Financial Controller

Job title: Financial Controller

Company: Agency Aurora


Job description: Aurora is an advertising solutions provider for marketers. Thousands of companies – from individual entrepreneurs to international enterprises – utilize Aurora’s integrated solutions to advertise seamlessly, optimize their ad spend and scale their marketing efforts. Our mission is to empower businesses to boost their sales, enhance profitability, and achieve sustainable growth by whitelisting access to key advertising platforms, including Meta and Google. With exciting opportunities ahead, you have the chance to drive real business outcomes and do some of the most impactful work of your career.TasksThe Finance team at Aurora is responsible for building and maintaining the financial engine that powers our entire business — from ad tech and SaaS, to global payment processing and internal wallets.We’ve built our own internal platform, Vantage, to operate as our internal ERP and automate all financial tracking, reporting, invoicing, reconciliation, and profitability analysis. As part of this team, you’ll play a mission-critical role in operating and refining that system, ensuring it delivers real-time, audit-grade accuracy across multiple global entities.Your work will directly impact how our revenue is tracked, how our taxes are filed, and how our company understands its margins and financial health.Your Responsibilities

• Own and operate Aurora’s internal finance system (Vantage), ensuring complete accuracy across all financial data
• Review, manage, and refine our general ledger, journal entries, chart of accounts, and reconciliation logic
• Oversee all inflows (deposits, subscriptions, manual sales, fees, conversion margins) and outflows (expenses, provider payouts, refunds)
• Ensure every financial transaction is correctly attributed to the correct client and operating entity
• Manage and reconcile transactions across Stripe, Airwallex, and crypto wallets with precision
• Ensure all revenue recognition, margin capture (top-up fees, crypto fees, conversion margins), and wallet deductions are properly journaled
• Work directly with developers and leadership to flag broken flows, missing edge cases, or reconciliation inconsistencies
• Prepare clean, structured P&L and financial reports for internal use and external tax accountants
• Maintain financial documentation, SOPs, and reporting processes to a standard ready for audit at any time
• Improve and refine financial controls, helping us scale the finance function without scaling overhead

RequirementsWho You AreWe’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. If you meet these requirements, you are encouraged to apply. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.Minimum Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in accounting, financial control, or finance operations
• Deep knowledge of double-entry accounting, journal entries, and ledger structures
• Hands-on experience managing multi-step reconciliation across bank accounts, payment processors, and crypto wallets
• Understanding of filing taxes and meeting financial requirements in Hong Kong
• Strong understanding of revenue recognition, cost attribution, and margin tracking
• Experience preparing monthly P&L, balance sheets, and internal financial reports
• Clear communicator with strong attention to detail and ability to work independently
• Proven ability to learn and operate within internal tools (we’re not using off-the-shelf accounting software)
• Fluent in English (spoken and written)

Preferred Requirements

• Experience inside a SaaS, fintech, or ad tech company
• Prior experience helping build or operate a custom internal finance system
• Experience managing crypto accounting or reconciliation of digital assets
• Familiar with platforms like Stripe, Airwallex, Xero, QuickBooks, or ERP systems
• Experience with multi-currency operations and FX margin tracking
• Comfortable working directly with product, engineering, and leadership teams

BenefitsAt Aurora, we are proud to be a fully remote team with talented members working across the globe. We believe in the power of flexibility while fostering a highly collaborative environment. Although our team is spread across different time zones, we stay connected through regular virtual meetings, collaborative tools, and open communication channels.Agency AuroraAurora is the leading provider of advertising solutions to global businesses. We connect marketers with enterprise advertising accounts, payment solutions, dedicated support, industry insights and consulting.Our international team has a presence in all corners of the world, providing localized support to individual advertisers, brands, affiliates, entrepreneurs, agencies and much more.Leveraging direct connections with digital platforms, our industry-leading approach to enabling advertising consistently helps our clients increase profitability on media campaigns, whilst ensuring they get hands-on support.We have developed in-house proprietary technology to assist clients with the entire advertising ecosystem. Our self-service web application allows full campaign and advertising account management whilst integrating various payment solutions traditionally unavailable on our partner platforms.

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Location: Hong Kong

Job date: Mon, 05 May 2025 22:28:39 GMT

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