Sr Financial Analyst – Irvine, CA Hybrid

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here’s your opportunity. We’re going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Position in this function is responsible for supporting the financial reporting and analysis needs of various regions within IPA (independent physician associations) operations. Responsibilities may include driving quarterly financial reviews, modeling provider incentive performances, and providing analytics support for stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develops and maintains financial models to assess provider incentive structures and forecast projected payments based on performance metrics
• Provides financial support to month-close process, forecasting, budgeting, and quarterly reporting 
• Provides timely and actionable insights through custom analytics, including historical compensation analysis and KPI trend reporting
• Contributes to the development and refinement of incentive and operational programs by applying financial modeling and strategic analysis
• Generates various reports of financial and operating data as requested by regional leaders or finance directors 
• Collaborates with finance and operations team to generate accurate IPA bonus forecasts using historical data and performance trends
• 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
• Supports cross-functional initiatives and perform additional responsibilities as needed to meet evolving business needs
• 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

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 related field 
• 5+ years of experience within finance in healthcare

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in related area or equivalent work experience 
• Computer literate 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel, Access, Word and Outlook) 
• Demonstrated Solid leadership skills 
• Demonstrated excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Demonstrated excellent organization skills 
• Proven to be customer service oriented 
• Proven ability to interact with all levels of organization including management 
• Proven excellent presentation skills

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $58,800 to $105,000 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

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