Data Analyst Payments

About the role

Ripplings Payments Data & Analytics team is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Data Analyst - Payments (internal title: Data Scientist) to join our rapidly expanding this pivotal role you will be responsible for designing building and maintaining services that automatically process vast amounts of financial data providing comprehensive visibility into every stage of the money movement lifecycle within Ripplings payments product ecosystem.

This is an exciting opportunity to become a foundational member of the Payments Analytics team ensuring accurate settlement between our customers external financial institutions and Rippling for every transaction. This is a highly cross-functional role with significant visibility including with the executive team. You will empower the Accounting Finance Biz Ops Payments and Product teams by delivering accurate data that is critical to Ripplings finances and essential for the correct functioning of product systems.

What you will do

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering accounting financial partnerships and product teams to analyze and account for billions of dollars flowing through the Rippling payment platform.
• Build full-cycle analyses using SQL Python or other scripting and statistical tools and develop real-time metrics dashboards to manage key financial and operating levers of the business.
• Monitor payment flows between systems banks processors and inter-company accounts perform daily account reconciliations and follow up on any discrepancies.
• React swiftly to emerging issues summarize facts and provide recommendations for the timely resolution of critical financial matters.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders (Accounting Compliance Treasury etc.) to understand business requirements and develop scalable solutions for reporting and reconciliation automation including internal tool development and/or the implementation of third-party tools.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation of reconciliation processes and procedures.
• Prepare and deliver data and reporting solutions supporting month-end close regulatory & compliance reporting and Internal and External Audit reporting.
• Communicate findings and recommendations to stakeholders through clear and concise presentations and reports.

What you will need

• Masters degree or Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Statistics Data Science Economics Mathematics Business Analytics or other related fields.
• 3 years of demonstrated experience in applying analytics engineering analysis modeling and/or exploratory analysis to large datasets ideally in payments processing quote-to-cash or financial reporting.
• Experience with data warehousing ETL and reporting tools (e.g. Snowflake Tableau dbt Dagster).
• Extensive experience with SQL and its application to all phases of the data science development process (initial analysis and model development through deployment).
• Experience working with engineering finance and accounting teams to assess their data needs and build automated reporting pipelines.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills with the ability to communicate findings and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to interface with multiple stakeholders and senior leadership (C-suite) across the organization.
• Bonus points if you have experience with general accounting principles the general ledger close process and regulatory compliance.

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

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 employees 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 someones compensationincluding a candidates professional background experience and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.