Strategic Finance Lead
About this role
About Counsel
Counsel’s mission is to multiply the world's healthcare capacity. We believe in a future in which every person has a personalized, AI-enabled doctor always in their pocket. To accomplish this, we’re building the first fully-vertical, AI-native medical group from the ground up. We’ve redesigned the entire clinical stack with custom AI tools that make our in-house physicians 10x faster and smarter. [learn more on our blog]
Since our founding in 2023, we have formed partnerships with leading healthcare organizations and are on track to serve hundreds of thousands of patients on our platform within the next year. We have raised over $35M from a16z, Google Ventures, Pear VC and other top-tier VC firms.
Our team combines deep expertise in medicine (Harvard, Mt. Sinai, Mass General, UCSF) and technology (MIT, Google, DeepMind, NVIDIA, Stripe, Meta) — and we’re looking for exceptional people to join us as we scale.
Join us as we build the future of AI in healthcare!
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About The Role
Counsel is looking for a Senior Finance Analyst to join our growing Finance & Strategy team. This is a high-visibility, high-impact individual contributor role where you will own financial planning, build the models that inform our most important strategic decisions, and partner cross-functionally to drive the business forward.
Reporting to the Controller, you will be the analytical engine behind our budgeting and forecasting cycles, develop unit economics that capture Counsel’s multi-channel business, and roll up your sleeves on special projects that shape Counsel’s future. This is an opportunity to build the finance function from the ground up at one of the most ambitious companies in digital health.
What You'll Do
Financial Planning & Analysis
Lead the annual budget, rolling forecast, and monthly close variance analysis across the business
Build and maintain the consolidated P&L, headcount model, and cash flow forecast; present results and risks to leadership
Develop revenue models that capture Counsel’s multi-channel dynamics
Design and publish KPI dashboards tracking member acquisition, retention, visit volume, unit economics, and clinical utilization
Partner with Sales, Clinical Ops, Product, and People to gather bottom-up assumptions and hold teams accountable to their plans
Financial Modeling
Build integrated 3-statement financial models for scenario planning, fundraising support, and board presentations
Develop unit-economics models CAC, LTV, payback period, and gross margin across DTC and B2B channels
Create cohort and retention analyses to understand member lifetime behavior and inform pricing and packaging decisions
Model state-expansion economics as Counsel adds new payor partnerships
Build ROI and payback models for employer and health plan partners that support enterprise Sales conversations
Strategic Finance
Prepare board decks, investor updates, and management presentations with clear narratives grounded in data
Support fundraising diligence, organize financial data rooms, respond to investor questions, and develop projection packages
Conduct market sizing, competitive benchmarking, and business case analysis for new products and verticals
Analyze partnership, product, and geographic expansion opportunities. Build deal models, sensitivity analyses, and business cases
Provide ad hoc analysis to the leadership team to answer the most critical strategic questions
Special Projects
Lead finance workstreams on high-priority initiatives such as new market launches, product expansions, and enterprise contract structuring
Build reporting infrastructure as Counsel scales data definitions, and automation
Evaluate and implement financial planning tooling as the company grows
Serve as the analytical partner to non-finance leaders, translating financial data into insights for Clinical Ops, Product, and Growth teams
What You'll Bring
5+ years in FP&A, investment banking, PE, or strategic finance
Expert-level financial modeling (3-statement, unit economics, scenarios)
Track record owning a full forecast cycle end-to-end
A genuine comfort using AI tools as a core part of your workflow
Demonstrated ability to influence decisions with financial analysis
Exceptional written and verbal communication; comfort presenting to leadership
Bonus points for
Experience with subscription or recurring revenue business models
Healthcare, digital health, or health-tech industry experience
Startup experience at Series A to C stage
Role Location
Hybrid, Boston (Back Bay); New York Office (Flatiron)
What We Offer
Impact: Be at the forefront and contribute to groundbreaking, AI-driven healthcare experiences, directly interface with execs at the world's leading tech & healthcare orgs
Growth: Significant opportunities for broad ownership and professional development within our rapidly scaling startup
Compensation: Competitive salary + equity
Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare, vision + dental, 401K, Unlimited PTO, Parental Leave
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Our Values
Patients come first.
We are clinicians 1st, technologists 2nd. We act with patient trust/safety at the center of every decision.Innovate with optimism.
We are optimistic as we build the future of care delivery from first principles. Challenge the status quo when needed, no sacred cows.Right answer wins.
Debate openly and pick the strongest path. We optimize for the company, not functions. We win and lose as a team.Simplicity over complexity.
We choose clear, elegant solutions and avoid adding complexity that does not serve patients or the team.Do fewer things, well.
We focus, and hold ourselves to the highest bar and pursue excellence in those areas.
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Company at a glance
Counsel is an AI-first medical practice founded in 2023 with a mission to multiply the world's healthcare capacity. The company brings together an experienced founding team of clinical and technology experts from prestigious institutions including Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, UCSF, the MIT Media Lab, NVIDIA, and Mount Sinai. Backed by over $35M in funding from top-tier venture capital firms and supported by partnerships with leading healthcare organizations, Counsel is positioned to serve hundreds of thousands of patients on its platform within the next year. Through its innovative approach to healthcare delivery, the company aims to expand access to medical services and address capacity constraints in the healthcare system.
Top Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Vision insurance
- Dental insurance
- 401k
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Equity
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