Senior Financial Analyst, Discord
Corporate Finance
$152-167k
+ Equity
Voice, video and text communication platform
Be an early applicant
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
- 3+ years of related experience (e.g., Investment banking, FP&A, management consulting)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, working exceptionally well cross-functionally and with multiple constituents
- Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to drive decision-making
- Ability to deal with ambiguity and competing objectives in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to communicate financial results and narrative to a variety of audiences
- Understanding of financial planning and accounting concepts, equity and stock-based compensation a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking a passionate and experienced senior financial analyst to join our growing Finance team
- The Corporate Finance team is responsible for various functions - including planning, forecasting, reporting, capital markets activities, financial systems, and partnership with our Total Rewards team on compensation planning and forecasting
- Reporting to our Head of Corporate Finance, you will play a key role on our Corporate Finance team while partnering across the finance team, the accounting team, and the company
- This role will be responsible for some of our key company-facing processes, including - partnership with our Total Rewards team, ownership of our financial planning tool, and ownership of internal reporting processes
- In this role, you will gain invaluable experience that offers autonomy, interactions with business partners, and the opportunity to impact a rapidly growing business
- Collaborate with our Total Rewards team on budgeting, forecasting, and strategic decision-making for our compensation budgets
- Drive efficiency across core finance processes through automation, simplification, and coordination, including ownership of our financial planning tool
- Drive our internal reporting processes, including coordination across finance and shaping our financial narrative for executives and other internal stakeholders
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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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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