Head of Finance

Wispr Flow; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

Wispr Flow is seeking a strategic Chief Financial Officer to shape the company’s financial future in San Francisco. You will own forecasting, budgeting, fundraising strategy, and the board-level narrative as we scale from Series B+ towards an IPO.

You’ll partner with the CEO and the executive team to allocate capital, optimize unit economics, and build scalable finance systems and controls for rapid growth. This is a high-impact, ACV-driven environment.

Qualifications

• Built the finance function at a growth-stage company through Series A/B to scale.
• Can build a board-ready model quickly and test pricing changes.
• Strategic partner to founders and exec team on growth strategy.
• Experience scaling finance teams and systems for rapid growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic financial planning, forecasting and budgeting.
• Build and own the financial model for revenue, hiring, runway and unit economics.
• Establish operating discipline to scale through funding rounds.
• Partner with executives on budget allocation and growth investments.
• Oversee cash, investments, tax strategy and financial controls.
• Lead audits, accounting, close processes and tax filings.

Skills

Financial forecasting

Strategic planning

Budgeting

Board-level reporting

Fundraising

Job description

About Wispr

Wispr Flow is making it as effortless to interact with your devices as talking to a close friend. Today, Wispr Flow is the first voice dictation platform people use more than their keyboards — because it understands you perfectly on the first try. It’s context‑aware, personalized, and works anywhere you can type, on desktop or phone. In 2026, in addition to dictation, we're focused on building native actions — an agentic framework that understands you, and works reliably. We’re a team of AI researchers, designers, growth experts, and engineers rethinking human‑computer interaction from the ground up. We value high‑agency teammates who communicate openly, obsess over users, and sweat the details. We thrive on spirited debate, truth‑seeking, and real‑world impact. We've grown our revenue +150% every quarter for the last 4 quarters, and have raised $81M from Tier 1 VC firms and other well‑known angels. Wispr is one of the fastest growing companies at our stage.

What this role owns

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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

• Built the finance function at a company that went from Series A/B through rapid scale, know what breaks at each stage and how to build ahead of it, and want to build from scratch.
• 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, without confusing rigor with slowness.
• Will be a strategic partner to the founders and exec team to challenge assumptions, reframe tradeoffs, and bring clarity to ambiguous decisions.
• Can toggle between board‑level strategy and rolling up sleeves on month‑end close, building teams and systems to scale finance while attending details.

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Compensation Range: $200K - $350K