In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. As a finance professional, you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system.

The Regulatory FP&A team supports the regulated legal entities of UnitedHealth Group (UHG) by providing accurate and insightful analytics to various customers throughout the organization, monitoring the financial activity to ensure proper accounting and reporting, assisting the segments' financial planning activities at the legal entity level, and assisting the Regulatory Reporting teams with requests from auditors and regulators.

This Sr. Financial Analyst position is a vital component of the UHG's internal controls surrounding financial reporting for the regulated UHG legal entities. The position performs financial analysis, prepares financial reports and performs financial planning.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead Regulatory FP&A representative to assigned regulated UHG legal entities.
• Partner and work with segments, Regulatory Reporting and fellow Regulatory FP&A team members to gather information, understand and interpret business activities and trends, develop and provide comprehensive analysis as it relates to assigned legal entities at the segment level.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly variance analysis and generate reports for assigned entities.
• Oversee the segments' budgeting and forecasting process for assigned entities.
• Build relationships and become subject matter expert for specific UHG business activities.
• Provide consultation to business partners on financial matters impacting the assigned entities.
• Identify and implement process improvements.
• Create innovative financial models to perform analysis for business and finance management.
• Lead other ad-hoc projects and other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:


Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent.
• 2 years of financial planning and analysis and/or accounting experience.
• Strong skills in MS Excel and other MS Office products.
• Strong Hyperion Essbase and PeopleSoft proficiency.

Competencies:

• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others.
• Resilient teamwork and customer service determination to develop and establish internal and external relationships.
• Ability to take direction from solid line managers as well as customers.
• Strong analytical skills, self-motivated, driven for results.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction in a fast paced environment, manage multiple tasks, and shift priorities.
• Innovation and creative thinking to develop analytic models and process improvements.

Preferred:

• Healthcare industry background.
• Regulatory accounting knowledge.
• Public accounting experience.

UnitedHealthcare, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of companies, is comprised of three specialized businesses dedicated to meeting the health care benefits needs of individuals and groups; all part of something greater, but each with a specialized focus:

UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual works with individuals, small businesses and large multi-site employers to provide innovative, affordable benefits services.

UnitedHealthcare Medicare & Retirement is focused on serving Americans over the age of 50. It is the largest business dedicated to meeting the growing health and well-being needs of aging individuals in the nation, serving one in five Medicare beneficiaries through a comprehensive and diversified array of products and services through four industry-leading businesses.

UnitedHealthcare Community & State provides high-quality, personalized public-sector health care programs that help local government agencies improve health outcomes for millions of children and low-income and disabled individuals at an affordable cost.

Together, we're removing the barriers that keep people from receiving the kind of quality health care that makes a difference. We focus on Integrity, Compassion, Relationships, Innovation and Performance as we empower people to achieve better health and well-being.

Come grow and thrive in our culture of innovation and ideas. Because there is no opportunity greater than the quest to help people live healthier lives.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: equal opportunity employer M/F/D/V

UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.