Strategic Finance Leader

About this role

<p><strong>Opportunity Overview:</strong></p> <p>Cohere Health is looking for a Strategic Finance Partner in support of its continued growth and margin expansion. This role will be an embedded finance member to a number of operating groups & business unit leaders and will serve as their primary financial contact point. This person will play a critical role in improving the organization’s profitability & scalability, with a specific focus on improving contribution margins across all service lines.</p> <p><strong>What you’ll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Develop strong and sustainable business relationships with Cohere’s operations, portfolio, clinical, CX teams to gain a deep understanding of the team’s goals & work processes.</li> <li>Ideate, initiate, track, and monitor progress against operational initiatives, milestones, and ongoing work plans associated with improving contribution margin & unit economic targets</li> <li>Lead the financial budgeting, forecasting & operational reporting for all groups in their areas of responsibility.</li> <li>Bring a challenger leadership mentality to current processes to find constructive solutions to optimize efficiencies & cost structures.</li> <li>Ensure each organization is tracking within their expense & headcount budgets.</li> <li>Lead business case initiatives & sign of any financials & metrics that are being brought to leadership for investment consideration</li> <li>Support the Corporate Finance team with strategic projects as required and serve as the resident financial expert in their domain areas.  </li> <li>Lead 1-2 India based financial analyst(s) to drive speed of deliverables</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you’ll need:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience</li> <li>History of leveraging systems, processes, & AI to increase speed to delivery</li> <li>Comfort questioning the status quo and providing a challenger leadership style</li> <li>10+ years of experience working in a financial capacity preferably having been on teams driving profitability enhancement initiatives</li> <li>5+ years working with senior & C-level leadership</li> <li>Passion for building relationships with key stakeholders and prioritizing their needs</li> <li>Excellent project management and communication skills with strong interpersonal skills</li> <li>Operationally minded financial leader with the ability to effectively problem solve in partnership various stakeholders</li> <li>Ability to effectively work cross-functionally, including with clinical & technical teams</li> <li>Willingness to travel up to 10% of time</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Pay & Perks:</strong></p> <p>💻 Fully remote opportunity with about 10% travel</p> <p>🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program </p> <p>📈 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account </p> <p>🏝️ Flex Time Off + company holidays</p> <p>👶 Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave </p> <p>🐶 Pet insurance  </p> <p>The salary range for this position is $134,000 to $175,000 annually; as part of a total benefits package which includes health insurance, 401k and bonus. In accordance with state applicable laws, Cohere is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, and internal alignment. </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Interview Process*:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening</li> <li>Meet your Hiring Manager!</li> <li>Behavioral Interview(s)</li> </ol> <p>*Subject to change</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About Cohere Health:</strong></p> <p>Cohere Health’s clinical intelligence platform delivers AI-powered solutions that streamline access to quality care by improving payer-provider collaboration, cost containment, and healthcare economics. Cohere Health works with over 660,000 providers and handles over 12 million prior authorization requests annually. Its responsible AI auto-approves up to 90% of requests for millions of health plan members.</p> <p>With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we’ve further enhanced our platform by launching our Payment Integrity Suite, anchored by Cohere Validate™, an AI-driven clinical and coding validation solution that operates in near real-time. By unifying pre-service authorization data with post-service claims validation, we’re creating a transparent healthcare ecosystem that reduces waste, improves payer-provider collaboration and patient outcomes, and ensures providers are paid promptly and accurately.</p> <p>Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry wide recognition. We’ve been named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list and in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024. Backed by leading investors such as Deerfield Management, Define Ventures, Flare Capital Partners, Longitude Capital, and Polaris Partners, Cohere Health drives more transparent, streamlined healthcare processes, helping patients…