The Head of Finance and Strategy will lead core Finance functions including FP&A, accounting, budgeting as well as Strategic Finance initiatives including driving unit economics performance across markets, structuring partnership pricing, and financing. You will report directly to Company’s CEO and founder.
This role is a critical one on the leadership team where you will partner with other department heads to ensure the company’s financial and growth goals are achieved. You’ll run a tight ship in day-to-day financial operations while flexing your acumen to drive some of the most essential strategic decisions of the company.
As a part of an industry-changing team, in this role you’ll strike a balance between being a visionary and a pragmatist. You’ll be relentless in your use of data to find the right answer for the business — and when there isn’t an objective one, you’ll use your judgement and intuition to navigate the big bets.
Specific responsibilities of the role include:
- Leading the team in determining which new markets to enter, the company financing strategy, and how to structure partnership deals
- Managing the overall P&L, cash flow, and balance sheet of the company
- Forecasting growth across the company and resourcing effectively to hit our milestones and to meet growth and economic goals
- Conducting market analyses to assess competition and movement
- Creating and maintaining core financial models and using them to inform decisions
- Supporting the board and investors with reporting and analysis
- Building and leading a world-class Finance & Strategy team
Outcomes
3 months
- Develop a deep understanding of the company business model and flywheel, its primary levers and the near-, medium- and long-term opportunities
- Structure the pricing of our upcoming contracts to ensure growth with positive unit economics
- Build a 12-month forecast & plan to hit our company growth targets along with associated resourcing required
- Take ownership of the company P&L, cash flow, balance sheet, & board financial reporting
- Build a strategic plan for substantial revenue growth with profitable unit economics over the subsequent 12 months and begin setting it in motion
6 months
- Drive improvement in company unit economics
- Structure company future-state pricing model for payor partnerships
- Renegotiate contracts and agreements to reduce future company burden
- Build out all core Finance functions internally: FP&A, accounting, budgeting
About You
- You have 7+ years of experience in healthcare investment banking or private equity (MBA preferred) and have a deep understanding of health care strategy.
- You’re an analytical mastermind — investing, market analysis, and diligence are second nature to you but you’re itching for more ownership and a direct hand in shaping an industry
- You have an encyclopedic knowledge of the healthcare and health-tech markets; you anticipate movements in the market, assess strategic threats and are always several steps ahead of them
- You’re a relentlessly results-oriented leader who motivates and inspires whatever team you’re on, ensuring follow-through at all levels of an organization and always remaining accountable to outcomes
- You embrace the ambiguity inherent in an early stage-startup while bringing the rigor and experience of an established operations organization
- Your communication skills are impeccable and you use them to build successful relationships with both internal and external teams
- You believe deeply in the idea that the future of healthcare can be significantly better and is driven by the opportunity we have in front of us to make it a reality
- You have a track record of continual learning and improvement throughout your career
- You strive for operational excellence and know that there is always room to do better