Senior Financial Analyst, Discord
Revenue & User Growth
$152-167k
+ Equity
Voice, video and text communication platform
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Voice, video and text communication platform
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$152-167k
+ Equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Discord's mission is to help friends and communities come together to hang out and explore their interests.
Role
Who you are
- Proven Experience: 5+ years of experience in strategic finance, management consulting, strategy, data science, or related fields
- Analytical horsepower: A knack for synthesizing complex information into clear, actionable insights
- Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, with a solid understanding of SQL, Looker, or similar data tools
- Growth Mindset: A relentless focus on progress, embracing a long-term perspective, and a willingness to learn and iterate
What the job involves
- Discord is seeking a passionate and experienced senior financial analyst to join our world-class finance team
- Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance for Revenue & User growth, you will help drive and inspire conversations about Discord’s strategy through storytelling with data
- You will be a deep thought and execution partner with Discord’s leaders across the org
- You will also drive key elements of financial planning, reporting, forecasting, analysis, and insights
- In addition, you will gain invaluable experience that offers autonomy, deep interactions with business partners, and the opportunity to impact a rapidly growing business
- Strategic Partnership: Collaborate closely with leaders across data science, product, engineering, and operations to define and refine our revenue and user growth strategy
- Insightful Storytelling: Present compelling financial and growth insights to executive leadership, driving informed decision-making
- Process Innovation: Continuously improve our financial processes and introduce cutting-edge analytics tools to scale with our rapid growth
- Predictive Modeling: Develop sophisticated user growth and revenue models to forecast our future trajectory
- First Principles Thinking: Approach challenges with a fresh perspective, breaking down complex problems into their fundamental components
Our take
Discord is an industry giant in the chat app space. The free platform has rapidly become one of the most popular services in the sector since being founded in 2015. It counts over 150 million active users in 19 million communities, successfully expanding beyond its original focus on video game players to become a broader social networking app and public forum.
Discord's userbase has grown rapidly as remote work has become the norm and a new generation of internet users has come online, attracted to its youthful presentation and plethora of gaming and social tools. It has since fended off takeover bids from Microsoft and interest from other giants such as Amazon and Twitter, and has grown into a profitable company, funded by optional subscription fees and commissions from sales through the platform.
Discord’s remarkable growth, however, is not without obstacles. The company faces competition from deep-pocketed giants like Facebook, and regulatory concerns from those worried about the platform’s relatively light chat moderation. However, the company has the resources and expertise to adapt. For example, the acquisition of harassment detection software company Sentropy will go a long way towards placating the concerns of critics, as will the 2024 acquisition of teen app Gas used to give anonymous compliments to friends. All of these purchases are part of Discord's move to expand out of its mostly gaming-focused customer base.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Sep 2021
$500m
SERIES H
Dec 2020
$100m
SERIES H
Total funding: $979.3m
Company benefits
- Comprehensive medical insurance including Health, Dental and Vision
- Mental health resources and quarterly wellness stipends
- 16+ paid holidays, 4 weeks of PTO + use-what-you-need sick days
- Paid parental leave (plus fertility, adoption and other family planning benefits)
- Flexible long-term work options (remote and hybrid)
- Volunteer time off
- A diverse slate of Employee Resource Groups
- Plus commuter contributions and other perks for office-based employees
Company values
- Autonomy
- Mastery
- Purpose
- Compassion
Company HQ
Potrero Hill, San Francisco, CA
Articles
Leadership
Jason Citron
(CEO)Started out as a programmer at Papaya Studio, Stormfront Studios and Doublefine Productions. Also founded OpenFeint, a global mobile social gaming company.
Worked as a Software Engineer at Casamba and then Kabam. Was Lead Software Engineer at GREE International, and founded social network Guildwork.com in 2009.
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