Job Description
The Role
Accounting at Descript is more than keeping the books clean. It’s about building the financial foundation that allows the company to move quickly and make confident decisions.
You will be a hands-on accounting leader reporting to the VP of Finance, owning the month-end close, financial reporting, and core accounting operations. You’ll manage our Senior Accountant and operate across the full accounting stack — from journal entries and reconciliations to revenue recognition and systems improvements.
We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast-moving environment and isn’t afraid to jump into any accounting challenge. No task is too small or too complex if it improves the integrity and efficiency of our financial operations. This role has a clear growth path into a Controller position as the company scales.
What You’ll Do
- Month-end close : Own the close process end-to-end — review the Senior Accountant’s work, produce your own, and drive continuous improvements to close timelines and accuracy.
- Financial reporting : Maintain high-quality internal and external financial statements across monthly, quarterly, and annual periods.
- Revenue recognition : Own ASC 606 processes, ensuring accurate revenue recognition across self-serve and enterprise contracts.
- Core accounting operations : Manage accounts payable, payroll accounting, accruals, and general ledger management.
- Reconciliations : Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Tax & compliance : Support federal, state, and local tax requirements. Coordinate with external tax advisors on filings and compliance matters. Own sales tax processes.
- Systems & process improvement : Identify and implement improvements across our accounting stack (NetSuite, Zip, Navan) to increase accuracy and efficiency.
- Cross-functional partnership : Partner with RevOps, Sales, and Customer Support to ensure transactions are recorded accurately and operational issues are resolved quickly.
What You Bring
- 5–8+ years of accounting experience, preferably in high-growth SaaS or technology companies.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 606 revenue recognition.
- Deep experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial reporting.
- Experience with NetSuite administration. Familiarity with Zip and Navan a plus.
- Comfort working across the full accounting stack — from operational accounting to financial reporting.
- A hands-on mindset — willing to dive into any accounting task needed to keep operations running smoothly.
- Experience managing or mentoring junior accounting staff.
- Nice to have: experience with Numeric
The base salary range for this role is $160,000 - 185,000/year. Final offer amounts will carefully consider multiple factors, including prior experience, expertise, and location, and may vary from the amount above.
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About Descript
Descript is building a simple, intuitive, fully-powered editing tool for video and audio — an editing tool built for the age of AI. We are a team of 150 and the backing of some of the world’s greatest investors (OpenAI, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures, Spark Capital).
Descript is the special company that’s in possession of both product market fit and the raw materials (passionate user community, great product, large market) for growth, but is still early enough that each new employee has a measurable influence on the direction of the company.
Benefits include a generous healthcare package, 401k matching program, catered lunches, and flexible vacation time. Our headquarters are located in the Mission District of San Francisco, CA. We’re hiring for a mix of remote roles and hybrid roles. For those who are remote, we have a handful of opportunities throughout the year for in person collaboration. For our hybrid roles, we’re flexible, and you’re an adult—we don’t expect or mandate that you’re in the office every day. We do believe there are valuable and serendipitous moments of discovery and collaboration that come from working together in person.
Descript is an equal opportunity workplace—we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We believe in actively building a team rich in diverse backgrounds, experiences, and opinions to better allow our employees, products, and community to thrive.
