Senior Financial Analyst (Remote)

Company: Optum
Location: Indianapolis
Posted on: June 25, 2022

Job Description:

Overview:Responsible for supporting the financial reporting and analysis needs of various shared services departments. Responsibilities may include driving monthly financial reviews, preparing monthly P&L analyses, and identifying trends and areas of concerns.Essential Functions:

• Prepares monthly P&L variance analyses, ability to explain variances to department leaders and financial directors in a clear and concise manner
• Provides financial support to month-close process, forecasting, budgeting, and quarterly key metrics reporting
• Generates various reports of financial and operating data as requested by department leaders or finance directors
• Educates department leaders on how to evaluate department performance and assist in their preparation of the annual budget
• Researches, collects, and analyzes primary and secondary data sources and reports trends to support department goals
• Works towards improving processes and has fair experience building and refining excel models
• Liaise with accounting department on reclassification entries and questionable items on the P&L or Balance Sheet
• Develops and maintains organized documentation for efficient department operations
• Supports performance improvement duties for the department.
• Willingness to learn; takes initiative
• Consistently exhibits behavior and communication skills that demonstrate our company's commitment to superior customer service, including quality, care, and concern with each internal and external customer
• Uses, protects, and discloses our patients' protected health information (PHI) only in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) standards
• Performs additional duties as assignedEducation:
  • Minimum: Bachelor's degree in related area or
  • Minimum: Progressively responsible work experience in related area may be substituted in lieu of degree
  • Preferred: Master's degree in related area or equivalent work experienceExperience:
    • Over 5 years of specific experience within the healthcare industry
    • Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
    • Computer literate
    • Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word and Outlook)
    • Able to type 25 wpm.
    • Strong leadership skills
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
    • Excellent organization skills
    • Customer service oriented
    • Ability to interact with all levels of organization including management
    • Excellent presentation skills
    • Ability to function with minimal supervisionRequirement: Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential requirement of this role. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance.If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained.Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Here you'll find incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(SM)Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: Optum and its affiliated medical practices are 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. Optum and its affiliated medical practices is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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