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Business Operations, Finance Lead

Specter · San Francisco · On-site

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About Specter

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About the role

You will help own the financial operating system of the company. This includes building reliable processes around spend, close, reporting, billing, vendor management, and financial hygiene. You will partner closely with company leadership on planning, forecasting, budgeting, cash visibility, and board/investor reporting support.

What they're looking for

  • A strong operator who is detail-oriented enough to build reliable systems, but strategic enough to understand why those systems matter
  • Someone with finance, accounting, consulting, business operations, investing, startup operations, or similarly analytical experience
  • Comfort with spreadsheets, financial models, process design, and operating metrics
  • Excellent judgment, ownership, and follow-through
  • A low-ego team player who is willing to do the unglamorous work and improve it over time
  • Someone who can operate with limited structure and turn ambiguity into clarity
More about this role

Company Background

Specter's mission is to help automate the physical world.

Today, we build video sensors with state-of-the-art AI agents that answer any question, anywhere in their environments. Our systems can automatically detect and reason about any physical activity captured on camera, from security incidents (e.g. perimeter intrusion, theft, LPR), to safety monitoring (e.g. PPE detection, injured people), to operational efficiency (e.g. material tracking, congestion monitoring). We offer both long range wireless (1km range) and wired sensor variants to suit any deployment.

Our co-founders Xerxes and Philip are passionate about empowering our partners in the fast approaching world of physical AI and robotics. We are a small, fast growing team who hail from Anduril, Tesla, Uber, and the U.S. Special Forces.

The Role

We are looking for a Business Operations, Finance Lead to help build the financial and operational backbone of Specter. This person will be the primary owner of the company’s finance operations and will help translate the day-to-day motion of the business into clear, reliable operating systems. The role starts broad: finance ops, planning support, spend...

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