A World-Changing Company
Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more.
The Role
As a Finance Operator, you’ll partner with Palantir’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer, the CFO and leaders across the company on high-priority, highly visible work. This is a broad, hands-on role for someone who can bring exceptional judgment and strategic thinking to complex, fast-moving challenges—and move fluidly between projects as the company’s needs evolve.
You’ll help identify what matters most, bring the right people together, and drive work from ambiguous starting points through execution. Your focus may shift across corporate, finance, governance, commercial, regulatory, or other legal and business matters. You should be comfortable operating where needed most, including stepping into unfamiliar areas, working closely with internal and external counsel, and traveling as business needs require.
Core Responsibilities
Partner with the the CFO’s team and company leaders on high-priority strategic initiatives and sensitive, highly visible matters.
Provide practical judgment and strategic support across a range of corporate and business issues.
Help assess complex or ambiguous situations, identify options and risks, and drive decisions and execution.
Coordinate cross-functional work with Finance and other teams, as well as external advisors.
Projects may include corporate transactions, investments, governance matters, operations, and a grab bag of other things as priorities require.
Take on new challenges and responsibilities as the company’s needs evolve.
Significant travel will be required for this role
What We Value
Experience in investment banking, corporate environments, consulting, accounting, or other finance related roles, is preferred but not required
Strong judgment and the ability to apply it pragmatically to business decisions
Resourcefulness and a willingness to take on work wherever it is most needed, including matters outside a defined specialty
The ability to navigate ambiguity, set priorities, and carry complex, multi-step projects through to completion
Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted relationships across teams and with senior leaders
Sound judgment, discretion, and composure when handling sensitive or high-pressure matters
Flexibility and willingness to travel as business needs require
What We Require
A law degree and experience practicing law in-house, at a law firm, or in a similarly demanding environment
