Senior Director of Finance, Aspire
$220-260k
Influencer marketing software platform for eCommerce brands
Job no longer available
Influencer marketing software platform for eCommerce brands
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$220-260k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help brands build communities of ambassadors, influencers, and affiliates to share their brand stories at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 8-12+ years of progressive experience in finance leadership roles, including ownership of Finance and Financial Operations
- Proven success in high-growth SaaS or technology environments, ideally through rapid scale or new-market expansion
- Strong analytical and strategic mindset with a hands-on approach to execution
- Deep understanding of SaaS metrics, unit economics, and operational performance drivers
- Expert-level financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills
- Understanding of fundamental Accounting concepts
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders
- Experience in fundraising and investor relations preferred
- Proficiency in NetSuite and Salesforce a plus; advanced Excel/Google Sheets skills required
What the job involves
- We are seeking a strategic, hands-on Senior Director of Finance to lead Aspire’s Finance organization and serve as a key member of the executive leadership team
- This role will oversee Finance and Revenue Operations / Deal Desk, building scalable financial foundations while partnering closely with the executive team to drive strategy, operational excellence, and business performance
- The Senior Director of Finance will play a pivotal role in aligning teams around business priorities, providing actionable financial insights, and ensuring resources are deployed effectively for sustainable growth
- This is a highly cross-functional and execution-oriented leadership role at the heart of Aspire’s next stage of scale
- Lead Aspire’s Finance and Revenue Operations / Deal Desk functions, fostering a culture of accountability, transparency, and continuous improvement
- Partner with the executive team on strategic planning, capital allocation, and overall business performance
- Drive company-wide alignment on financial targets and priorities, ensuring decisions are grounded in data and clear ROI
- Own Board communications, including financial materials and participation in high-level strategic discussions
- Provide financial analysis and diligence for strategic initiatives, partnerships, and growth investments
- Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic partner across all major business areas, connecting Finance with operational execution, customer impact, and growth objectives
- Collaborate with leaders to optimize investments, headcount, and spend, ensuring resources are allocated efficiently and in line with company priorities
- Partner across go-to-market, product, and customer functions to improve visibility into performance, retention, and revenue predictability
- Own company-wide revenue and operational forecasting, incorporating SaaS metrics and activity-level performance data (e.g., pipeline activity, product usage, client delivery metrics) to link daily execution with financial outcomes
- Own the financial planning process, including budgeting, forecasting, and scenario planning
- Develop and maintain financial forecasts in partnership with business leaders, ensuring accuracy and accountability
- Oversee working capital management and cash flow forecasting to maintain financial visibility and discipline
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, maintaining accuracy and integrity across all reporting
- Build scalable systems and reporting frameworks that deliver clear visibility into budgets, forecasts, and key financial indicators
- Translate financial data into actionable insights that guide prioritization, trade-offs, and strategic decisions
- Act as a communication hub, equipping teams with the financial visibility they need to make effective decisions
- Define and monitor KPIs to assess company health, efficiency, and growth drivers
- Maintain awareness of key performance trends and market dynamics influencing business results
- Use data-driven insights to connect operational activity to financial outcomes
- You’ll help shape the financial future of Aspire — building the frameworks, insights, and discipline that fuel our next chapter of growth.
- As Senior Director of Finance, you’ll work across every team to drive focus, clarity, and impact, ensuring Aspire invests intelligently and scales sustainably
Our take
Influencer marketing has rapidly gained traction over the last few years, and Aspire exists to help brands make the most of it. It delivers a platform to connect brands with the right influencers to reach their target market, and manage their campaigns from a single place.
With Aspire, marketing teams do not have to spend time researching influencers themselves, with the company claiming to half the time taken to source the right match. The platform also supplies analytics to measure impact and attribute ROI to influencer campaigns, enabling actionable changes to be made to marketing strategies.
Boasting over 400 customers including the likes of Glossier, Coola, and Ruggable, it is clear Aspire has already made good progress. And in 2023, it acquired SaaS eCommerce company CommerceUp, which is helping it to further build and scale influence-driven commerce, with a focus on optimizing marketing spend efficiency for its clients.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Nov 2019
$24m
SERIES A
Oct 2015
$2.5m
SEED
Total funding: $27.3m
Company benefits
- Health, dental & vision: Put your health first with 90% covered health insurance.
- Flexible schedules: Set your hours by your calendar, not the clock.
- Unlimited paid time off: Take time to refuel — sans laptop.
- Paid parental leave: Enjoy 4 months off when your family grows.
- WFH stipend: To cover your remote work setup.
- Book reimbursement: Love reading? Let us foot the bill for work-related books.
- Education stipend: Because learning should be lifelong.
- Wellness credit: Get paid to stay active, even if your desk is your couch.
Company HQ
Govalle, Austin, TX
Leadership
Anand Kishore
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Aspire in 2023, Anand was an Analyst at JGE Capital and Goldman Sachs.
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