Strategic Finance Manager, Infrastructure (R&D)

Rippling People Center Inc. • San Francisco, CA

50d • Onsite

About The Position

We're looking to hire a Strategic Finance Manager to partner with the Research & Development (R&D) organization at Rippling and manage our rapidly growing infrastructure budget. Infrastructure costs at Rippling span third-party cloud services, observability and security tools, and AI platform costs. The role is based in San Francisco, CA (in-office only). This role will work directly with senior management, primarily within Engineering, and will have significant executive exposure. R&D is critical to building the products that power Rippling's growth and this position is fundamental to strategically managing our infrastructure investments. This role will be responsible for leading annual and quarterly financial planning activities for infrastructure costs, performance tracking against plan, analysis of new initiatives, and supporting Engineering in the ongoing journey to accurately attribute product-level costs across the Rippling portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in quantitative field, MBA or equivalent preferred
• Minimum 5+ years of finance experience
• Familiarity with Anaplan or other FP&A planning tools
• Strong financial modeling and analysis experience with the ability to simplify complex problems into intuitive models
• Excellent communication - written, verbal, and presentation
• Self-starter with excellent time management skills
• Ability to navigate a fast-paced, entrepreneurial work environment
• Organized, attentive to detail, and intellectually curious

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing infrastructure costs in a high growth SaaS company preferred but not required
• SQL experience preferred but not required
• Experience partnering with Engineering and Product teams a bonus

Responsibilities

• Work closely with Engineering leadership, cross-functional partners, and colleagues across the Finance organization
• Drive the annual and quarterly planning processes and enable strategic decisions that optimize our significant infrastructure investment
• Lead the monthly close and re-forecast process, including monthly live reviews with Engineering leadership
• Coordinate with Accounting partners to ensure bi-directional flow of information during close cycles
• Become the Finance expert on our third-party cloud cost management platform
• Support the launch of new initiatives including modeling new products to support decision making
• Partner with the business and cross-functional team members to develop and maintain robust, scalable forecasting models
• Coordinate and prepare materials for executive review, including for board meetings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Publishing Industries
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees