Controller (Remote)

Aspiration is in the business of fighting the climate crisis. We help people and businesses build sustainable impact into what they do every day by making it easy, automated, and powerful -- whether it is in the ways people spend and save their money or the ways businesses engage their customers and employees. Across our initiatives--from our debit and credit cards to our global scale reforestation and carbon credit projects--the estimated cumulative climate impact of the Aspiration community thus far is the equivalent of taking every car in the state of Wyoming off the road for a year. With more than 7 million members, over $550 million in funding to date, and a commitment to plant one billion trees by 2030, Aspiration is not only a certified B Corporation but has been named to the “Best for the World” list of the top five percent of highest scored certified B Corporations five times in a row.
Our Core Values are Aspiration’s guiding principles: Action: We take initiative. We are doers, not bystanders.Boldness: We don’t tinker, we transform.Customer-Centered: Our customers are at the core of our business. Delivering for them is our North Star.Diligence & Dedication: We do what we say we’re going to do, when we say we’re going to do it.Entrepreneurial: Act like an entrepreneur not an employee, generate results for the company and customers everyday.
We’re looking for a seasoned, hands-on leader to build out Aspiration’s Accounting department and support the company’s growth by providing a strong foundation with strong financial controls and complete adherence to US GAAP. As a company with a broker-dealer subsidiary and banking activities, the Corporate Controller will play a key role in ensuring accounting activities meet required FASB standards. A successful candidate will be able to collaborate cross-functionally. 

What You'll Do

• Develop the company’s accounting infrastructure and processes to adhere to accounting standards for accurate reporting and the ultimate transition to being a public company
• Lead overall month-end close process, and partner with financial operations to execute the process in a timely and accurate manner
• Generate consolidated US GAAP financial statements, and provide to external stakeholders monthly or other stated cadence
• Coordinate the annual audit with both the internal audit team and external auditors
• Support FP&A team in completing the MD&A and necessary variance analysis 
• Maintain overall responsibility for the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Flow management, tax returns, options tracking, expense management, and other relevant processes
• Also, responsible for compliance and reporting on SOX 404
• Partner closely with the Legal/Compliance team to ensure good standing with regulators 
• Lead and manage a team

What You'll Bring

• 10+ years of experience as a Controller 
• CPA required and Big 4 accounting background preferred 
• Prior experience at a fast paced early stage growth company 
• Experience with Broker-Dealers and knowledge of banking is a plus
• Experience building processes, policies, controls, systems and teams from scratch to support growth-stage companies
• Experience with NetSuite preferred 
• Exceptional ability to lead and collaborate with and influence business partners 
• Experience managing interaction with third party professional services organizations 
• Excellent communication skills and superior attention to detail 
• Highly motivated and proactive with a strong degree of integrity

What You'll Get

• Work for a mission-driven company to transform the lives of millions by building a better, values-oriented financial firm.
• Opportunity to be part of and to contribute to ESG, as a steward of social and environmental change.
• Participation opportunities in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion employee activities and events
• Robust benefit offerings, including medical, dental, vision and 401k.
• Parental Leave expansion (12 weeks of paid leave over the course of a year)
• Pet Insurance and other voluntary benefit plan offerings
• Unlimited vacation time and 80 hours of sick time annually
• 12 Paid Holidays
• Work from home setup and equipment reimbursement
• Semi - annual performance reviews
• Employee Referral Bonus Program

Aspiration is proud to be an ESG company.  We are an equal opportunity workplace. Diversity at Aspiration is not just compliance-driven. Diversity is our compass to drive equitable practices; to celebrate individuality; and to foster the uniqueness within each of us that makes our products, services, and culture better than most. Yes, we are proud to be a DEI company and we encourage everyone, inside and outside of Aspiration, to show up as you are and as you want to be, every day.
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