Strategic Finance
DescriptSan Francisco, California, United States • San Francisco, California, United States
Posted October 28, 2025
200000 - 250000 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Descript is a user-friendly video editor powered by AI, designed to make video creation as accessible as writing a document. It serves YouTube and TikTok channels, top podcasts, and businesses using video for marketing, sales, and internal training. Descript's intuitive interface and AI features aim to integrate video seamlessly into every communicator's toolkit alongside traditional formats like docs and slides.
Job Description
Descript is seeking a strategic finance professional to partner with Sales, Product, and Engineering, driving key strategic finance initiatives. This role involves financial modeling, forecasting, capital allocation, and evaluating investment opportunities, potentially scaling to $200m ARR. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of SaaS sales economics and a blend of analytical rigor, data skills, and storytelling ability.
Requirements
- 7+ years in finance roles at high-growth tech companies
- Early training in consulting or investment banking
- Experience leading FP&A, ideally scaling from <$50M to $200m+ ARR
- Strong modeling, analytical rigor, and ability to influence
- Deep understanding of SaaS sales economics and pipeline dynamics
- Experience with monetization experiments, pricing, and packaging
- Hands-on understanding of cloud and compute economics
Benefits
- generous healthcare package
- flexible vacation time
