Associate Director, Strategic Finance

Spring Health•New York, NY

18h•Hybrid

About The Position

Spring Health is a global mental health company working to eliminate barriers to mental health. Its AI-native platform provides personalized support through self-guided tools, coaching, therapy, medication management, and specialty care. The company reaches more than 170 million people worldwide through employers, health plans, and partners, and expects team members to use AI tools thoughtfully, apply human judgment to AI outputs, and continue developing AI fluency. Reporting to the VP of Finance & Chief of Staff to the CFO, the Associate Director of Strategic Finance is a financial leader and strategic partner across the organization. The role brings financial rigor to decision-making, evaluates proposed product innovations, and develops strategic business cases that guide investment and growth. It is a highly cross-functional position for a finance leader who combines rigorous analysis, business understanding, and a drive to help teams evaluate and advance high-impact initiatives. This is a full-time hybrid position requiring three days per week in person at the company’s NYC office.

Requirements

At least 7 years of progressive experience in strategic finance, corporate development, business development, consulting, investment banking, or FP&A.
Strong financial modeling skills, including the ability to build robust, flexible, executive-ready models from ambiguous inputs across revenue, margins, unit economics, and scenario planning.
Strong commercial and strategic judgment, including the ability to assess business decisions beyond model outputs.
Excellent executive communication skills, including synthesizing complex analysis into concise narratives, recommendations, and board- or CFO-ready materials.
Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment across Product, Business Operations, Technology, Operations, and Finance.
High degree of ownership and comfort with ambiguity; ability to structure problems independently, define analytical approaches, identify required inputs, and drive workstreams to completion.
Demonstrated ability to embed AI tools into daily finance workflows to compress turnaround times, improve analytical depth, and support functional partners.
Comfort working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with multiple competing priorities.

Responsibilities

Partner with leaders across functions to identify and evaluate high-priority strategic opportunities.
Translate open-ended business questions into structured analyses, financial models, and clear recommendations.
Build business cases and scenario analyses evaluating expected revenue, costs, margin, investment needs, risks, and key assumptions.
Help leaders compare options and tradeoffs, including investment choices, initiative sequencing, and outcomes that would justify continued investment.
Lead financial workstreams for initiatives from early evaluation through decision-making and implementation planning.
Partner with Product teams to evaluate the financial and business impact of proposed features, product changes, and new offerings.
Model the expected impact of product initiatives on adoption, engagement, retention, revenue, costs, and margin.
Assess assumptions and uncertainty in early-stage initiatives using scenarios and sensitivity analysis.
Track results after launch and compare actual performance with the original business case to inform future investment decisions.
Serve as a trusted finance partner to functional leaders, applying financial rigor while understanding business and operational context.
Communicate complex analyses as clear, concise recommendations for senior leaders.
Build working relationships across Finance and the broader company and influence decisions through sound analysis and judgment.
Manage multiple high-priority workstreams, maintaining clear assumptions, timelines, and follow-through as business needs evolve.
Use AI tools in finance workflows, including scenario building, ad hoc modeling, and research synthesis, to improve turnaround times and analytical depth.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision benefits beginning on the first day of employment.
One Medical accounts for employees and dependents.
HSA and FSA plans; Spring contributes up to $1,000 to HSAs depending on plan type.
Employer-sponsored 401(k) match of up to 2%.
Yearly allotment of no-cost visits to Spring Health therapists, coaches, and medication management providers for employees and dependents.
Paid time off policies including vacation, sick leave, and company holidays.
Parental leave after six months of tenure: 18 weeks for birthing parents and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents.
Access to Noom, a psychology-based weight management program.
Fertility care support through Carrot and up to $4,000 reimbursement for related fertility expenses.
Access to Wellhub for fitness, mindfulness, nutrition, and sleep options.
Access to BrightHorizons sponsored child care, back-up care, and elder care.
Up to $1,000 per year in professional development reimbursement.
$200 per year in donation matching.