Senior Solutions Architect, Financial Systems

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 $1.4B+ 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.

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About The Role

This is a unique role positioned at the critical intersection of Financial Systems, Engineering, and Accounting Operations, dedicated to ensuring Rippling's finance ecosystem evolves in step with our expanding business models. Based in our Bangalore office, this position carries high ownership, visibility, and impact — directly shaping how our ERP landscape, billing workflows, and system integrations scale to support Rippling's growth.

The role requires deep cross-functional collaboration across Accounting, Finance, Billing Engineering, Payments Infrastructure, and Product teams. The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of systems architecture expertise and functional knowledge, with a proven track record of designing scalable ERP configurations, automation frameworks, and controlled integrations that strengthen finance operations.

This is an opportunity for a proactive Financial Systems Architect who thrives in an environment that demands architectural rigor and close partnership with non-technical stakeholders. We're looking for a collaborative operator who will engage deeply in system design, guide automation strategy — including AI-enabled workflows where appropriate — and deliver resilient, scalable solutions that enhance and future-proof Rippling's financial operations.

What You Will Do

• Own the end-to-end ERP architecture across core financial modules (GL, AR, Revenue Management, Fixed Assets, Compliance Reporting), ensuring scalability, data integrity, and strong internal controls.
• Translate complex accounting requirements — including ASC 606 revenue recognition, multi-entity structures, intercompany, and global tax — into structured ERP configurations, automation frameworks, and scalable system designs.
• Design and maintain a robust controls and governance framework, including SOX compliance, segregation of duties, audit readiness, master data management, chart of accounts design, and reconciliation standards
• Architect and oversee financial system integrations across billing platforms, ERP, data warehouses, and reporting tools, driving integration strategy through middleware and iPaaS platforms (e.g., Census, Celigo, Boomi) to ensure reliable and auditable data flows.
• Partner closely with Accounting, Finance, Billing Engineering, and Product stakeholders to align system capabilities with operational and reporting needs while influencing architectural direction.
• Lead ERP enhancements and automation initiatives — including AI-enabled workflows where appropriate — to improve close efficiency, reporting accuracy, and operational resilience.
• Proactively diagnose and resolve complex reconciliation issues, integration gaps, and data inconsistencies to protect financial accuracy and system reliability.
  
  

What You Will Need

• 6+ years of experience in Business Systems, ERP Architecture, or Finance Systems Engineering, ideally within high-growth, multi-entity environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with ERP platforms (NetSuite strongly preferred) across core financial modules, combined with deep knowledge of subscription billing, revenue recognition, and intercompany accounting.
• Proven experience designing and managing cross-system integrations, including middleware tools such as Census, Celigo, or Boomi.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL, financial data modeling, and reconciliation-ready data structures; familiarity with data platforms such as Snowflake is preferred.
• Experience operating in SOX-regulated environments, with a strong understanding of internal controls, audit processes, and financial data governance.
• Familiarity with REST APIs, webhooks, and API testing tools (e.g., Postman) to validate integrations and troubleshoot connectivity issues.
• Experience implementing or managing RPA and intelligent automation initiatives to streamline finance operations.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A structured, automation-first mindset with a passion for building resilient, scalable financial system architectures.
  
  

Bonus Points For

• Experience leading finance systems modernization initiatives, including redesigning system architecture to improve scalability, automation, and reporting agility.
• Experience evaluating, selecting, and implementing new tools (e.g., billing platforms, middleware, automation tools, analytics systems) to reduce ERP dependency and increase operational flexibility.
• Experience building or deploying intelligent automation solutions, including RPA, workflow orchestration, or AI-driven finance tools to streamline close and reconciliation processes.
• Experience designing finance reporting architectures that unlock self-serve analytics and reduce manual reporting overhead.
  
  

Who You Are

You are a senior Financial Systems and ERP Architecture lead who thrives at the intersection of accounting operations, system design, and automation strategy. You combine structured, strategic thinking with strong practical execution, confidently navigating ambiguity to design scalable, well-controlled financial ecosystems. Recognized as a trusted advisor to Finance and Accounting leadership, you champion solutions that protect data integrity, strengthen compliance, and accelerate operational efficiency — while fostering collaboration, influencing cross-functional stakeholders, and shaping the long-term evolution of our financial systems.

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 [HIDDEN TEXT]

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 defined 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.
Skills Required
Integration Architecture, Incident Response, Restful Apis, Web Services, Sql, Python