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 $1.2B 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
We are looking for a highly-motivated and proactive Payments Compliance Specialist to assist with our payments and lending licensing and examination program. You will partner closely with our Legal, Compliance, Finance, and Product teams to drive a comprehensive payments and lending licensing and compliance program. In this role, you will especially focus on the lending activity and global payments applications and compliance. You have a passion for efficiency and building scalable approaches in the ever-changing world of money transmission, payments and lending compliance. You are a self-starter and take pride in working cross-functionally to drive action and help colleagues navigate complex licensing requirements. We love fresh perspectives on how compliance should be run, and welcome your innovative thoughts on achieving the highest efficiency and protection in Rippling’s licensing and compliance activities.
What You Will Do
- Lead the license acquisition process on behalf of Rippling, driving a cross-functional team to ensure complete and accurate license applications.
- Assist with lending licensing and global payments applications.
- Manage money transmitter and lending licenses through NMLS and other international systems.
- Manage regulatory examinations and audits of Rippling’s licenses.
- Lead and monitor license renewals, quarterly and annual reports, and required examinations.
- Partner with business stakeholders to improve processes and ensure that new and existing payment products comply with policies and applicable multi-state laws and regulations.
- Continually identify opportunities for efficiencies while escalating any control deficiencies.
What You Will Need
- 3+ years of experience in compliance or paralegal role for a law firm or tech company (experience in payments, lending, and money transmission regulatory compliance is a plus).
- Entrepreneurial mindset (flexible, self-starting and hard-working) in generating new and innovative solutions to build out the Legal & Compliance program.
- Demonstrated solution-oriented business and compliance judgment.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Excellent communicator both internally and externally, with ability to break down complex regulatory requirements into easy-to-understand and practical advice.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with the NMLS system is a plus.
- Familiarity with global payments licensing (Europe, Australia etc.) is a plus.
- Sense of humor.
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.
The pay range for this role is:
75,000 - 131,250 USD per year(US Tier 1)
67,500 - 118,125 USD per year(US Tier 2)
63,750 - 111,563 USD per year(US Tier 3)
