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We don't just aspire to help people live healthier lives, we have the know-how to help make it a reality for millions. As a Financial Analyst, you'll work with an elite team of accounting and finance professionals who are writing the history of our organization and guiding our success as a global industry leader. This role will communicate and work directly with senior leadership on a daily basis. That's a lot of responsibility, but you will have the support and resources of a Fortune 5 industry leader behind you every step of the way.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provider Compensation and Incentive Calculations:
• • Perform monthly and quarterly calculations of provider productivity and quality initiatives that adjust their compensation
  • Develop reporting results and present to Sr. Management and operations leadership
  • Presenting and educating physicians on compensation plans and incentives
• SG&A Management:
  • Manage the reporting and analysis of SG&A month end close
  • Research and understand business operations to identify cost cutting initiatives
  • Lead, track, and follow up with Sr. leaders on SG&A efficiency initiatives
  • Oversee the improvement of SG&A management reporting on a detailed and segmented basis to ensure cost tracking and containment with Sr. leaders 
  • Partner with operational Sr. leaders to assist in setting statistical metrics to enhance awareness of operational performance and decisions around FTE management
• Forecasting and Budgeting:
  • Partners with Sr. and departmental leaders to oversee the budget creation and periodic forecasting
  • Develops cost/benefit analyses and staffing needs for key strategies or initiatives 
  • Participates and develops company-wide business plan and strategies
• Acquisition Analysis and Presentation:
  • Perform detailed financial and qualitative analysis on potential acquisitions of provider groups and network deals
  • Perform valuation analyses, including multi-year discounted cash flow calculations, and analyses of tax return information
• Capital Reporting and Analysis:
  • Participate and oversee month end capital closing process
  • Assist in capital project cost development and ongoing cost tracking
  • Maintain master files of capital projects, track capital funding status, and assist in enhancement of management reporting
• Various Strategic Analysis:
  • Creation and management of ad hoc requests and reporting from Sr. Management

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Finance/Accounting
• 2 years of progressive professional experience in finance and/or accounting 
• Advanced level of proficiency with MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA license or MBA Degree 
• Hyperion Essbase, database, and PeopleSoft experience
• Leadership experience with the ability to develop others and create a positive team-based work environment
• Experience working in healthcare 
• Experience working directly with providers/physicians
• Proven executive presence with excellent communication and influencing skills with internal and external stakeholders (ability to translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences)

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. 

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment