Operations Finance Associate

Ripple Street • New York City, NY

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

You'll learn to own the money in motion at Ripple Street — what we pay, what we're owed, and the numbers leadership makes decisions on — while building a real handle on how a marketing-services business runs end to end. This role is an entry point, not a ceiling, and offers genuine curiosity about how a marketing-services company works — clients, vendors, events, people — and the desire for your understanding of the business to grow at the same pace as your finance skills. Where this role goes next is shaped by how far you take it. Ripple Street is built on something brands cannot manufacture: real people, using real products, telling real people about it. Behind every one of those campaigns is money in motion. Vendors to pay, events to cost out, clients to invoice, a close to land on time. That makes the job broad on purpose. You are not one of four accountants dividing up a ledger. In this office, you are the finance function: the person who knows where cash stands, what a given event actually cost, and which client has not paid. It is a lot of surface area for one person, which is exactly why we are hiring for judgment rather than for a narrow skill. So this is an ownership role with high autonomy and a high bar. Direct access to leadership, short decision chains, no layers between you and the work. What we ask in return is that you take the function, run it, and improve it.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• Some exposure to QuickBooks or a comparable accounting system — coursework, an internship, or a class project all count.
• Working knowledge of Excel or Google Sheets, built through coursework, an internship, or your own initiative.
• Some exposure to the finance function — through an internship, coursework, or a first job — touching accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, reconciliations, or a close process, even if you were not the one landing it solo.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Sound judgment on confidential information.

Nice To Haves

• Internship or work experience in martech, adtech, or with a CPG brand.
• Experience costing projects or events against a line-item budget or P&L, even from a class project or internship.
• Currently pursuing a CPA, or planning to.
• A class project, part-time job, or internship where you built or meaningfully improved a process, tracker, or spreadsheet, rather than just used one someone else built.
• Coursework or hands-on exposure to QuickBooks, Xero, or a comparable accounting system.
• Some exposure to office administration or HR coordination

Responsibilities

• Receive vendor invoices, work directly with vendors on questions, and enter them into QuickBooks
• Cross-reference COGS-related expenses against event-level P&Ls, and run approvals and open questions through the operations team
• Reconcile invoices against the P&L with line-item event and contract attribution
• Review and code debit card purchases, with event attribution in QuickBooks
• Process employee expense reports and payments
• Review SOWs and the P&L for billing accuracy before anything goes out the door
• Create project and contract entries in QuickBooks and generate client invoices
• Act as the client contact on invoicing and payment status, and follow up on what is outstanding
• Process payroll, including commissions, bonuses, and paid-time-off payments
• Keep compensation and employee data accurate, current, and confidential
• Update the supporting trackers: Event COGS, Deal Tracker, Commission Tracker
• Post month-end transactions in QuickBooks, including payroll journal entries
• Perform bank reconciliations
• Prepare the monthly deliverables: COGS Allocation Tracker, Deferred Revenue Schedule, and P&L
• Maintain the weekly cash report, so leadership always knows where cash stands
• Prepare weekly accounts payable, accounts receivable, and cash reporting for management
• Deliver event-level P&L visibility to the marketing and operations teams on a set cadence, so the people spending the money can see what it returned
• Coordinate G&A vendors, including rent and lease administration, insurance renewals, and utilities, under the direction of leadership
• Track renewal dates and contract terms, and flag deadlines early rather than managing renewals independently
• Support routine employee coordination on HR matters such as onboarding logistics and paid-time-off questions, referring anything sensitive or non-routine to the appropriate lead

Benefits

• insurance under the company's group benefits plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level