Deputy Manager – Financial Planning and Analysis

Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

This role will measure financial performance metrics for client partnerships, provide validation and guidance for improvement initiatives, and create internal forecasts for bonuses/incentives earned from clients. Success in this role will be dependent on an ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities, and the ability to clearly articulate business issues with recommended solutions – in the context of a fast paced and high-growth environment that has a commitment to making health care better for everyone.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Be able to extract information from data sets that are complex, unstructured and distributed, analyze and extract relevant data using algorithms and techniques
• Be able to work with large amounts of data and convert that information into modulated reports, charts and graphs
• Create and maintain complex financial modeling and analysis using Access and Excel
• Work with internal customers to obtain and validate data and information
• Support processes development for the measurement model and related reporting and forecasting
• Analyze and report on forecast variances as they arise
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to understand and explain complex concepts in ways that lead to understanding by a variety of audiences
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years of work experience with 5+ years of financial or other analysis experience
• Work experience anticipating accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and operational issues, assessing their implications, and developing and implementing an appropriate action plan
• Proven experience driving business performance in a high growth environment
• Proficiency using PowerPoint to concisely communicate ideas
• Proven ability to thrive in a fast paced and dynamic working environment
• Proven solid ability to work collaboratively and influence across a matrix environment to drive revenue enhancement and expense management initiatives

Preferred Qualifications:

• Any reporting tools experience 
• Revenue Cycle Management and healthcare experience
• Advanced Excel expertise, with Access or SQL experience

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.