Strategic Finance, Speak
$109-165k
+ Equity
Language learning app
Open for applications
Language learning app
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$109-165k
+ Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
To reinvent the way people learn, starting with language.
Role
Who you are
- This is not a reporting-and-maintenance role. The ideal candidate brings genuine analytical horsepower, operates with a high degree of independence, and has the judgment to know when to go deep and when to move fast. They will be one of the primary sources of financial truth for the business
- 4-7 years in FP&A, strategic finance, investment banking, consulting, or a comparable analytical role — with prior startup or high-growth tech experience strongly preferred
- Advanced financial modeling skills (Excel or Google Sheets): driver-based forecasting, scenario analysis, sensitivity tables, and the ability to build clean, auditable models from scratch
- Strong AI tool enablement, able to work with frontier models and AI tools and validate the fidelity of the output
- Direct experience supporting full planning cycles: annual operating plan, quarterly re-forecasts, and board or investor-facing materials
- Fluency in SaaS and B2B metrics — ARR, NRR, LTV/CAC, payback period, quota capacity, and unit economics are part of your daily vocabulary
- Strong written communication: structures analyses so non-finance stakeholders can read, review, and act on them without a translator
- High ownership and high integrity — treats models and processes as yours to improve, not just maintain; handles confidential data with discretion
What the job involves
- Speak's Finance team is AI-first, fast, comprehensive, data driven, and expected to punch well above its weight
- The Senior Finance Analyst role will increase the team's throughput on the analytical work that actually moves decisions: building and owning core models, running planning cycles, and partnering with functional leaders to translate strategy into measurable financial plans
- This is not a reporting-and-maintenance role
- The role will report to the Head of Finance and will partner across all areas of the business to drive our highest-priority planning workstreams in 2026
- Be the trusted enterprise GTM cross-functional partner — own standing finance cadences with global enterprise GTM team; provide realtime insights and hold GTM leadership accountable to financial decision making
- Own enterprise GTM financial modeling and BvAs end-to-end — build and maintain the GTM forecast, ARR model, and GTM P&L, partnering closely with GTM Leadership and RevOps
- Own enterprise quote capacity and quota attainment modeling end-to-end - build and maintain the capacity planning model, attainment model, and commissions calculations, partnering closely with GTM Leadership and RevOps
- Be the trusted Talent and People cross-functional partner — own standing finance cadences with Talent and People teams to drive headcount, bands, and people costs decision-making
- Drive headcount and OPEX planning — own headcount approvals and benchmarking, payroll forecasting, and vendor-level OPEX forecasting across the business
- Partner on strategic planning — contribute to the Long Range Plan, compensation strategy, and new market investment frameworks alongside the broader Finance team
- Build decision-support analyses — turn ambiguous business questions into structured recommendations on investments, pricing, market entry, and resource allocation
- Be a trusted cross-functional partner — own standing finance cadences with S4B, People, and other functional partners; show up with accurate numbers and a clear point of view
Our take
Language is one of the most powerful skills a person can learn. It helps us connect with people, understand different cultures, travel with confidence, and unlock new opportunities in life and work. But learning a language is often easier said than done. Traditional lessons are daunting and slow, not to mention expensive, and many people never get enough practice actually speaking out loud.
Speak is changing that by putting an AI language tutor right in your pocket. Instead of focusing on memorising endless vocabulary lists, Speak is built around real conversations. Learnings speak from the very beginning, receive instant feedback, and work through lessons designed to help them improve naturally over time. It brings the experience of practicing with a personal tutor to millions of people, making language learning more accessible.
That approach is clearly working too. Since launching in South Korea in 2019, Speak has now grown into the country's number one language learning app and now supports learners across more than 15 languages worldwide. Backed by leading investors, including OpenAI, Speak has become on of the world's leading AI language learning companies. And as AI becomes better at understanding and responding like a real conversation partner, Speak is in a good position to help even more people not just learn a language but become confident in it.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2024
$78m
SERIES C
Jun 2024
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $165.9m
Company benefits
- Competitive salary and equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- 401(k)
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Monthly language learning stipend
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Connor Zwick
(Co-Founder & CEO)Prior to co-founding Speak in 2016, Connor founded Flashcards+ where they served as the CEO until it was acquired by Chegg. They also served as the CEO at Coco Controller for nearly 3 years.
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