Strategic Finance Leader

Opportunity Overview:

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.

What you’ll do:

• 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.
• Ideate, initiate, track, and monitor progress against operational initiatives, milestones, and ongoing work plans associated with improving contribution margin & unit economic targets
• Lead the financial budgeting, forecasting & operational reporting for all groups in their areas of responsibility.
• Bring a challenger leadership mentality to current processes to find constructive solutions to optimize efficiencies & cost structures.
• Ensure each organization is tracking within their expense & headcount budgets.
• Lead business case initiatives & sign of any financials & metrics that are being brought to leadership for investment consideration
• Support the Corporate Finance team with strategic projects as required and serve as the resident financial expert in their domain areas.  
• Lead 1-2 India based financial analyst(s) to drive speed of deliverables

What you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• History of leveraging systems, processes, & AI to increase speed to delivery
• Comfort questioning the status quo and providing a challenger leadership style
• 10+ years of experience working in a financial capacity preferably having been on teams driving profitability enhancement initiatives
• 5+ years working with senior & C-level leadership
• Passion for building relationships with key stakeholders and prioritizing their needs
• Excellent project management and communication skills with strong interpersonal skills
• Operationally minded financial leader with the ability to effectively problem solve in partnership various stakeholders
• Ability to effectively work cross-functionally, including with clinical & technical teams
• Willingness to travel up to 10% of time

Pay & Perks:

💻 Fully remote opportunity with about 10% travel

🩺 Medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and Employee Assistance Program 

📈 401K retirement plan with company match; flexible spending and health savings account 

🏝️ Flex Time Off + company holidays

👶 Up to 14 weeks of paid parental leave 

🐶 Pet insurance  

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. 

Interview Process*:

1. Connect with Talent Acquisition for a Preliminary Phone Screening
2. Meet your Hiring Manager!
3. Behavioral Interview(s)

*Subject to change

About Cohere Health:

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.

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.

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 receive faster, more appropriate care and higher-quality outcomes.

The Coherenauts, as we call ourselves, who succeed here are empathetic teammates who are candid, kind, caring, and embody our core values and principles. We believe that diverse, inclusive teams make the most impactful work. Cohere is deeply invested in ensuring that we have a supportive, growth-oriented environment that works for everyone.

We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!

Equal Opportunity Statement: 

Cohere Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all.  To us, it’s personal.

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