Finance Director, EMEA

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At Aspire, we’re more than just a Fin Tech company—we’re the leading all-in-one financial operating system built to empower the world’s innovators and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance, empowering startups and businesses to realise their full potential.

Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and Mass Mutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and empowered more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.

Aspire has consistently been recognized for excellence, earning Best Employer and Startup of the Year by the Asia Fin Tech Awards in 2022 and 2023, ranked as Linked In’s Top Startup in Singapore, and listed on CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech in 2023 and 2024.

You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international and diverse backgrounds.

Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship? Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space!

About The Team

At Aspire, Finance plays a strategic role in driving our business forward. Our Finance team consists of a wide range of crucial functions across 3 verticals: (i) Financial Controlling with Financial reporting, Audit support, Cost Management, Compliance and Risk Management and Tax planning, Reporting, (ii) Treasury, which is a core function for a Fintech with Cash flow and Liquidity Risk, Treasury Product, FX Risk Management, Treasury Operation and Treasury Risk Management, (iii) Strategy & Planning, which covers strategic road map, long term planning, fundraising and FP&A.

Our Finance team engages in frequent strategic data analysis, research, and modeling to provide the best financial insights for critical business decisions, helping Aspire navigate the competitive landscape and capitalize on emerging opportunities. The team also plays a key part as the first user of our Aspire software, pioneer in Finance transformation, reengineering our internal process to stay agile while maintaining the internal control in a hyper fast growing environment.

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The Role

We're looking for a Finance Director to be based in the UK. You will be responsible for making key financial, business related decisions and ensuring that budgets are met for Aspire’s business operations in EMEA. You will also be responsible for all regional financial matters & financial performance and includes all aspects of safeguarding. You will be working in a new business environment as you establish Aspire in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the broader European Union.

What will you be doing?

• Collaborating on the setting of the regional finance strategy including in relation to financial performance.
• Daily oversight of all safeguarding matters including the review and approval of daily safeguarding calculations and reconciliations.
• Prepare Aspire Group consolidation across UK/ EU markets, liaising with local and global finance teams.
• Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Builds and manages monthly, quarterly, and annual forecasts.
• Develops strategies to increase return on investment and profitability.
• Oversees and reviews accounting tasks, including payroll, taxes, and compliance.
• Presents financial reports to executives, board members, investors, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborates with the executives and directors to create budgets and track key performance indicators.
• Knows and adheres to local generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and Securities and/or International Financial Reporting…