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title: 'Law Firm & Accounting Partnerships Lead at Rho'
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# Law Firm & Accounting Partnerships Lead at Rho

- **Company:** Rho
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/rho/8abd5b5b-6b62-4a36-8cc1-65c5389ccdf7

## Job description

## About Us

Rho is the modern banking platform built for the AI era. Startups and growth-stage companies can open accounts in minutes, issue cards, manage expenses, pay bills, and close the books – all in one connected platform backed by real human support.

## About the Role

Rho is looking for a Law Firm & Accounting Partnerships Lead to own two of our highest-leverage referral channels: the startup law firms that incorporate companies on day one, and the accounting, bookkeeping, and outsourced CFO firms that run their books from day two onward. These are the advisors founders trust before they ever pick a bank — and the firms that shape which financial stack a company lands on. You'll own this channel end to end: strategy, partner sourcing, negotiation, launch, enablement, and the revenue that comes out of it. This is a builder role, not a maintenance role. You'll inherit early relationships and a real product story, and your mandate is to turn that into a repeatable, quota-carrying channel with a named partner roster, a working referral motion, and reporting leadership can trust.

## What You'll Do

Own the Channel Strategy

- Define the segmentation and target list for both sides of the channel: startup-focused law firms (formation, emerging companies, venture practices) and accounting/bookkeeping/OCFO firms
- Build the business case for where to invest — which firms, which geographies, which practice groups drive the most qualified client referrals
- Set the partner tiering model and the value exchange at each tier (co-marketing, dedicated support, revenue share, product access)
- Own the channel number: sourced pipeline, referred accounts, funded accounts, and revenue contribution

Source and Close Partners

- Prospect, pitch, and close new law firm and accounting firm partnerships — this is a hunting role, not an inbound one
- Build relationships with multiple stakeholders inside each firm: managing partners, practice group leads, business development, and the associates and staff who actually make the referral
- Structure and negotiate partnership terms alongside Legal and Finance
- Represent Rho at the conferences, bar association events, CPA gatherings, and founder dinners where these relationships get built (expect meaningful travel to major tech hubs)

Drive Referrals and Partner Revenue

- Turn signed partnerships into activated ones — a logo on a page is not a partnership
- Run onboarding and enablement so partner teams know exactly when and how to introduce Rho to a client
- Build the co-marketing motion with Marketing: webinars, CPE-eligible content, perk pages, newsletters, and joint events
- Run MBRs/QBRs with top partners against shared goals, and prune the partners who aren't producing

Be the Voice of the Channel Internally

- Work cross-functionally with Sales, Onboarding, Support, and Product to make sure referred clients get a white-glove handoff
- Bring structured feedback to Product on what law firms and accounting partners need from Rho — multi-entity views, advisor access, close workflows, integrations
- Partner with Sales leadership so channel-sourced deals are worked, tracked, and credited cleanly

Build the Operating System

- Stand up the infrastructure that makes the channel scale: partner CRM hygiene, referral attribution, pipeline tracking, and a partner portal experience
- Document the playbook — partner onboarding, referral handoff, enablement, and event workflows — so the next hires ramp fast
- Produce clear, regular reporting on channel-sourced pipeline and revenue for leadership

## Who You Are

- 5+ years in partnerships, channel, or a closing sales role — ideally at a fintech, B2B SaaS, or professional services platform selling into or through advisors
- You've carried a number and hit it. You're comfortable with a quota tied to partner-sourced revenue
- You've built something from scratch. You know the difference between running a program and starting one, and you want the second
- Credible with professionals: you can hold a real conversation with a managing partner about their book of business, not just pitch a product
- Strong commercial instincts — you can structure a deal, run a negotiation, and know when to walk away
- Excellent written and verbal communicator; you can present to an executive audience and write a partner email that actually gets replies
- Data-driven: you instrument the channel, read the numbers, and reallocate effort accordingly
- Thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and doesn't need a playbook handed to you — you're writing it
- Based in the Bay Area and willing to travel (~25–35%)

Bonus Points

- Existing network among startup law firms and/or accounting, bookkeeping, and OCFO firms
- Background in accounting or law (CPA, JD, or time inside a firm) — you've lived the workflow you're selling into
- Experience launching a partner program at a fintech or spend management company
- Familiarity with the startup ecosystem — VCs, accelerators, formation platforms, fund admins
- Experience with partner CRM/PRM tooling and referral attribution

## Why This Role

Law firms and accountants are the highest-trust distribution channel in the startup market — at comparable companies, the accounting channel alone has grown into one of the largest sources of new customers. Rho hasn't built it yet. You'd own that from the ground up, with a direct line to leadership, a clear number, and the room to build a team behind you as the channel proves out.

## Compensation

$150-200K OTE Equity, health/dental/vision, 401(k), and other benefits included.

Diversity is a core value at Rho. We’re passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable environment for all those involved with our mission, including employees, contractors, candidates, customers and vendors. We believe every member of the Rho community enriches our ability to provide a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the market, identify problems, and drive solutions that align with our mission. We welcome all qualified applications and support each of our Rho’ers with ongoing professional growth opportunities.

