Lead Financial Analyst – Operations & Commercial

<p><strong>Opportunity Overview:</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>What you'll do:</strong></p> <ul> <li>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</li> <li>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</li> <li>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</li> <li>Own and maintain gross margin workbooks on a monthly basis, incorporating actuals with precision and producing variance commentary that drives decision-making</li> <li>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</li> <li>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</li> <li>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</li> <li>Leverage AI-powered tools and automation to streamline recurring analysis, surface insights faster, and continuously elevate the speed and quality of financial deliverables</li> <li>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</li> <li>Translate complex financial data into strategic narratives that enable stakeholders to act with confidence and clarity</li> <li>Champion a culture of financial discipline, proactive ownership, and data-driven decision-making across partnered functions</li> <li>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.</li> <li>High-quality deliverables - we value work that is thorough, well-presented, and something you are proud to put your name on</li> <li>Speed without sacrificing accuracy - the ability to turn around analysis quickly while maintaining rigor</li> <li>Proactive ownership - you anticipate needs, flag issues early, and drive resolution without being asked</li> <li>Availability and responsiveness during East Coast US hours, including overlap for leadership calls, planning sessions, and ad hoc requests</li> <li>A continuous improvement mindset - always looking for ways to do things better, faster, and smarter</li> </ul> <p><strong>ISMS roles and responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li>Good knowledge of Information practices.</li> <li>Assist the manager in all the information security activities implementation and maintenance process.</li> <li>Ensuring the  team and imparted with Competence related to Information security</li> <li>Responsible for implementation of security policies and procedures and report any issues to the Information Security Manager.</li> </ul> <p><strong>What you'll need:</strong></p> <p><strong>Must-haves</strong></p> <ul> <li>Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field; MBA or CPA/ICAI a plus</li> <li>7–9 years of FP&A, commercial finance, or operations finance experience; healthcare, life sciences, or services industry background preferred</li> <li>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</li> <li>Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills; hands-on experience with Adaptive Insights / Workday Adaptive Planning strongly preferred</li> <li>Comfortable working across both Google Suite (Sheets, Slides, Docs) and Microsoft Office products</li> <li>Exposure to AI-assisted analytics or business intelligence tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent) a meaningful advantage</li> <li>Demonstrated ability to build and maintain complex financial models (capacity models, gross margin workbooks, headcount trackers)</li> <li>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</li> <li>Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable managing multiple deliverables across functions and time zones simultaneously</li> </ul> <p><strong>Ability to commute/relocate:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Hyderabad, Telangana: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)</li> </ul> <p><strong>Interview Process*:</strong></p> <ol> <li>Connect with Talent Acquisition </li> <li>Meet with the Hiring Manager</li> <li>Behavioral Interview(s)</li> <li>Case Study</li> <li>Interview with Senior Leadership</li> </ol> <p>*Subject to change</p> <p><strong>About Cohere Health:</strong></p> <p>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 in up to 8x ROI and 94% provider satisfaction. </p> <p>With the acquisition of ZignaAI, we expanded our AI-native platform with a comprehensive Payment Integrity Suite that spans data mining, clinical and coding validation, authorization and claims reconciliation, and end-to-end payment integrity services across pre- and post-pay workflows. By connecting clinical and payment insights, our transparent, AI-powered solutions help health plans proactively improve payment accuracy, reduce waste and vendor dependency, strengthen provider relationships, and build smarter, more efficient payment integrity programs.</p> <p>Cohere Health’s innovations continue to receive industry-wide recognition. We’ve been recognized on TIME’s World Top HealthTech Companies 2025 list, the 2025 Inc. 5000 list, in the Gartner® Hype Cycle™ for U.S. Healthcare Payers (2022-2025), and ranked as a Top 5 LinkedIn™ Startup for 2023 & 2024.</p> <p><strong>We can’t wait to learn more about you and meet you at Cohere Health!</strong></p> <p><strong>Equal Opportunity Statement: </strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>