Strategic Finance, Descript
$200-275k
Office located in Mission District, CA
AI video & podcast editor
Open for applications
AI video & podcast editor
101-200 employees
Open for applications
$200-275k
Office located in Mission District, CA
101-200 employees
Company mission
To make it easy for anyone o record, edit, and share any video.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years in finance roles at high-growth tech companies
- Early training in consulting or investment banking
- Experience leading FP&A or strategic finance, ideally scaling from <$50M to $200m+ ARR
- Strong modeling, analytical rigor, and ability to influence
- Cross-functional fluency with Product, Engineering, and GTM teams — able to translate financial insights into product and operational decisions
- Deep understanding of SaaS sales economics and pipeline dynamics
- Experience with monetization experiments, pricing, and packaging
- Hands-on understanding of cloud and compute economics, with experience optimizing COGS and driving cost efficiency
- Comfortable working with data directly — proficiency in SQL or a strong desire to learn
- Excellent storytelling skills with data
- Thrives in ambiguity, rapid iteration, and cross-functional collaboration
What the job involves
- You’ll report to the VP of Finance and lead FP&A and strategic finance initiatives across the company, partnering closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering
- Your work will influence everything from how we evaluate investments, manage compute and COGS, to how we support pricing and monetization decisions in our growing enterprise segment
- We’re looking for someone who sees finance as a creative craft — not just about control or compliance, but about clarity, curiosity, and action
- You’ll build models, frameworks, and narratives that help Descript make better decisions faster
- The right person thrives at the intersection of data, product, and strategy; is fluent in SQL or eager to learn it; and has the range to move from tactical detail to company-level strategy
- Lead FP&A — own company-wide planning, forecasting, and performance management. Build dashboards that surface tradeoffs and guide executive decisions
- Partner with Sales and Product to evaluate commercial opportunities, improve efficiency, and support revenue growth in the enterprise segment
- Evaluate areas of growth and investment by analyzing TAM, unit economics, and ROI across products and customer segments
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering to monitor COGS and compute and inference costs, identify efficiency opportunities, and help drive improvements in gross margin
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Ops to structure enterprise pricing and monetization experiments
- Build clear, data-driven narratives for board and investor updates, and support fundraising efforts with modeling, materials, and financial storytelling
- Influence resourcing decisions: where to invest time, headcount and capital
Our take
The rise of digital content has made video and audio creation more important than ever, but producing polished media can still be quite complex. Descript makes editing accessible to anyone, simplifying recording, editing, and publishing. And its platform empowers over 7M users to bring ideas to life without needing advanced technical skills.
Descript's standout feature is its AI co-editor, Underlord, which lets users create and edit videos just by describing what they want,. It can generate rough cuts, add visuals and B-roll, apply AI effects, and format content for social media. While many creators are still wary of AI in content creation, Descript has built its tools to augment human creativity, giving users control while handling the heavy lifting.
Serving millions of creators and businesses worldwide, Descript keeps innovating with AI features that learn from user input. By combining intuitive tools with responsible AI, the platform is helping content creators work faster and smarter, reshaping video and audio production while keeping the creative vision firmly in human hands.
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Insights
30% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Oct 2022
$50m
SERIES C
Jan 2021
$30m
SERIES B
Total funding: $100m
Company benefits
- Health: We’ve got you covered with medical, dental, and vision benefits for all employees and their dependents. These include HMO and PPO healthcare plans
- Time off: Paid holidays are a given, but you can also expect flexible time off. Feel comfortable to take the time you need, when you need it.
- Parental leave: New parents receive paid parental leave to spend quality time with their expanding families.
- Home-office stipend: Get your work-from-home setup ready with our home-office stipend.
- Retirement: We offer a variety of retirement plans, including employer matching.
- Free food & refreshments: Come say hey! Visit our office for free lunch, snacks, and drinks.
- Destination off-sites: No matter where you work, you’ll get to know your team. We host two annual gatherings: a company-wide off-site and a team-specific off-site.
Company HQ
Civic Center, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Laura Burkhauser
(CEO)Laura joined Descript in 2023 as a VP of Product and became CEO in 2025. Prior to this, she was a Director of Product Management at Twitter and Rent The Runway.
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