Strategic Finance Manager

Kids for the Future; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Generous PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision

401(k)

Equity ownership

Direct exposure to executives

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Harbor Health is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to serve as the analytical engine behind our forward-looking decisions. This role partners with business leaders to develop forecasts, pressure-test ventures, and lead the financial design of zero-to-one initiatives while working directly with the CFO on M&A and corporate development.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role with significant growth opportunity as Harbor scales.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to build clean, auditable financial models.
• Strong business judgment and ability to translate data into actionable recommendations.
• Comfort communicating complex analysis to executives and non-finance partners.
• Ability to structure unstructured problems and deliver under tight deadlines.
• Experience operating in ambiguity within fast-paced environments.
• Ability to pull, clean, and analyze data to support strategic decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop financial forecasts and strategic plans for new ventures and growth initiatives.
• Pressure-test business cases and model zero-to-one opportunities for scalability.
• Lead financial design of strategic initiatives and pilot economics through scale-up.
• Partner with CFO on M&A and corporate development, including diligence and integration planning.
• Create board-ready materials summarizing scenarios, risks, and recommended actions.
• Support capital raising and financing efforts with investor materials and term sheet analysis.
• Provide FP&A support and assist in monthly close activities as needed.

Skills

Financial modeling

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Ambiguity tolerance

Collaboration with non-finance

Data quality

Business judgment

Tools

SQL

Excel

Job description

Harbor Health is seeking a Strategic Finance Manager to serve as the analytical engine behind our most consequential forward-looking decisions. This role partners with business leaders to develop financial forecasts, pressure-test new ventures, and lead the financial design of zero-to-one initiatives — while working directly with the CFO on M&A and corporate development activity. The ideal candidate brings exceptional analytical capability paired with sharp business judgment, and is equally comfortable building a robust unit economics model and stepping back to ask whether the strategy itself holds up.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role with significant growth opportunity as Harbor scales. We're looking for someone who builds the models themselves, pulls and cleans their own data, and does the unglamorous work alongside the high-visibility analysis. The role is fully remote and open to candidates anywhere in the United States, with periodic travel to Austin for in-person working sessions, executive meetings, and team offsites. It reports to the VP of FP&A with close partnership and direct exposure to the CFO.

POSITION DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategic Planning & Business Case Development

Partner with business leaders across clinical operations, network, growth, and product to evaluate new business ventures, geographic expansion, payer partnerships, and product extensions

Build defensible business cases grounded in real unit economics — structured to hold up under scrutiny from the executive team, the board, capital partners, and regulators

Develop and own scenario and sensitivity analyses that pressure-test the assumptions executives are about to bet the company on

Translate complex analyses into clear recommendations and synthesize them into board-ready materials

Lead the financial design and operational stand-up of zero-to-one initiatives, from blank-page business model through pilot economics through scale-up plan

Build the analytical scaffolding — data structures, KPIs, reporting cadences — for businesses or product lines that do not yet exist

M&A & Corporate Development

Partner directly with the CFO on M&A and corporate development opportunities, from initial screening through diligence through integration planning

Build acquisition and partnership models, run diligence workstreams, and develop point-of-view memos for executive and board discussion

Support capital raising and strategic financing workstreams, including investor materials, lender presentations, and term sheet analysis

FP&A Partnership

Partner with the VP of FP&A on business planning and step in on select monthly close activities as needed

Contribute to organizational initiatives and mission-aligned activities across the finance function

DESIRED PROFESSIONAL SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

3–6 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, growth equity, or top-tier strategy consulting — or a combination including 2+ years at a high-growth operating company in a strategic finance or corporate development role

Exceptional financial modeling skills, with the ability to build models that are clean, auditable, and survive a rigorous review without being rebuilt

Strong analytical capability paired with sharp business judgment, including the ability to spot when a model is mathematically correct but commercially wrong

Comfort moving between detailed analysis and executive-level synthesis without losing the thread

Demonstrated ability to operate in ambiguity, structure unstructured problems, and deliver under deadline pressure

Strong ownership mentality; takes responsibility for outcomes with a low sense of entitlement

Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to write a concise memo that a busy executive can act on

Comfort working in a fast-paced, startup environment with evolving priorities and structures

Preferred: exposure to healthcare services, health insurance, or value-based care — or genuine intellectual curiosity about how the U.S. health system works and where its economics break down

Preferred: experience evaluating M&A or partnership opportunities end-to-end

Preferred: SQL proficiency and comfort working directly with data, with the ability to pull and analyze numbers independently

Preferred: track record of partnering with non-finance leaders and earning their trust as a thought partner

Preferred: familiarity with Harbor Health's payvider model and the strategic considerations that come with operating across insurance, clinical, and network functions

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive salary and incentives

Generous PTO

10 paid holidays

Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401(k) Investment Plan

Meaningful equity ownership in the business you help build

Direct exposure to executives, the board, and capital partners

A growth path that expands with the company, with room to grow into senior strategic finance and corporate development leadership as Harbor scales

COMPANY OVERVIEW

At Harbor Health, we're transforming healthcare in Texas through collaboration and innovation. We're seeking passionate individuals to help us create a member-centered experience that connects comprehensive care with a modern payment model. If you're ready to make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment where your contributions are valued, please bring your talents to our team!

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Harbor Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business need.