Jennifer Powell
Perplexity Head of Strategic Finance; former CorpFin @ xAI & Instacart
Studied at BYU Marriott School of Business
Hiring Manager at Perplexity AI
Available Thursday at 10:30 PM UTC
I can have more availability outside these windows by request.
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Jennifer's Offerings
Custom hourly · $300/hr
Get help with Budgeting & Forecasting, Financial Modeling, and .
Jennifer also coaches for Break Into AI Careers, Corporate Development, and AI Careers. View all.
Jennifer’s FP&A Qualifications
Experience level: Vice President
Head of Strategic Finance at Perplexity.ai; former head of Corporate and AI Infrastructure Finance at xAI and former Corporate Finance lead at Instacart. Have experience owning weekly and monthly company reporting and forecasting, guidance, long-term planning, and earnings. Extensive experience forecasting and analyzing via WholeCo company model and special projects including new business ventures, transformative partnerships, acquisitions, and cash-flow. Experience consolidating and building forecasts from multiple teams and driving decisions across all financial statements.
Jennifer can help with:
Budgeting & Forecasting
Financial Modeling
Financial Planning & Analysis
Financial Reporting
Interview Prep
Networking Strategy
Salary Negotiation
Skill Building
Variance Analysis
Jennifer also coaches for Break Into AI Careers, Corporate Development, and AI Careers. View all.
Work Experience
Head of Strategic Finance
Perplexity AI
September 2025 - Present
Hiring Manager
Lead strategic finance including investor relations, treasury, company forecast, strategy, operations, and partnership and vendor negotiations.
Corporate & AI Infrastructure Finance
x.ai
June 2025 - September 2025
Hiring Manager
Led corporate finance including company model and cash flow forecasting, Enterprise GTM, and datacenter planning, financing, and execution.
Corporate Finance & Special Projects
Instacart
October 2021 - June 2025
Hiring Manager
IPO, corporate finance, transformative partnerships, M&A, IR, board, and executive support
Investment Banking Senior Analyst
J.P. Morgan
December 2020 - October 2021
Interviewer
Global Technology Group M&A and Capital Markets
Investment Banking Analyst
Union Square Advisors
May 2019 - December 2020
Interviewer
Technology M&A and Private Capital Advisory
Education
BYU Marriott School of Business
B.S., Finance