Senior Accountant - Financial Controllership

About the company

Founders today are building global companies from day one but the systems that manage their money were built for a different era. Aspire exists to change that!

We're building the financial operating system for global founders, bringing banking, software, and automation into a single platform so businesses can move faster across borders and stay focused on building.

Aspire is built by people who think from first principles, care deeply about solving hard problems, and take real ownership of their work. Our team brings global experience from leading fintech and technology companies, and many of us are former founders and operators who understand what it takes to build thoughtfully, make trade-offs, and deliver at scale in a global environment.

Backed by leading global investors including Y Combinator, Peak XV, and Lightspeed, Aspire has been trusted by more than 50,000 startups and growing businesses worldwide to manage their finances since 2018. Together with partners like J.P. Morgan, Visa, and Wise, we're building for the next generation of global companies.

About the team

At Aspire, the Finance team plays a strategic and pivotal role in Aspire's continued expansion. Our comprehensive Finance function encompasses six key verticals: Financial Controlling, Treasury, Finance Analytics, Strategic Finance & Planning, Credit Risk, and Finance Strategy & Operations. From conducting in-depth strategic data analysis to spearheading Finance transformation initiatives with our Aspire software, you'll directly contribute to critical business decisions in a dynamic market. This is an exciting chance to be part of a team that values strategic thinking, innovation, and robust controls in a hyper-growth environment.

About the role

• Support the management of all Singapore companies accounts, ledgers, and reporting systems ensuring compliance with local standards, policies in IFRS and regulatory requirements
• Support the month end close process for all Singapore companies and enable accurate and efficient financial results and reporting within tight deadlines
• Build and grow cross-functional relationships to collaboratively work together to resolve month end issues, build new financial process relating to launch of new products and solve process efficiencies
• Evaluate and continually improve accounting procedures, processes and systems to ensure standardized close process and efficient operations across the Group
• Work with Singapore auditors and participate in the preparation of all the workpapers for the audit on a timely basis including all memos for any relevant areas
• Build and evolve upon our existing internal controls, financial systems and processes to ensure accuracy of financial reporting, integrity of corporate data, finance governance compliance and the safeguarding of assets
• Work closely with the Tax team to review local tax filings and returns (e.g., withholding tax, VAT, annual tax returns)

Minimum qualifications

• A minimum of 3-5 years of relevant experience
• Strong academic pedigree including a CA/CPA qualification or equivalent
• Preferably with experience working in one of the Big 4 firms
• Experience in Financial Services, Fintech and Credit businesses is a strong plus
• Strong proficiency in all aspects of corporate accounting and all pertinent GAAP, rules and regulations
• Strong leadership, team building and interpersonal skills
• Self-motivated and result oriented
• Proven team player, hands on and ability to work independently while managing multiple projects/assignments
• Has a strong grasp of artificial intelligence concepts and the ability to apply AI tools and frameworks to solve real world problems at Aspire

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