Global Payroll and Rewards Specialist

At Aspire, we’re more than just a FinTech 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 MassMutual 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 FinTech Awards in 2022 and 2023, ranked as LinkedIn’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!

This role can be hired in either Singapore or Malaysia

About the team:

At Aspire, we believe that the cornerstone of our success lies in fostering an exceptional culture that brings great talent together and unlocks the full potential of our talents. Our People Team is committed to driving organizational growth, developing exceptional leaders, and advocating for the positive success of our employees. As a member of this team, you will embark on a journey together, building Aspire's future together.

About the role:

• Lead the setup of payroll processes and activities in our new locations, including reviewing payroll inputs, coordinating with our payroll vendors, and ensuring timely and accurate payments.
• Manage our payroll vendors, tracking performance against their SLA and ensuring compliance with local regulatory requirements.
• Work closely with our Finance team and other stakeholders to reconcile financial transactions, tracking and reporting of payroll costs across different business units and cost centers.
• Oversee administration of equity programs including monthly approval processes, ensuring compliance and accuracy.
• Support the company-wide goal-setting process, develop payroll best practices, and ensure alignment with overall business objectives.
• Identify and drive process improvement projects to streamline payroll operations and ensure data integrity.
• Support all tax filing and external and internal audit requests.
• Drive process improvement projects as required.
• At least 5 years of end-to-end payroll process experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong working knowledge of payroll software solutions, and local regulations and general payroll and HR related policies and processes.
• Proactiveness to initiate process improvements and automation implementations in a startup setting.
• Service mindset with strong communication and interpersonal skills and a collaborative team spirit.

Preferred qualifications:

• Ability to work with some level of ambiguity as we are still building many processes.
• Previous experience in a fast-paced, high-growth payments/FinTech startup is a plus.

What we offer:

• Uncapped flexible annual leave.
• Training subsidy for your professional growth.
• Wellness benefit.
• Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
• Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
• Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together - You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.