Lead Financial Analyst – Operations & Commercial

About this role

Opportunity Overview:

This is a hands-on, strategically oriented leadership role embedded within our Clinical Operations and Commercial organizations. The right candidate brings sharp analytical instincts, a bias for action, strong business partnering capabilities, and the ability to deliver reliable financial leadership at a pace that keeps up with a fast-moving commercial business. Beyond technical finance execution, this role requires someone who can act as a trusted business partner - working closely with internal stakeholders to influence decisions, shape strategy, and drive financial accountability across functions.

What you'll do:

• Own and lead capacity modeling for Clinical Operations staff - ensuring headcount is tightly aligned with patient volume, operational targets, and cost objectives, while flagging risks and maintaining alignment with approved plans

• Own headcount management reporting across Clinical Ops and Commercial teams - tracking actuals, performing detailed actual vs. plan variance analysis, identifying root causes, quantifying impacts, and presenting clear narratives to leadership with speed and precision

• Lead budget and forecast cycles in close partnership with Operations and Commercial leaders - building rigorous, bottoms-up models that are both data-backed and actionable

• Own and maintain gross margin workbooks on a monthly basis, incorporating actuals with precision and producing variance commentary that drives decision-making

• Conduct ROI and cost-impact analysis on process improvements, product changes, and new initiatives - providing data-driven recommendations that guide spend decisions and resource allocation

• Serve as a trusted financial advisor to Clinical Operations and Commercial leadership - proactively identifying financial risks, opportunities, and trade-offs that inform strategic business decisions

• Build and maintain dynamic financial models using Adaptive Insights (Workday Adaptive Planning) to manage planning cycles, scenario modeling, and real-time financial reporting with efficiency and accuracy

• Leverage AI-powered tools and automation to streamline recurring analysis, surface insights faster, and continuously elevate the speed and quality of financial deliverables

• Build and nurture strong cross-functional relationships with internal stakeholders, ensuring finance is embedded in key operational and commercial discussions rather than operating as a back-office function

• Translate complex financial data into strategic narratives that enable stakeholders to act with confidence and clarity

• Champion a culture of financial discipline, proactive ownership, and data-driven decision-making across partnered functions

• This role calls for a high standard of work and a genuine commitment to getting things right. We value people who take pride in what they produce and bring both care and urgency to everything they do.

• High-quality deliverables - we value work that is thorough, well-presented, and something you are proud to put your name on

• Speed without sacrificing accuracy - the ability to turn around analysis quickly while maintaining rigor

• Proactive ownership - you anticipate needs, flag issues early, and drive resolution without being asked

• Availability and responsiveness during East Coast US hours, including overlap for leadership calls, planning sessions, and ad hoc requests

• A continuous improvement mindset - always looking for ways to do things better, faster, and smarter

ISMS roles and responsibilities

• Good knowledge of Information practices.

• Assist the manager in all the information security activities implementation and maintenance process.

• Ensuring the team and imparted with Competence related to Information security

• Responsible for implementation of security policies and procedures and report any issues to the Information Security Manager.

What you'll need:

Must-haves

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA/ICAI a plus

• 7–9 years of FP&A, commercial finance, or operations finance experience; healthcare, life sciences, or services industry background preferred

• Proven track record of operating as a finance business partner - with demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, shape strategic decisions, and drive accountability through financial insights

• Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; hands-on experience with Adaptive Insights / Workday Adaptive Planning strongly preferred

• Comfortable working across both Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs) and Microsoft Office products

• Exposure to AI-assisted analytics or business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) a meaningful advantage

• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex financial models (capacity models, gross margin workbooks, headcount trackers)

• Clear and confident communicator — able to present financial findings to non-finance stakeholders in a concise, actionable way and comfortable engaging with senior leadership in both structured and ad-hoc settings

• Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable managing multiple deliverables across functions and time zones simultaneously

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Hyderabad, Telangana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Interview Process*:

• Connect with Talent Acquisition

• Meet with the Hiring Manager

• Behavioral Interview(s)

• Case Study

• Interview with Senior Leadership

*Subject to change

About Cohere Health:

Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform and agentic AI-powered solutions connect health plans’ strategic goals and providers’ needs, optimizing the speed, cost, and quality of care. With an enterprise approach that streamlines payer-provider decision-making across the care continuum–including policy, prior authorization, payment accuracy, and more–the company improves collaboration and reduces burden, resulting…