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title: 'Financial Controller at Hopae'
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# Financial Controller at Hopae

- **Company:** Hopae
- **Location:** Seoul, South Korea
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-10-22
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-08
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hopae/e92affd0-5f6f-4b93-a9f0-aad0c2474b4d

## Job description

🌍 About Hopae At Hopae, we're building the world's most trusted digital identity platform — private, secure, and built for real life. We believe identity should be in your control — not locked behind outdated systems or centralized gatekeepers. Our product, Hopae Connect, lets businesses verify real people across borders through a single API — no need to build country-by-country integrations themselves. Our technology powers instant, privacy-first verification across fintech, credentials, supply chain, and gaming — for IDV providers, e-signature platforms, and enterprises who need identity to just work, everywhere. Backed by top global investors, Hopae operates across Seoul, Paris, Luxembourg, and San Francisco, bringing together exceptional talent from over 10 nationalities. We move fast, think globally, and build products that define the future of identity.

💡 Why You’ll Love It Here

- Global DNA: Work with exceptional peers across Seoul, Paris, and San Francisco
- High Impact: Build technology shaping the global trust and identity landscape
- Ownership Culture: No micromanagement — full trust, full accountability
- Elite Standards: Work fast, learn fast, and grow with world-class peers
- Inclusive & Respectful: 10+ nationalities, diverse perspectives, one vision
- Growth Mindset: Access mentorship, leadership visibility, and continuous learning

## About the Role

We're looking for an experienced, hands-on Financial Controller to independently manage our accounting and financial operations in Korea and support financial reporting across our international entities.

This is a hands-on role with full ownership of the accounting function. You'll be responsible for everything from day-to-day bookkeeping and reconciliations to financial statements, compliance, and improving financial processes.

We're looking for someone who combines strong technical accounting expertise with sound judgment, excellent communication skills, and a collaborative, practical approach. You'll work closely with colleagues across the company, solve problems together, and establish reliable financial processes without unnecessary complexity.

## What You'll Do

- Own the accounting function: Independently manage bookkeeping, journal entries, reconciliations, month-end close, and preparation of accurate financial statements.
- Manage financial operations: Handle accounts payable, accounts receivable, expense reimbursements, payroll coordination, banking, and cash management.
- Ensure compliance: Take responsibility for Korean accounting, tax, statutory filings, and regulatory reporting, coordinating with external advisors where necessary.
- Support international accounting: Manage intercompany transactions and reconciliations, multi-currency accounting, and financial reporting across Hopae's international entities.
- Manage external providers: Coordinate directly with accountants, tax advisors, auditors, and payroll providers.
- Establish practical financial controls: Put in place simple, effective processes that ensure accuracy, accountability, and compliance without unnecessary bureaucracy.
- Improve efficiency: Simplify existing workflows, eliminate unnecessary steps, and automate where it delivers clear value.
- Collaborate across the business: Work closely with colleagues across functions and geographies, communicate financial information clearly, and solve operational and financial challenges together.

Provide financial visibility: Deliver timely financial information, cash flow reporting, and analysis to support business decisions.

## What We're Looking For

- 10+ years of progressive accounting and finance experience, including at least 3–5 years with full responsibility for an accounting function.
- Proven experience independently managing accounting end to end
- Strong technical accounting expertise, including financial statements, reconciliations, month-end close, and statutory reporting.
- Deep knowledge of Korean accounting standards, tax regulations, and compliance requirements.
- Experience with international accounting, multiple legal entities, intercompany transactions, and foreign currencies.
- Excellent communication skills and fluency in Korean and English, with the ability to communicate clearly, proactively, and constructively across different functions, cultures, and time zones.
- Collaborative problem-solving: Able to work through challenges with colleagues, consider different perspectives, and reach practical solutions together rather than working in silos.
- Strong judgment, integrity, attention to detail, and accountability.
- Pragmatic and commercially minded: Able to distinguish what is essential from what is nice to have, and implement solutions appropriate for a lean, pre-Series A startup.
- Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable performing both senior-level accounting work and routine transactional tasks.
- Comfortable challenging unnecessary complexity constructively and finding simpler ways to achieve the same outcomes.

## Preferred, but not required

- Korean CPA or equivalent accounting qualification.
- Experience with IFRS and consolidated financial reporting.
- Experience implementing or improving accounting systems and automation.
- Experience in a startup

What Success Looks Like

- Accurate, timely accounting and month-end close.
- All tax, statutory, and regulatory obligations completed correctly and on time.
- Reliable management of payments, expenses, payroll coordination, and cash.
- Accurate intercompany reconciliations and international reporting.
- Clear, dependable financial information for management.
- Strong working relationships, proactive communication, and effective collaboration across the company.
- Problems are identified early, discussed openly, and resolved collaboratively.
- Simple, efficient, well-controlled financial operations without unnecessary systems, processes, or administrative overhead.

