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Wispr

Head of Finance

Reposted 2 Months Ago
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
200K-350K Annually
Expert/Leader
In-Office
San Francisco, CA, USA
200K-350K Annually
Expert/Leader
The Head of Finance will establish financial models, lead fundraising efforts, manage revenue monetization strategies, and oversee accounting compliance. This role requires building a finance function for rapid growth, supporting strategic planning, and ensuring financial health as the company scales.
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About Wispr

Wispr is an AI research and product company building the voice interface for computing. AI can now reason, code, and act. Yet, humans still do the work of the interface. We think that’s backwards.
Our first products are Flow, which lets you speak naturally in any application, and Notetaker, which builds context across conversations. We’re building toward an interface that can perceive, understand, and take action with earned trust. That means solving hard problems across models, systems, and product - and caring about the final human experience as deeply as the technology underneath it.


We’re a talent-dense team that holds strong opinions, tests them quickly, and builds technology that sparks joy. Our goal is to build the first voice interface used every day by a billion people.

Wispr is one of the fastest growing companies at our stage. We're hiring our first Head of Finance to build the financial engine underneath that growth, to make sure we can sustain it and accelerate into our next phase. You'll report directly to the CEO, own everything from the financial model to our next fundraise, and build a finance function from scratch that's designed for the speed we operate at. You’ll create the process and systems, and the decisions you make in year one will define how this company scales for the next decade.

What this role owns:

1. Strategic planning, forecasting and budgeting
  • Build and own the financial model that drives every major decision: revenue forecasting, hiring plans, runway scenarios, GTM efficiency, and unit economics

  • Establish the operating discipline required to scale through Series B, C, D → IPO

  • Partner with the exec team on budget allocation, aggressive growth investment and strategic bets

2. Capital Strategy and Fundraising
  • Partner with the CEO to lead growth rounds across Series B+

  • Own the long-range financial model, capital strategy, and investor narrative

  • Lead diligence, investor Q&A, and board-level financial communications

  • Manage overall cash deposits, investments and credit facilities

3. Revenue & monetization strategy
  • Shape the financial architecture for a business evolving from strong PLG foundations into enterprise sales, working with the team on pricing, contract structures, and deal economics

  • Own revenue recognition and ensure the company's revenue practices are clean, defensible, and scale-ready

4. Accounting, controls and compliance
  • Stand up audit-ready financials by 2027, building internal controls, documentation, and reporting infrastructure from scratch

  • Manage external accountants and oversee bookkeeping, reconciliations, and monthly/quarterly close

  • Own tax strategy including filings, R&D credits, and international tax obligations as we expand

What we're looking for in this role:

You've done this before.

You built the finance function at a company that went from Series A/B through rapid scale, you know what breaks at each stage and how to build ahead of it. You want to build from scratch, not maintain something someone else started.

You operate at the speed of the business, not the speed of finance.

You can build a board-ready model in a week, pressure-test a pricing change over lunch, and have a point of view on a $10M decision with imperfect information. You don't confuse rigor with slowness.

You're a strategic partner, not a service function.

The founders and exec team will rely on you to challenge assumptions, reframe tradeoffs, and bring clarity to ambiguous decisions.

You toggle between board-level strategy and rolling up your sleeves on month-end close.

You know how to build the team and systems to scale the finance function, but you're not above the details until then.

Logistics

We sponsor H1B, O1, EB1, L1, STEM OPT, and more. We can't guarantee sponsorship for every role, but if we make you an offer we'll make every reasonable effort, with help from our immigration law firm.
We strongly encourage you to apply even if you don't meet every qualification. The strongest candidates we meet rarely do, so don't exclude yourself prematurely. We're rethinking how humans interact with AI, and doing that well demands diversity of perspective and experience.
We're committed to a fair and accessible interview process. If you need any accommodations or adjustments, please let us know.

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