Working at Ursa Health

Ursa Health is a data analytics software company that is reinventing how healthcare organizations use data to learn, make decisions, and innovate in healthcare. Our flagship product, Ursa Studio, is a highly responsive, fully no-code analytics development platform that transforms the way innovation teams work.

We offer a culture that prizes both individualism and teamwork, where people are encouraged to voice and try new ideas, and where we deliver not only what our customers ask for but what they truly need. Kindness and empathy for our co-workers and customers keep us focused on what matters and maintain a calm and respectful workplace.

We are currently seeking a Senior Director of Finance to join our growing team. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer, the Senior Director of Finance will lead and manage the full suite of finance needs at the company, including accounting, cash management, financial planning and analysis, and strategic support (commercial and business related), and they will be a key contributor in fundraising activities. The Senior Director of Finance will also be focused on developing robust financial processes and controls, establishing and maintaining a cadence of financial activities (including monthly financial and management / KPI reporting, quarterly forecasting, budgeting, and planning), and supporting a wide range of decision-making and analytical needs to drive growth in the business.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain the general ledger and accounting system, and ensure all company transactions are recorded in accordance with GAAP
• Complete month-end close activities, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Work with external tax, audit, and accounting firms to supervise and manage all outsourced finance-related transactions and projects
• Construct and monitor reliable financial controls, and ensure compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements
• Perform cash management responsibilities, including banking and working capital management, invoicing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable management
• Develop and maintain Ursa Health’s monthly financial reporting, planning, and analysis activities
• Develop and implement standardized and scalable budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting tools and processes
• Create and manage the budgeting process, and oversee expense management
• Support the leadership team in assessing the financial drivers of the business, financial implications, and strategic objectives
• Partner on vendor contracting and customer deal design, contracting, and negotiations, including any related modeling needs
• Work closely with the leadership team on board and investor presentations

Skills and qualifications:

• Master’s degree in finance, accounting, statistics, or a related field
• CPA/CFA highly desirable
• 8-12 years of progressive finance responsibility, with emphasis on financial planning and analysis (FP&A)
• 5+ years’ experience as a leader of financial planning and analysis functions
• Previous investment banking/management consulting or Big 5 accounting firm experience a plus
• Demonstrated success in implementing FP&A and budgeting functions
• Exceptional financial modeling and understanding of income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow relationships
• Strong knowledge of GAAP accounting rules, and experience using accounting software
• Superior Excel skills, experience with QuickBooks, and the ability to use financial reporting data analytics and visualization software
• Experience with fundraising, investor relations, and board relations/reporting preferred
• Highly analytical, strategic, and detail-oriented, with a commitment to excellence
• Ability to transition seamlessly from complex analyses to simple, precise business implications
• Excellent presentation skills, with the ability to convey and synthesize technical financial information to non-financial professionals
• Strong work ethic and interpersonal skills, with an emphasis on teamwork, initiative, and integrity
• Ability to prioritize and deliver in a deadline-oriented environment

Location:

• Nashville preferred

Ursa Health is a data analytics software company that is reinventing how healthcare organizations use data to learn, make decisions, and innovate in healthcare. Our flagship product, Ursa Studio, is a highly responsive, fully no-code analytics development platform that transforms the way innovation teams work.

We offer a culture that prizes both individualism and teamwork, where people are encouraged to voice and try new ideas, and where we deliver not only what our customers ask for but what they truly need. Kindness and empathy for our co-workers and customers keep us focused on what matters and maintain a calm and respectful workplace.

As a Data Integration Engineer at Ursa Health, you will work closely with a multidisciplinary team of data architects, programmers, analysts, clinicians, and other healthcare industry professionals to create order out of the chaos that is the world of healthcare data. With the direction and support of your colleagues, you’ll leverage Ursa Health’s no-code data modeling solutions to design and build enduring data models. This role offers you an opportunity to directly impact the ability of healthcare industry leaders to rapidly innovate as you interpret and integrate their raw data (claims, provider billing, EMR, and other operational data sets) into the Ursa Core Data Model, enabling clients to be able to use this data model to complete analyses and gather insights in hours rather than weeks. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Integrate raw data files into custom or Ursa Studio standard data models through collaboration with customer and Ursa Health teams. 
• Communicate with customers to understand measure requests and to support them in interpreting the findings that drive their businesses.
• Collaborate with other Ursa Health teams to build out the software platform’s ability to support customers’ use of object and measure building.
• Effectively communicate with internal and customer teams to gather and understand the information necessary to successfully complete programming requests and projects, including the ability to document those requests and the final products both orally and in written format so a non-programmer can understand the interpretation and business rules.
• Support client teams to advance their implementation initiatives, including training, measure building, and report interpretation.
• Keep your knowledge current regarding data security and privacy procedures and policies. 

Skills and qualifications:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree. 
• 4+ years of experience working with healthcare financial data (e.g., claims, provider billing data).
• Familiarity with healthcare data standards (e.g., CPT, ICD, EDI, X12). 
• 4+ years implementing and maintaining ETL/ELT processes. 
• 4+ years of experience of data discovery, cleaning, analysis, and transformation. 
• High proficiency working with relational database systems (e.g., Microsoft SQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

Preferred

• Proficiency utilizing scripting languages (e.g., Python, Perl) to manipulate large datasets.
• Knowledgeable in both professional and institutional billing domains.
• Experience building data models that support healthcare outcome measurement. 
• Familiarity with common healthcare measurement standards (e.g., PQRS, Stars). 
• Comfort working in a command line Unix environment. 
• Working understanding of data science fundamentals. 
• History of working with remote teams. 

Location:

United States, Position is Remote