Expansion Account Executive, Accountant Channel

About the role

Rippling’s Accounting and HR Advisory Channel is experiencing exponential growth, and we are excited to hire the next sales professional to join our growing team and support our mission by delivering exceptional value to our partners so they can scale and grow their workforce advisory practice with Rippling Rippling partners with Accounting and HR Advisory firms serving small and mid-sized businesses. In this role, you’ll focus on acquiring and activating new partners by sourcing, landing, and onboarding net-new firms. You’ll build and execute strategies to drive partner penetration and ensure activation, with the goal of securing a first client referral within 90 days. Over the first 12 months, you’ll work closely with each new partner to understand their business and client needs, positioning Rippling’s value to help onboard their book of business. After the first year, partnerships transition to the Expansion team for long-term management. The Channel Account Executive (Hunter or Expansion) role is designed for sales professionals who thrive in a fast-paced and collaborative team environment, opening new doors, driving net-new partner acquisition, and scaling a referral motion within the Accountant and HR Advisory ecosystem.

What you will do

• Manage a highly consultative sales process and position the value of Rippling to new prospective partners, utilizing Rippling’s MEDDPICC sales methodology
• Manage a high volume of partner and partner client pipeline by building strong relationships with Accounting & HR Advisory firms.
• Build solid strategic account plans to align with partners' growth goals and priorities by expanding relationships and contacts within Accounting & HR Advisory firms to maximize the growth potential of the partner
• Keep Accounting & HR Advisory contacts up-to-date on new product developments and best practices to get the most out of Rippling’s platform and partner program
• Win new partners and partner client business by deeply understanding and positioning against our competition
• Deliver best-in-class product demos to position the value of Rippling for our partners and partner clients
• Work collaboratively and quarterback the sales process with other Rippling Account Executives across PEO, Global, Spend, & IT to maximize value and win rates for Accountant and HR Advisory firm clients
• This is a quota carrying role. You will need to forecast, and manage your sales pipeline by keeping accurate notes in our CRM on a daily and weekly basis to meet quota expectations

What you will need

• Currently a CAE who has a tenure >12 months by the end of January 31st, 2026
• CAE with documented track record of successfully penetrating into our existing partner base
• Quota achievement: 115%+ in YTD attainment w/ splits
• Consistently meets our north star metrics of 10 RS2s/month
• Passion for for deepening relationships within existing firms and generating new referral contact PS2s
• Cross-functional alignment across Marketing, SDR, IM, Partner Success, & Account Management
• Solid consultative selling skills
• Track record of selling larger $20K+ end client deals from partners
• Track record of selling all Rippling Suite: HR, Finance, Spend, PEO, IT, & Global
• In good standing with Rippling

Additional Information

The pay range for this role is: Office Based: $160,000 OTE (New York) Remote: $150,000/year OTE (based in EST)