FOUNDING STRATEGIC FINANCE LEAD
Blossom Health exists to solve the mental health epidemic in America by partnering with psychiatrists to expand access to affordable, timely, clinically effective mental healthcare. Our AI-native care platform is loved by hundreds of clinicians and tens of thousands of patients.
We’re a Series A company with $20M+ raised from Headline, Village Global, and the founders of General Catalyst, Flatiron Health, Sword Health, Fay, Elemy, Zip, Blank Street, Assured, Bridge, Birches Health, and Enzo Health.
THE ROLE:
We’re looking for a Founding Strategic Finance Lead to build our strategic finance function from 0→1 and help drive the financial and commercial decisions behind Blossom's next stage of growth.
You'll work directly with our Founder to understand the economics of the business, evaluate high-impact growth opportunities, and build the financial models and analytical frameworks that shape company strategy.
This isn't a traditional finance role. You'll have direct ownership over critical business decisions, from revenue optimization and financial forecasting to evaluating new markets, negotiating strategic partnerships, and improving the economics of our business.
We're looking for someone with exceptional financial rigor, strong commercial instincts, and the ambition to operate as a builder at a high-growth startup.
WHY YOU SHOULD WORK HERE:
•🚀 Be early in a hyper-growth startup: Join a foundational team and build the strategic finance function from the ground up, with meaningful influence over how the company scales.
•📈 Work on decisions that matter: Your financial analysis will directly inform growth strategy, capital allocation, revenue optimization, and major commercial decisions.
•🤝 High trust and autonomy: Work directly with our Founder, own critical initiatives from day one, and have the freedom to turn your ideas into action.
•🧠 Talent-dense team: Work alongside exceptionally talented people with high standards, intellectual curiosity, and a shared ambition to build something consequential.
•🏃 We move with speed and purpose: We're building quickly and value people who combine analytical depth with urgency, ownership, and exceptional execution.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
•Own strategic financial modeling: Build and maintain sophisticated financial models covering revenue, profitability, unit economics, growth forecasts, and business performance.
•Drive revenue and unit economics optimization: Develop a deep understanding of Blossom's revenue model, including reimbursement rates, payer economics, clinician productivity, and the key drivers of financial performance.
•Lead financial planning and forecasting: Build financial forecasts, scenario analyses, and reporting frameworks that inform company-wide planning, investment decisions, and resource allocation.
•Evaluate strategic growth opportunities: Analyze new markets, business lines, partnerships, and expansion opportunities through rigorous financial modeling and commercial diligence.
•Own high-impact commercial initiatives: Work directly with health insurance payers and strategic partners to evaluate reimbursement economics, support negotiations, and improve commercial outcomes.
•Partner directly with the Founder: Lead analytical workstreams on the company's highest-priority strategic decisions, presenting clear recommendations backed by data.
•Build the finance function from 0→1: Establish scalable financial processes, dashboards, reporting systems, and analytical frameworks as the business grows.
•Turn analysis into execution: Go beyond identifying opportunities to personally driving initiatives that improve revenue, profitability, and operational performance.
YOU'LL BE A GOOD FIT IF:
•You have 2–6 years of professional experience, including at least 2 years of front-office finance experience in investment banking, private equity, hedge funds, venture capital, or a similarly demanding investment environment.
•You have a strong academic record from a highly selective college or university, with demonstrated analytical excellence.
•You're exceptional at financial modeling, valuation, financial statement analysis, and evaluating business economics.
•You've worked in a highly demanding, performance-driven environment and have a demonstrated track record of excellence.
•You can independently structure ambiguous financial or strategic questions, build detailed analyses, and translate findings into actionable business recommendations.
•You're commercially minded and interested in understanding the underlying drivers of revenue, profitability, and business growth.
•You have strong communication skills and can confidently present complex financial analyses to senior leadership.
•You're excited to move beyond traditional finance responsibilities and take direct ownership of business outcomes.
•You thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities evolve quickly and there isn't always an established playbook.
•You're authorized to work in the United States.
•You're excited to work in-person in New York City, 5 days a week.
Bonus: You've transitioned from investment banking, private equity, or another rigorous finance environment into strategic finance, business operations, or corporate strategy at a venture-backed, high-growth startup, where you've demonstrated meaningful ownership and execution.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
•Highly motivated, ambitious, and capable: You want to tackle large, meaningful problems and hold yourself to an exceptionally high bar.
•Ownership mindset: You take responsibility for outcomes, not just deliverables, and approach challenges with a founder's mentality.
•High velocity and high excellence: You move with urgency without compromising analytical rigor or attention to detail.
•Analytically rigorous: You can dissect complex financial questions, challenge assumptions, and go several layers deeper than the obvious answer.
•Commercially curious: You want to understand how businesses generate revenue, create value, and scale profitably.
•An explorer: You're energized by ambiguity, autonomy, and building something that doesn't yet exist.
•Humble: You use your strengths in service of the team and understand that success is an output, not an input.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
•$120,000–$180,000 base salary
•Meaningful equity ownership
•Significant growth opportunities as the company scales
•Beautiful, sunshine and snack-filled office in the heart of Flatiron, Manhattan
•Health, dental, and vision insurance
•A focus on outcomes, not hours
•Team outings, offsites, and unlimited PTO