Discord is used by over 200 million people every month for many different reasons, but there’s one thing that nearly everyone does on our platform: play video games. Over 90% of our users play games, spending a combined 1.5 billion hours playing thousands of unique titles on Discord each month. Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We are focused on making it easier and more fun for people to talk and hang out before, during, and after playing games.
We are looking for an experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing Finance team. The Finance organization at Discord is responsible for planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis. Senior Product and Engineering leadership rely on the Finance organization to develop actionable insights, steer headcount and engineering investment decisions, and build scalable financial reporting solutions.
Given this team's unique position in the company, you will help establish coordination and communication between various teams, such as Engineering, Product Management, Finance and Accounting, and our Talent teams. With these teams, you will drive our planning and forecasting process, ensuring that both are aligned with our longer-term strategic and financial aspirations. In addition, you will gain invaluable experience that offers autonomy, deep interactions with business partners, and the opportunity to impact a rapidly growing business.
What You'll Be Doing
- Establish financial planning processes related to headcount planning, expense forecasting, and resource allocation
- Collaborate with business partners on designing and developing metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards, etc., to drive key business decisions related to planning
- Identify opportunities to enhance, automate, and scale our forecasting and reporting tools and processes
- Conduct cost/benefit analyses and communicate key drivers/inputs to support business decisions
What you should have
- 5+ years of related experience (e.g., FP&A, Accounting backgrounds, management consulting)
- Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to drive decision-making; demonstrated proficiency in communicating analysis in a clear and easily understood manner
- Willingness to build relationships and collaborate across all levels and teams
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
- High-level understanding of financial planning and accounting concepts
- Proficiency in Excel & financial modeling; experience working with data sets, SQL, and Looker
Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area (Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma counties). Relocation assistance may be available.
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $156,000 to $175,000 + equity + benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role and level. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include equity, or benefits.
Why Discord?
Discord plays a uniquely important role in the future of gaming. We're a multiplatform, multigenerational and multiplayer platform that helps people deepen their friendships around games and shared interests. We believe games give us a way to have fun with our favorite people, whether listening to music together or grinding in competitive matches for diamond rank. Join us in our mission! Your future is just a click away!
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