Financial Accountant at Rippling – Bangalore, Karnātaka

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.85B+ from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

About the role

We are seeking a detail-oriented professional to manage full-cycle Accounts Payable while driving core accounting functions and product innovation. This role bridges the gap between daily operations, financial reporting, and process automation.

This position plays a key role in managing vendor onboarding, invoice processing and timely payments with reconciling account discrepancies. You will be responsible for implementing and shrinking our close timelines to ensure the MIS is ready in time by leading month-end close acceleration, preparing journal entries, and maintaining GAAP-compliant balance sheet schedules and bank reconciliations. Serve as the internal expert for Rippling Spend products, collaborating with the Product team to influence new features. Project manage automations for GL accounting and implement policy updates in response to evolving accounting standards.

About the team

Accounting at Rippling is responsible for supporting and communicating the financial story of Rippling. We assess, track and record every penny that Rippling transacts. Our diverse team consists of professionals spread across the United States, Europe and India, with more international locations coming soon. Over the last couple years, our team has grown exponentially to support a complex, multi-product company that operates globally.

What you will do

• Receive, review and process invoices from vendors
• Process payments to vendors in accordance with company policies
• Resolve payment or invoice discrepancies
• Prepare month-end close journal entries and workpapers for key balance sheet and P&L accounts, including ASC 842 (Leases), ASC 350 (Internal Use Software)
• Build cross-functional partnerships to establish monthly expense review processes with various department leads
• Prepare reconciliations of Balance Sheet accounts on a monthly cadence
• Work on automation of manual processes and process improvement in general
• Perform monthly flux analysis and present findings to the leadership team

• Bachelor’s Degree, CA, CMA or MBA (Finance) with 2 to 5 years of experience
• Experience with Netsuite ERP: Proficiency in working with Netsuite ERP or similar enterprise resource planning systems to manage financial processes and reporting
• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Proficient in conducting financial reporting and analysis, including variance analysis, financial statement preparation, and month-end close processes
• Keen to work towards automation
• Adaptability: Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with a flexible mindset to adapt to changing priorities and business needs
• Problem-Solving: Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues, as well as implementing innovative solutions to optimize processes
• Teamwork and Collaboration: A collaborative work style with a proven track record of effectively collaborating with diverse teams and stakeholders to achieve common goals and objectives
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; clear and proactive communication to leadership

Even if you don’t meet all of the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply. Skills can be used in lots of different ways and your life and professional experience may be relevant beyond what a list of requirements will capture.

• This is a hybrid role and will require you to work out of our Bangalore office three days a week.
• This job requires you to work in the IST shift.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a 40 mile radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.