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About Us
LILT is the leading AI solution for enterprise translation. Our stack made up of our Contextual AI Engine, Connector APIs, and Human Adaptive Feedback enables global organizations to adopt a true AI translation strategy, focusing on business outcomes instead of outputs. With LILT, innovative, category-defining organizations like Intel, ASICS, WalkMe, and Canva are using AI technology to deliver multilingual, digital customer experiences at scale.
While our core AI technology might share similarities with ChatGPT and Google Translate, it’s what we do with it that makes LILT truly revolutionary. Our patented Contextual AI Engine goes beyond basic translations, understanding the nuance of our customer’s content and target audience to deliver hyper-accurate, business-focused results. Our connector-first approach seamlessly integrates with our customer’s existing workflows, and our human-adapted feedback loop ensures continuous improvement, making LILT a constantly evolving AI partner for your global ambitions.
LILT was recently named one of the TOP 100 Software Companies!
We’re honored to be recognized by The Software Report as one of the most impactful software companies in the world, ranking #52 on their Top 100 list.
LILT is more than a translation solution— it’s a strategic multiplier for global growth, enabling enterprises to unlock new markets, accelerate go-to-market strategies, and deliver seamless multilingual experiences at scale. We empower enterprises to create, translate, and summarize content across text, video, and speech in over 100 languages—all seamlessly integrated with 100+ business systems.
Lilt is proud to be trusted by brands like Intel Corporation , Canva , the United States Department of Defense , the United States Air Force , ASICS , and hundreds of global Enterprises. LILT is backed by visionary investors including Intel Capital , Sequoia Capital , and Redpoint .
The Finance Team at LILT
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Where You’ll Work
Get the best of both worlds at LILT! Dive into dynamic in-office energy 2-3 days a week, sparking creativity and forging bonds with your awesome team. Then, seamlessly shift gears and crush your to-do list from the comfort of your home base for the rest of the week. It’s the perfect harmony of productivity and personal freedom. Want a peek inside? Visit our Careers page!
This position can be based out of our San Francisco, DC, NY, Boston or Indianapolis office and will be expected to work in the office in a hybrid capacity.
Authorization to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment.
What You’ll Do
LILT is seeking a Director of FP&A to continue building out and leading our financial planning and analysis function from the ground up. Reporting directly to the CFO, this high-impact role will own budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, KPI tracking, and strategic planning across the business. You will partner closely with leadership to drive financial insights, shape decision-making, and help scale LILT through its next phase of growth.
Key Responsibilities:
Build and own the FP&A function — design scalable processes, tools, and reporting frameworks from scratch.
Strategic Planning: Lead the company’s annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning cycles.
Business Partnering: Work closely with department heads (Sales, Marketing, Product, Services) to drive financial accountability and optimize investment decisions.
Board and Investor Reporting: Support the CFO in preparing board decks, investor updates, and strategic analyses.
Financial Modeling: Create and maintain dynamic models for revenue, expenses, headcount, cash runway, and SaaS metrics (CAC, LTV, NRR, etc.).
KPI Development: Define, track, and analyze company-wide KPIs, and proactively surface insights and recommendations.
Scenario Planning: Develop “what-if” analyses to support strategic decisions, pricing changes, geographic expansion, M&A, and other initiatives.
Systems and Automation: Evaluate and implement FP&A systems and tools as the company grows.
Ad Hoc Analysis: Be the go-to resource for deep dives on customer profitability, margin optimization, pricing models, and operational efficiencies.
Skills and Experience:
8+ years of progressive FP&A experience, ideally with a mix of high-growth SaaS and Services exposure.
Strong background building FP&A functions from scratch in fast-paced, venture-backed environments — you’ve done this before and know how to navigate ambiguity.
Expertise in SaaS metrics (ARR, churn, CAC, LTV, payback period, etc.), understanding of Services business models, KPIs, and financial frameworks.
Hands-on experience with financial modeling, budgeting, and board-level reporting.
Highly analytical with strong attention to detail, but equally capable of thinking strategically.
Advanced proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets; familiarity with FP&A tools (e.g., Mosaic, Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive) is a plus.
Executive-ready communication skills — comfortable presenting insights and recommendations to Executive-level audiences and the Board.
Self-starter with a bias toward action, solution-oriented mindset, and desire to work in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.
Highly analytical with exceptional attention to detail, but equally capable of high-level strategic thinking.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field; MBA, CPA, or CFA is a plus.
Success in 6 Months:
Established Core FP&A Processes: Built a dynamic, company-wide financial model, operating budget, and forecasting cadence.
First-Class Reporting: Delivered actionable, high-quality monthly reporting packages and KPIs to the executive team and Board.
Strategic Partner to the Business: Developed trusted relationships with key functional leaders; deeply embedded in their operating plans and decision-making processes.
Insight Generation: Produced financial insights that shaped pricing, go-to-market strategies, hiring plans, and resource allocations.
Future-Ready Infrastructure: Identified and kicked off implementation of the right FP&A systems/tools to enable scale into the next growth phase.
Predictability & Control: Increased organizational financial predictability and improved budget discipline across the business.
Our Story
Our founders, Spence and John met at Google working on Google Translate. As researchers at Stanford and Berkeley, they both worked on language technology to make information accessible to everyone. They were amazed to learn that Google Translate wasn’t used for enterprise products and services inside the company and left to start a new company to address this need – LILT.
At its core, LILT has always been a machine learning company since its incorporation on March 6, 2015. At the time, machine translation didn’t meet the quality standard for enterprise translations, so LILT assembled a cutting-edge research team tasked with closing that gap. While meeting customer demand for translation services, LILT has prioritized investments in Large Language Models, believing that this foundation was imperative to the future of enterprise translation.
Benefits:
Compensation: At market salary, meaningful equity, 401(k) matching, and flexible time off plus company holidays
Medical Benefits: Employees receive coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance, and more. In addition, LILT pays for basic life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability
Paid parental leave is provided after 6 months.
Monthly lifestyle benefit stipend via the Fringe platform to allow employees to customize benefits to their lifestyle
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