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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 a passionate and experienced Senior Financial Analyst to join our growing Finance team. The Finance organization at Discord is responsible for planning, forecasting, and strategic analysis. Senior Legal, Safety, and People leadership rely on the Finance organization to develop actionable insights, steer headcount, legal, and operations 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 Legal, Trust & Safety, Policy, and our Talent teams. With these teams, you will lead our planning and forecasting process, ensuring that both are aligned with our longer-term strategic and financial aspirations. This position offers exceptional growth through autonomy, meaningful partnerships with business leaders, and the opportunity to impact our rapidly growing business.
What You'll Be Doing
- Establish and enhance financial planning processes related to headcount planning, operations, expense forecasting, and resource allocation
- Partner with senior leaders to design and develop metrics, reports, analyses, dashboards that drive informed decision making across Legal, Policy, Safety and Talent organizations
- Proactively identify opportunities to enhance, automate, and scale our forecasting and reporting tools and processes
- Conduct actionable cost/benefit analyses and clearly articulate key drivers to support business decisions
- Translate complex financial concepts into compelling narrative that influence leadership decisions
What You Should Have
- 3+ years of related experience (e.g., FP&A, Accounting, Management Consulting)
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated skill in transforming data into actionable business recommendations
- Outstanding communication skills with the ability to present financial analyses in a clear and concise manner to senior leaders
- 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
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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