Strategic Finance Associate

The Role

We're hiring a Strategic Finance Associate to own the financial infrastructure, modeling, and analytical rigor that support Cadence's growth and operational decision-making. You will work closely with the FP&A Manager, CFO, and cross-functional leaders across clinical, operations, and data teams. This role sits at the center of how Cadence plans, measures, and scales - translating complex financial data into decisions that affect care delivery for 100,000+ patients.

What You'll Do

• Build and maintain Cadence's FP&A infrastructure, including evaluation and implementation of a purpose-built planning tool, scalable financial models, and performance dashboards that improve visibility into business performance across teams.
• Identify and automate manual financial workflows using AI-enabled tools, scripting, and modern automation platforms to improve speed, accuracy, and scalability of modeling, reporting, and data analysis.
• Develop and refine frameworks for tracking cost of care, operating expenses, and contribution margins across health system partners and programs, and build models that explain changes in unit economics over time.
• Support preparation of board materials, investor updates, and internal leadership reporting - including models and analyses that underpin key narratives around growth, margins, and scalability.
• Execute monthly and quarterly forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis, and partner with Accounting during month-end close to ensure accurate and consistent financial outputs.
• Build pricing models to support sales and partnership teams as they engage health system partners, and develop recommendations on pricing and unit economics for each health system over time.
• Partner with Data and Engineering to ensure financial metrics are consistently defined, reliable, and connected to the clinical and operational drivers that move them.

What You Need

• 3-5 years of experience in investment banking, consulting, or a finance role at a high-growth company.
• Strong financial modeling skills in Excel or Google Sheets, with the ability to structure analyses from scratch and translate data into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience working with large datasets and building reporting processes that surface business drivers clearly and efficiently.
• Experience evaluating or implementing FP&A or planning tools, or familiarity with BI platforms such as Metabase, Looker, or Tableau.
• Ability to operate in fast-paced, ambiguous environments - anticipating needs, taking ownership without heavy direction, and making recommendations rather than only providing outputs.