Company Overview

Deepgram is the leading voice AI platform for developers building speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS) and full speech-to-speech (STS) offerings. 200,000+ developers build with Deepgram’s voice-native foundational models – accessed through APIs or as self-managed software – due to our unmatched accuracy, latency and pricing. Customers include software companies building voice products, co-sell partners working with large enterprises, and enterprises solving internal voice AI use cases. The company ended 2024 cash-flow positive with 400+ enterprise customers, 3.3x annual usage growth across the past 4 years, over 50,000 years of audio processed and over 1 trillion words transcribed. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram

About the Role

We're looking for our first FP&A hire to build and scale the financial planning function from the ground up. This is a strategic and hands-on role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, brings deep financial rigor, and wants to make a visible impact at a critical stage of growth. You’ll work directly with our VP of Finance and broader leadership team to guide decision-making, operationalize performance metrics, and own company-wide financial planning, modeling, and forecasting. You will also be one of the first names called on to lead special projects such as new markets exploration, cross functional tool deployments, M&A due diligence, internal process improvements, etc.

This is a high-ownership, high-impact role in a remote-first company building cutting-edge AI infrastructure. If you're looking to roll up your sleeves, take ownership, and shape how financial insight drives company-building, we’d love to talk.

What You’ll Do

• Financial Planning & Forecasting - Own the annual operating plan, rolling forecasts, and long term plan.

• Financial Modeling & Scenario Planning - Build and maintain complex, dynamic financial models to support budgeting, long-range planning, and strategic what-if scenarios.

• KPI Definition & Reporting - Define, operationalize, and maintain key performance indicators (KPIs) that tie financial health to operational effectiveness. Build frameworks and dashboards to communicate these metrics clearly to leadership and key stakeholders. KPIs are wide-ranging, and include metrics like ARR, win rates, usage volume, and GPU cluster utilization.

• Variance & Performance Analysis - Investigate performance deviations, identify risks and opportunities, and provide data-backed recommendations to improve outcomes.

• Executive & Board Communications - Prepare high-quality financial materials and insights for board meetings, investor updates, and leadership reviews, presenting data with clarity, narrative, and strategic context.

• Strategic Business Partnership - Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders across product, engineering, research, GTM, and operations. Provide decision support and financial guidance on pricing, headcount, capital investments, and strategic initiatives.

• Process Improvement & Automation - Identify opportunities to improve, automate, and scale financial workflows. Help evaluate and implement planning systems or tooling as the function matures.

• GTM Support - Design and manage sales compensation plans, lead deal desk operations, and partner on strategic pricing and contract negotiations.

• Team & Function Growth - Lay the foundation for a world-class FP&A function, with the goal to grow and lead the team over time.
  

What We’re Looking For

• 6-8+ years of experience in FP&A or strategic finance at a high-growth, analytically rigorous software company. Experience at an AI company preferred.

• Expertise in building and managing complex 3-statement financial models (required).

• Strong analytical and data manipulation skills; fluent in Excel/Sheets and SQL (required).

• Comfortable working with AI tools to enhance finance workflows, e.g., using ChatGPT, Excel Copilot, Cursor, and/or Python-based automation to streamline reporting, modeling, or analysis (required).

• Ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights and compelling stories that drive alignment and decision-making.

• Strong business judgment and executive communication skills.

• A self-starter with high ownership, who thrives in ambiguity and fast-moving environments.

• Experience partnering with cross-functional teams and presenting to senior l