Director, Strategic Finance
U.S. healthcare is frustrating and deeply flawed. Cedar’s mission is to drive better outcomes for everyone involved, including providers, insurance companies and the people they serve. At a time when consumer-friendly healthcare experiences are more critical than ever, our platform is uniquely equipped to solve problems that lead to billing issues and administrative waste. At Cedar, know that your work will have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.
The Strategic Finance team at Cedar is seeking a Director who will take on a leadership role to help set the vision and lead the team! This individual will focus on tackling high-priority business problems, work cross-functionally with senior leadership to drive company strategy, and build out the broader team to serve as a key thought partner to all functions at Cedar. The ideal candidate is an independent, strategic problem solver who is able to distill complex issues into structured execution and manage and communicate effectively with cross-functional partners.
Responsibilities
- Own company-wide forecasting and reporting processes, including the creation of management and Board of Directors materials
- Lead financial planning and analysis across one or more operating segments and business verticals; define and track key performance measurements
- Drive strategy for the company, working cross-functionally with senior leadership to identify, scope, and monitor innovative growth opportunities and initiatives
- Define and structure detailed analyses to support key business decisions (e.g., product pricing, business cases for new products)
- Implement processes and systems to scale our business intelligence and reporting infrastructure and build a robust foundation for Cedar’s growth
- Build thoughtful resource allocation analyses to drive better investment decisions
- Drive effective partnerships across teams at Cedar to help them achieve their operational and financial goals
Required Skills & Experience
- 8+ years of FP&A, corporate/strategic finance, investment banking, or other finance-related experience
- BA/BS degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Engineering and/or similar subject area with analytical foundation
- Highly analytical with strong attention to detail; proficiency in Excel and structuring complex financial and business analyses
- Proven track record of collaborating with cross-functional teams to evaluate business decisions, including identifying gaps or business needs, and proposing and implementing solutions
- Experience managing multiple projects in parallel and successfully driving initiatives in a fast-paced environment
- Strong business partnering, influencing, and presentation skills
- Ability to communicate complicated analysis and solutions in a clear and concise manner to senior leaders at the company
- Ability to adapt to ambiguity and thrive in a rapidly changing environment
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with core financial processes combined with knowledge of standard finance systems (e.g., Netsuite) and planning tools (e.g., Anaplan)
- Strong understanding of the work streams and cadences required to run a successful company planning process
- Advanced proficiency in Excel and G-suite
- Experience in Looker, Tableau, or other similar data visualization tools
What do we offer to the ideal candidate?
- A chance to improve the U.S. healthcare system at a high-growth company! Our leading healthcare financial platform is scaling rapidly, helping millions of patients per year
- Flexibility to work from home or in the office, depending on what works best for you
- Unlimited PTO for vacation, sick and mental health days–we encourage everyone to take at least 20 days of vacation per year to ensure dedicated time to spend with loved ones, explore, rest and recharge
- 16 weeks paid parental leave with health benefits for all parents, plus flexible re-entry schedules for returning to work
- Diversity initiatives that encourage Cedarians to bring their whole selves to work, including three employee resource groups: be@cedar (for BIPOC-identifying Cedarians and their allies), Pridecones (for LGBTQIA+ Cedarians and their allies) and Cedar Women+ (for female-identifying Cedarians)
- Competitive pay, equity (for qualifying roles) and health benefits that start on your first day
- 401k plan with 3% employer non-election contribution
- Access to hands-on mentorship, employee and management coaching, and a stipend for learning and development resources to help you grow both professionally and personally
About us
Cedar was co-founded by Florian Otto and Arel Lidow in 2016 after a negative medical billing experience inspired them to help improve our healthcare system. With a commitment to solving billing and patient experience issues, Cedar has become a leading healthcech company fueled by remarkable growth. Over the past several years, we’ve raised more than $350 million in funding from investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global, bringing Cedar’s valuation to $3.2 billion.
Today, Cedar helps over 15 million patients annually—and partners with more than 50 leading healthcare providers, including Yale New Haven Health, Summit Health, Novant Health, Allina Health, Providence, ChristianaCare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, CommonSpirit Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
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