Perplexity AI

Perplexity AI

Strategic Finance Lead - Core

San Francisco

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 43 days ago
Financial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingBudgetingFP&AProcurementLeadership

About the role

  • You'll work closely with the business, finance, product, and engineering teams to help ensure our corporate financial models accurately reflect the state of the business and goals.
  • The ideal candidate combines strong financial rigor with intellectual curiosity about AI technology, bias for action, and creativity in problem solving.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and own core financial models used for strategic planning and decision-making, including aggregating projections and feedback across all major teams in the organization
  • Develop and maintain analysis and projections related to various aspects of the business, ranging from headcount planning, growth, infrastructure costs, and more
  • Help develop and build scalable processes and well-defined metrics that are used by leadership and key teams to determine the state of the business
  • Independently identify areas within the organization that need analytical support and use analysis to drive clarity in critical decision-making
  • Experience in building financial analysis and planning and implementing various processes to improve visibility across spend, budgeting, and procurement
  • PERPLEXITY IS LOOKING FOR A DYNAMIC AND ANALYTICAL INDIVIDUAL TO JOIN OUR STRATEGIC FINANCE TEAM TO HELP OWN OUR CORE FINANCIAL MODELS AND ANALYSIS, DEVELOP PLANNING PROCESSES, AND BE THE GO-TO EXPERT ON ALL THINGS RELATED TO OUR FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL PROJECTIONS.
  • This role will have a variety of responsibilities but we're seeking a sharp, creative individual to join our Strategic Finance team to own the core financial responsibilities.

Requirements

  • At least 4+ years of strategic finance / FP&A role at another growth-stage startup
  • At least 2 years of banking experience at a top-tier firm
  • Strong financial acumen and ability to work cross-functionally across various engineering, product, growth, and operations teams
  • Ability to take ownership and execute on ambiguous tasks with first principles mindset
  • Lead various special projects required by C-suite and VPs related to corporate finance and accounting

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