Role at a glance
- Salary
- $170K – $230K/yr
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
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Role Summary
Perplexity’s Strategic Finance team is responsible for core financial models, planning processes, and financial and operational projections. The role partners with business, finance, product, and engineering teams to support strategic planning, improve visibility into the business, and inform leadership decision-making.
What You'll Do
- Develop and own core financial models used for strategic planning and decision-making
- Develop and maintain analysis and projections related to headcount planning, growth, and infrastructure costs
- Lead special projects requested by the C-suite and VPs related to corporate finance and accounting
- Develop scalable processes and well-defined metrics used by leadership and key teams to determine the state of the business
- Identify areas needing analytical support and use analysis to drive clarity in critical decision-making
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View full postingQualifications
At least 4+ years of strategic finance / FP&A experience at a growth-stage startup and at least 2 years of banking experience at a top-tier firm. Experience building financial analysis and planning processes, with strong financial acumen and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Required
- 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
- Experience in building financial analysis and planning and implementing various processes to improve visibility across spend, budgeting,...
- Strong financial acumen and ability to work cross-functionally across engineering, product, growth, and operations teams
- Ability to take ownership and execute on ambiguous tasks with first principles mindset
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
Original job description
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Original job description
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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.
About the Opportunity:
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. 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
Lead various special projects required by C-suite and VPs related to corporate finance and accounting
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
What you’ll bring:
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
Experience in building financial analysis and planning and implementing various processes to improve visibility across spend, budgeting, and procurement
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
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
About the company
Perplexity
Startup
Perplexity is an innovative technology company that specializes in developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enhancing human-computer interaction. With a focus on natural language processing and machine learning, Perplexity empowers users to access information and insights more intuitively and efficiently. The company is dedicated to creating tools that simplify complex data and foster informed decision-making, thereby transforming the way individuals and organizations engage with knowledge. Through its commitment to excellence and user-centric design, Perplexity is shaping the future of information retrieval and analysis.
Perplexity is an innovative technology company that specializes in developing advanced artificial intelligence solutions aimed at enhancing human-computer interaction. With a focus on natural language processing and machine learning, Perplexity empowers users to access information and insights more intuitively and efficiently. The company is dedicated to creating tools that simplify complex data and foster informed decision-making, thereby transforming the way individuals and organizations engage with knowledge. Through its commitment to excellence and user-centric design, Perplexity is shaping the future of information retrieval and analysis.