Founding Data Analyst

Counsel Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive healthcare

401K

Unlimited PTO

Parental Leave

Competitive salary + equity

Job summary

Counsel Health is seeking a Founding Data Analyst to help establish the FinOps data foundation, define and measure operating metrics, and enhance reporting and workflows as the organization scales.

This role requires collaboration with Finance & Operations and stakeholders across Commercial/GTM, Finance, Clinical Ops, and Operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS, statistics, applied math or similar with programming experience.
• 3–5 years of experience in a data, analytics, or finance/ops role.
• Strong SQL experience and Python or a similar language.
• Comfort with messy real-world data and willingness to investigate rather than defer data issues.
• Executive presence for cross-functional discussions with senior leaders.
• Genuine interest in AI tools and reducing manual work in personal workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the data foundation that supports company-wide reporting and analytics.
• Deliver data support to stakeholders across functions, including product metrics, commercial and client reporting, and internal financial and operating metrics.
• Develop the Operating Scorecard and management dashboards to provide visibility into business performance and a single source of truth.
• Collaborate with the Analytics Engineer to validate pipelines and confirm metric definitions.
• Transform messy datasets into reliable outputs that teams can act on.
• Create and help teams adopt AI-powered tools and workflows to make FinOps reporting faster and more efficient.

Skills

SQL

Python

Education

Bachelor’s degree in quantitative field

Tools

dbt

Airflow

Snowflake

BigQuery

Job description

Counsel Health is seeking a Founding Data Analyst to help establish the FinOps data foundation, define and measure operating metrics, and enhance reporting and operational workflows as the organization scales. This role requires close collaboration with Finance & Operations and stakeholders across Commercial/GTM, Finance, Clinical Ops, and Operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the data foundation that supports company-wide reporting and analytics.
• Deliver data support to stakeholders across functions, including product metrics, commercial and client reporting, and internal financial and operating metrics.
• Develop the Operating Scorecard and management dashboards to provide visibility into business performance and a single source of truth.
• Collaborate with the Analytics Engineer to validate pipelines and confirm metric definitions.
• Transform messy datasets into reliable outputs that teams can act on.
• Create and help teams adopt AI-powered tools and workflows to make FinOps reporting faster and more efficient.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (CS, statistics, applied math, or similar), with meaningful programming experience.
• 3 to 5 years of experience in a data, analytics, or finance/ops role.
• Strong SQL experience, plus Python or a similar language.
• Comfort working with messy, real-world data and willingness to investigate rather than treat data issues as someone else’s responsibility.
• Executive presence for cross-functional discussions with senior leaders.
• Genuine interest in AI tools, with an ability to identify ways to reduce manual work in personal workflows.

Technical Skills and Tools

• SQL, Python
• dbt
• Airflow
• Snowflake
• BigQuery

Compensation and Location

• Location: New York, NY (onsite)
• Salary: USD 150,000 to 175,000 per year

Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare, vision + dental
• 401K
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental Leave
• Competitive salary + equity

Additional Qualifications (Bonus Points)

• Experience with dbt, Airflow, Snowflake, or BigQuery.
• Experience in healthcare or healthtech.
• A demonstrated ability to ramp quickly into new tools, particularly in environments where systems are still being built.

What Counsel Health Emphasizes

• Impact: Contribute to AI-driven healthcare experiences and work directly with executives at leading technology and healthcare organizations.
• Growth: Gain broad ownership and professional development in a rapidly scaling startup.
• Compensation: Competitive salary + equity.
• Benefits: Comprehensive healthcare (vision + dental), 401K, Unlimited PTO, Parental Leave.

Company Values

• Patients come first.
• Innovate with optimism.
• Right answer wins.
• Simplicity over complexity.
• Do fewer things, well.

Recruitment Fraud Notice

• Counsel Health only communicates with candidates using official @counselhealth.com email addresses.
• We will never ask for payment or financial information during the interview process.
• If you receive suspicious outreach claiming to be from Counsel Health, contact [e-mail].

E-Verify

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