Director, Finance

The role

The Director, Finance will lead the annual budget planning process and rebuild the enterprise forecasting model. This role involves managing a team of two and reporting to the VP, Finance & Strategy.

What you will do

• Run Lantern's long-range and annual budget process end to end.
• Coordinate across Corporate Strategy and department finance leads.
• Translate top-down revenue and margin targets into functional budgets and staffing plans.
• Lead the rebuild of Lantern's enterprise forecasting model.
• Rework how client-level performance drives near- and long-term forecasts.
• Improve forecasting accuracy and process discipline.
• Manage and develop team of two.
• Present budget recommendations, model output, and forecasting methodology to the CFO and executive team.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years in FP&A, corporate finance, or investment banking, including at least 2 years owning a budget or forecasting process end to end
• Advanced Excel modeling skills; comfortable building and rebuilding a three-statement model structure
• Experience translating ambiguous, top-down targets into bottoms-up functional plans
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Direct management experience, or clear readiness for a first direct report
• Experience with financial software (e.g., NetSuite) and reporting tools (e.g., Power BI)

Nice to have

• Healthcare, healthcare services, or PE-backed company experience
• Experience using AI tooling (e.g., Claude) to optimize workflows

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• 401k with company match
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave

About the company

Lantern is a specialty care platform that connects people with a Network of Excellence of specialists for surgery, cancer care, infusions and more. It is trusted by large employers to deliver care to more than 6 million members.