Company Description
Rare Carat, founded in 2016, is dedicated to making diamond buying transparent and accessible for consumers. Recognized as the "Secret to Buying a Diamond" by The New York Times, the company has grown into one of the largest online diamond retailers in the United States, powering over $100M in annual jewelry sales. With a vast selection of certified natural and lab-grown diamonds, customers can customize engagement rings and shop fine jewelry with support from GIA-trained gemologists. Led by alumni from prestigious institutions like Wharton and Harvard Business School, Rare Carat has gained recognition in publications such as TechCrunch, NPR, and CNBC.
Role Description
This is a full-time remote Finance Associate role. The Finance Associate will support financial planning, analysis, and reporting processes. Responsibilities include preparing and analyzing financial statements, overseeing financial reporting, and providing financial insights to support strategic decisions. The role will also involve ensuring compliance with financial regulations and collaborating with cross-functional teams to communicate financial findings.
Wondering why work with us? Here’s why:
- We are a fully remote start-up, growing quickly from under 5 people to close to 100 in just six years
- Our culture is unique: we have a global, remote team of young people taking on more responsibility than most companies would give. We have a bias for action, and a meritocracy where the best ideas win
- We help customers with the most important purchase of their life so far, their engagement ring. Marrying humans and technology to help our customers make the right decision is thrilling and rewarding
- If you are the right fit for our rocketship - we would make you an offer, you can’t refuse :)
Looking for kick-ass people who would love to have international exposure and are interested in working for a popular startup based out of New York City. We need a focused team player who has excellent communication skills and attention to detail!
Accounting
- Own daily bookkeeping and accounting in line with US GAAP and standard global practices
- Run the monthly book closure process end to end, including reconciling our corporate card books (RAMP) across a large multi-tab tracker
- Process and verify invoices, including PDF intake, matching, and accurate entry into NetSuite and our trackers
- Manage the full AP function: vendor and partner payouts, payment timing, and resolving any AP queries quickly
- Maintain clean, audit-ready records and flag discrepancies before they become problems
Finance & Reporting
- Own all financial reconciliations across accounts, cards, and vendor statements
- Build and maintain P&L and cash flow views, and surface anything that looks off
- Handle financial disputes with vendors and stakeholders through to resolution
- Manage credit collection on returned inventory and credit notes
- Support tax compliance: prep and organize data, assist with filings and timely payments, and keep documentation current
Operations & Cross-Functional
- Maintain strong working relationships with vendors and partners
- Coordinate across finance, operations, and logistics so nothing falls through the cracks
- Own key financial communications and dispute handling with external partners
What we're looking for (must-haves)
- Startup experience is essential. You've worked at an early or growth-stage startup and you know what it means to operate without heavy process, wear multiple hats, and own outcomes end to end. This is not a role for someone who needs a big-company structure around them
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite, including invoice entry, AP workflows, and reconciliations
- Direct experience with RAMP for corporate card and spend management, including reconciling card books at close
- Bachelor’s in Accounting with 3+ years of experience, with formal US GAAP training, is a must have
- Strong Excel and Google Sheets skills. You're comfortable with large multi-tab trackers, formulas, data cleanup, and fixing the kind of date-format and formatting issues that break a model
- Sharp eye for detail and a habit of double-checking your own numbers
- Clear written and spoken English and communication skills
- Strong time management and the ability to juggle close, payouts, and reconciliations at the same time
- Ability to take unstructured data and turn it into clear, useful insight
The kind of person who thrives here
- High ownership. You see a gap and close it instead of waiting to be told
- Scrappy with tools. You'd rather automate a painful manual process than suffer through it every month
- Calm under deadline pressure, and you deliver clean work fast
- Genuinely cross-functional. You work well across teams and keep things moving
