[Remote] Strategic Finance Associate

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cadence is a healthtech company focused on building a remote care delivery system for older adults. They are seeking a Strategic Finance Associate to enhance their financial infrastructure, automate workflows, and support decision-making across the business.

Responsibilities

• Help design and build Cadence’s next-generation FP&A infrastructure, including evaluation and implementation of a purpose-built planning tool
• Identify, design, and automate manual financial workflows using modern tooling (including AI-enabled solutions) to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability
• Leverage AI and automation tools to streamline modeling, reporting, and data analysis (e.g., reducing manual data manipulation and accelerating insights generation)
• Partner with Data and Engineering to ensure financial metrics are consistently defined, reliable, and scalable
• Build and maintain scalable models and dashboards that improve visibility into business performance
• Ensure finance outputs are actionable, trusted, and efficiently produced across teams
• Develop and refine frameworks for tracking cost of care, operating expenses, and contribution margins across customers and programs
• Build models that clearly explain changes in margins and unit economics over time
• Partner with clinical, operations, and supply chain teams to understand cost drivers and identify opportunities for improvement
• Translate complex financial data into clear insights that inform decision-making
• Support preparation of board materials, investor updates, and internal reporting to leadership
• Build models and analyses that underpin key narratives around growth, margins, and scalability
• Help ensure consistency, accuracy, and clarity across all external-facing financial materials
• Support monthly and quarterly forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis
• Improve existing reporting processes to better highlight business drivers and actionable insights
• Partner with Accounting during month-end close to ensure accurate financial outputs
• Build pricing models to support sales and partnerships as they engage health system partners
• Analyze tradeoffs between growth, cost, and long-term profitability
• Support cross-functional teams in setting targets for partners and evaluating business performance
• Over time, develop and own recommendations on pricing and unit economics for each health system

Skills

• 3–5 years of experience in investment banking, consulting, or a high-growth startup finance role
• Strong financial modeling skills (Excel / Google Sheets) with the ability to structure analyses from scratch
• Demonstrated ability or strong interest in leveraging AI and automation tools to improve financial workflows and analysis (e.g., scripting, no-code tools, or AI-assisted modeling/reporting)
• Experience working with large datasets and translating data into actionable insights
• High attention to detail with strong analytical rigor
• Ability to clearly communicate complex financial concepts to non-finance stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with shifting priorities
• Proactive mindset: ability to anticipate needs and take ownership without heavy direction
• Strong business judgment and willingness to make recommendations, not just provide analysis
• Desire to, and ability to be successful in, remote work
• Experience evaluating or implementing FP&A / planning tools
• Experience using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Python-based workflows, or automation platforms) to enhance financial modeling, reporting, or data analysis
• Exposure to healthcare, SaaS, or marketplace business models
• Experience supporting investor or board-level reporting
• Familiarity with BI tools (e.g., Metabase, Looker, Tableau)

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Competitive total compensation and meaningful equity
• TelaDoc (virtual primary care)
• National and local discounts powered by TriNet
• Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
• Remote equipment setup and home office stipend
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401K and 401K match
• Charitable Donation Match program

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