Business Operations Graduate

Clera

$100K — $125K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2-3 internships in startups, venture capital, or consulting, or relevant side projects.
  • Hands-on experience automating workflows using AI tools, not just prototypes.
  • Experience documenting operational workflows and their failure points.
  • Ability to build process automation rules and sub-flows to improve efficiency.
  • Comfortable in fast-paced environments with little process documentation.
  • Skill in translating operational insights to technical specifications for engineers.
  • Background in banking, payments, or fintech is a plus.
  • Familiar with no-code or low-code automation tools like Zapier or Make.

Responsibilities

  • Own a core operational domain, managing cases and reviews from day one.
  • Become an expert in workflows, identifying process breakdowns.
  • Automate manual tasks by implementing workflow automation rules.
  • Drive measurable improvements in rebuilt processes.
  • Address edge cases that automation may not yet handle.
  • Translate operational challenges into clear specifications for Engineering and Product teams.
  • Contribute to developing systems that replace initial manual processes.

Benefits

  • Visa sponsorship is available.
  • Location: On-site in New York City, NY, USA.
Full Job Description
About the Role

This is a graduate-level operations role at an early-stage fintech banking startup, sitting within the core operations team and owning a critical operational domain day-to-day. You will run the queue yourself first, then systematically engineer it away, turning manual work into automated systems that reduce reliance on headcount. It is a high-agency, high-ownership position for someone who thinks in systems and measures success by the queue running without them.
What You'll Do
  • Take ownership of a core operational domain, running cases, reviews, and escalations hands-on from day one.
  • Become the deepest expert on your domain's workflows, logging every point where processes break or create friction.
  • Automate your own work by shipping rules and sub-flows to handle what you have been doing manually.
  • Drive and validate measurable improvements on every workflow you rebuild.
  • Handle edge cases and knife-edge scenarios that automation does not yet cover.
  • Translate operational findings and failure modes into clear specs and requirements for Engineering and Product teams.
  • Help ship the systems and agents that ultimately replace the manual work you started with.
What We're Looking For
  • 2 to 3 internships in high-growth startups, venture capital, or consulting, or demonstrated initiative through side projects, student organizations, research, or entrepreneurial work.
  • Hands-on experience automating real workflows using AI tools, built tools you actively use rather than experimental prototypes.
  • Experience running manual operational workflows end-to-end and documenting failure modes and process breakdowns.
  • Experience building process automation rules, sub-flows, and workflow logic to replace manual effort.
  • Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments with minimal process documentation.
  • Ability to translate operational insights into technical specifications for engineering teams.
  • Background in banking, payments, or fintech operations is a plus.
  • Familiarity with no-code or low-code automation platforms such as Zapier, Make, n8n, or similar tools is a plus.
  • Based in New York City or willing to relocate.
Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $100,000 to $125,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location

On-site in New York City, NY, USA.

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