Incentive Fee / Carry Calculation
- Schedule of Committed LP’s
- Capital Calls in conjunction with Fund Administrator
- Closing documents per investment
- Quarterly NAV review with Fund Administrator
- Audit/tax liaison with accountants
- Tax preparation
- Financial Statement Preparation
- GAAP Financials / Audit-Ready
Investment & Trade Operations
- Daily Reconciliation of cash and securities
- Treasury management
- Trade processing and settlement resolution
- Trade allocation policy
Resources
Cartesian believes that a more informed business operator is a better business operator. We have compiled a number of resources below that will help you navigate your business – please feel free to contact us with any questions.
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CAREERS
As an international professional services firm, we are focused on our #1 asset – our people. We are committed to providing a good work/life balance that is the bedrock of building a unique culture by offering a challenging yet stimulating environment where our team members put the time and effort into furthering their personal careers by executing on interesting client engagements.
We are an equal opportunity employer and look forward to speaking with highly qualified and talented individuals as we add to our team.