## About Rho

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Rho is a modern financial platform that combines business banking, corporate cards, treasury, bill pay, expense management, and accounting automation into a single connected workflow for startups and scaling companies.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $365M total funding per [fastaijobs.com](https://www.fastaijobs.com/companies/rho))
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Not publicly named on the website or in widely available biographical detail (the platform was built by an internal team; the "About Us" page references the founding team as having built the platform they "wish we had when we first launched the company" [rho.co/about](https://www.rho.co/about))

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Services / Fintech – specifically Business Banking, Spend Management, and Corporate Cards.
- **Target customers**: B2B – founders (from two-person startups to public companies), finance teams (controllers, CFOs), and business owners at all stages of growth.
- **Mission/purpose**: Built to eliminate financial busywork, enabling companies to focus on building a world-changing business. As stated on their "About Us" page: "We built the Rho platform for them… to focus less on busywork and more on activities that actually drive the business forward." [rho.co/about](https://www.rho.co/about)

## Products & Services
- **Business Checking & Savings Accounts**: FDIC-insured accounts for managing day-to-day cash flow.
- **Rho Cards**: Corporate credit cards with strict spend limits, category restrictions, and expense rules to control spending.
- **Bill Pay**: AI-powered invoice scanning, automated approval routing, and direct payments to vendors.
- **Expense Management**: Automated reimbursements and real-time transaction organization to keep compliance in check.
- **Treasury Accounts**: Earn competitive market yields on company cash that would otherwise sit idle.
- **Accounting Integrations**: Syncing across banking, cards, and treasury so books stay clean and audit-ready.
- **Rho Mobile App**: A mobile interface for on-the-go management.

All of these are offered as a connected SaaS platform. [rho.co](https://www.rho.co/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric – Total Funding**: **$365M** per [fastaijobs.com](https://www.fastaijobs.com/companies/rho) (specific breakdown from [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs) per Crunchbase-equivalent data: $197M total across Seed ($4.9M + $2.3M), Series A ($15M), Series B ($75M), and Debt Financing ($100M) — however, the higher "Series C" figure of $365M in total funding suggests a later round occurred or different aggregator methodology).
- **Net Discrepancy Note**: Different sources report total funding inconsistently: Crunchbase data via LinkedIn shows $197M across 4 early rounds, while a newer aggregator (fastaijobs) cites $365M. This is labeled as **conflicting reports**.
- **Annual Revenue**: **$25M** as estimated by [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs) (note: may be a third-party estimate, not company-verified).
- **Notable Investors**: List includes Grid Dynamics, Capital One, American Express, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft (as employer talent sources, suggesting staff migration from these firms) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs). Debt financing (April 2021) had a single undisclosed investor; Series B (Dec 2021) had 5 investors.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount of **236 employees** as of mid-2026, with **+30.2% YoY growth** [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs).
  - **32 open roles** as of mid-2026 [rho.co/careers](https://www.rho.co/careers), spanning NYC, San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, Belgrade (Serbia), Poland (remote), and US-wide remote.
  - Active hiring in engineering (Senior/Full Stack Software Engineers), Go-to-Market (Account Executives, Advisors, Startups Banking), Product (VP of Product, Product Managers, Design), and Marketing (Brand, Events, Consumer).

## Competitive Advantages
- **All-in-one platform**: Unlike piecemeal setups, Rho connects banking, cards, treasury, bill pay, and expense management in one workflow — reducing the need for 3–5 separate vendors.
- **Fast implementation**: "Get up and running quickly with hands-on onboarding and a dedicated team… response times under a minute" [rho.co](https://www.rho.co/).
- **Enterprise-grade without bloat**: "No monthly fees" and strict spend controls, while still offering features like AI invoice scanning and automated approvals.
- **Global presence**: Operating across 7 countries (US, Serbia, Poland, Philippines, UK, Switzerland, Canada) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs) enables multi-currency/regional support for scaling clients.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling with customers**: The platform is explicitly designed to support companies "from inception stage to IPO and beyond… never outgrow" the platform [rho.co/about](https://www.rho.co/about).
- **Hiring expansion**: Aggressively hiring across go-to-market, engineering, product, and marketing (50% monthly increase in job postings, 2000% quarterly increase) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs), signaling a major growth push.
- **Automation depth**: Focus on AI-driven features (invoice scanning, expense automation) to reduce manual finance work.
- **Treasury/Runway focus**: Emphasis on putting cash to work (treasury yields) suggests a strategic bet on serving cash-rich startups and SMBs looking to maximize runway.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture highlight**: Described as a place for "obsessive people" who want to "hone your craft, ship faster than you thought possible, and do the most ambitious work of your career" [rho.co/careers](https://www.rho.co/careers). The "About Us" page repeatedly emphasizes "creating delightful experiences" for customers and earning the right to serve them.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office Policy**: Mixed model. Roles exist in NYC (HQ), San Francisco, Austin, Boston, Los Angeles, Belgrade, and Poland (remote). Some roles are explicitly "US - Remote" or "Poland - Remote" while others specify a city (e.g., "NYC", "San Francisco"). The company has 4 offices globally (likely NYC, SF, Belgrade, and one other) [rho.co/careers](https://www.rho.co/careers).
- **Notable perks/culture signals**:
  - 32 open roles spanning multiple functions — strong signal of growth.
  - Technical staff makes up 22% of headcount; Sales 10%; Finance 9%, suggesting an engineering-led but GTM-heavy current hiring phase.
  - Talent sources include American Express (32 hires), Capital One (7), Microsoft (7), Goldman Sachs (5) — implying a strong Fintech/Finance DNA.
  - Alumni go to Rippling, Amazon, Deloitte — suggesting a pedigree similar to high-growth Fintech.
- **Engineering culture**: With 73 technical staff (22% of total), and open roles for Senior Software Engineers (Belgrade + Poland remote), Full Stack Engineers (Poland remote), and multiple Product Designers, engineering appears to be a core focus area for growth.

## Sources
1. [rho.co](https://www.rho.co/)
2. [rho.co/about](https://www.rho.co/about)
3. [rho.co/careers](https://www.rho.co/careers)
4. [LinkedIn – Rho Company Profile & Jobs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/rhobusiness/jobs)
5. [fastaijobs.com – Rho Careers & Jobs](https://www.fastaijobs.com/companies/rho)

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