Strategic Finance

Descript•San Francisco, CA

21d•$200,000 - $250,000•Hybrid

About The Position

About the Role Finance at Descript isn’t a back-office function — it’s a strategic partner in shaping where and how we grow. This role exists to turn insight into leverage: helping the company make smarter bets, allocate capital effectively, and improve the efficiency of how we operate. You’ll report to the VP of Finance and lead FP&A while driving key 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.

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
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

Responsibilities

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, 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
Support 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