⚡️ Fast Facts

- 💰 $13.5M+ raised from top global investors
- 📦 2.6M+ downloads of our sd-jwt-js library
- 🌍 10+ nationalities across 3 hubs
- 🔬 82 eID research projects completed
- 🌐 3 projects accepted into the OpenWallet Foundation

🎁 Benefits & Culture

- Unlimited PTO
- Remote-friendly work model
- Real ownership from Day 1
- High-impact, global product
- Multicultural, respectful team

🧭 Interview Process

- Recruiter Intro Call (30 min) – Get to know Hopae
- Functional or Technical Interview (45 min) – Dive into your skills
- Culture Fit Conversation (45 min) – Collaboration & alignment
- Offer 🎉

Note: The process may vary slightly depending on the role.

## About Hopae

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Hopae builds the world’s most trusted digital identity infrastructure, enabling anyone to instantly prove who they are using government-issued eIDs and secure digital wallets.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: Seoul, South Korea (with offices in the United States, France, and Germany)
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Ace Shim (Co-founder and CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Digital Identity Infrastructure / Software Development
- **Target customers**: B2B — regulated businesses (financial services, gambling, mobility, hospitality, telecoms, e-commerce), trust service providers, eSignature providers, and government entities.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Proving who you are should be instant, secure, and yours to control.” Hopae aims to empower people and businesses with secure, inclusive, and reliable digital identity solutions.

## Products & Services
- **hConnect**: The first global eID verification solution — a single, compliant API that connects enterprises to 65+ government eIDs and trusted credentials worldwide.
- **Wallet SDK**: A ready-to-use, eIDAS 2.0-compliant digital wallet SDK (open-source, developer-friendly) for launching secure identity wallets.
- **Identity Verification API**: A developer-first platform with clear APIs, SDKs, and live sandboxes for fast integration and millions of verifications.
- **eID-as-a-Service**: Full-service digital identity infrastructure for organizations, covering decentralized identity (DID), hybrid verification, and compliance.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$7.6M** (including a $4.3M Seed round led by SV Investment Corp, pre-seed from 500 Global, and multiple grants)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: SV Investment Corp (lead), 500 Global, OpenWallet Foundation (growth project), EU Large Scale Pilot — WeBuild Consortium, International Air Transport Association (IATA)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew **+45% YoY** to 24 employees (as of mid-2026)
  - **4.2M+** SD-JWT-JS library downloads (open-source)
  - **182** eID research studies completed
  - **6x** faster customer onboarding, **98%** time saved on user onboarding
  - Successfully verified **5,000+ national IDs** in 30 minutes for a recent eSports Olympics (PlayID)
  - Expanding into US, EU, and Korea markets with a new US HQ built from $6.5M funding
  - SOC2 and GDPR-ready compliance

## Competitive Advantages
- **Open-source leadership**: Pioneered SD-JWT-JS (4.2M+ downloads) and drives wallet SDK innovation within the OpenWallet Foundation.
- **Global eID coverage**: Single API connects to 65+ government eIDs across 90+ countries — a unique network effect.
- **eIDAS 2.0 compliance**: Certified for the upcoming EU digital identity regulation, giving it a first-mover advantage in Europe.
- **Developer-first approach**: Robust documentation, live sandboxes, and SDKs make integration fast and scalable.
- **Proven at scale**: Built the backend for COOV (Korea’s COVID-19 vaccination app) with **43 million monthly active users**.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global expansion**: Building US HQ, scaling in Europe (France, Germany), and targeting Korea’s interoperability with EUDI wallet initiatives.
- **Ecosystem partnerships**: Deepening ties with IATA (air travel), WeBuild Consortium (business/payments), and OpenWallet Foundation.
- **Product innovation**: Continuing to develop open-source identity tools, wallet SDKs, and compliance solutions for regulated industries.
- **Talent acquisition**: Actively hiring for Product, Engineering, Quality, and Global Operations roles to support growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Coachable, Tenacity, Adaptability” are core values. The team spans 10+ nationalities, emphasizing diversity, transparency, and inclusion.
- **Impact**: Directly shaping the future of digital identity for 1.5 billion people expected to use digital IDs by 2029.
- **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with offices in Seoul, US, France, and Germany. The team is globally distributed.
- **Perks & Engineering Culture**: Developer-first company with open-source ethos; engineers work on cutting-edge cryptography, decentralized identity, and global-scale infrastructure. Strong emphasis on learning, feedback, and ownership.
- **Growth**: 45% YoY headcount growth and active hiring signals a high-growth environment with real career advancement opportunities.

## Sources
1. [hopae.com](https://www.hopae.com/company/about)
2. [hopae.com](https://www.hopae.com/)
3. [hopae.com](https://www.hopae.com/company/career)
4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/hopae)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/hopae)

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