Financial Consultant - Hybrid, Minnetonka - MN location preferred, Remote considered

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This role is expected to be a key contributor of the Optum Health risk transfer team for the M&R regional finance organization.

The role will partner with Regional Finance leads, and support Market and Regional CEOs to evaluate and execute value-based contracts with OptumHealth. The core responsibilities of the role will be to analyze healthcare data, develop financial models and provide strategic recommendations to accelerate and enhance our value-based contracting strategies. This role will work collaboratively with our National Finance team, as well as other functional teams to drive performance. This role requires strong communication skills, a drive to succeed, a desire to take on more responsibility, and an ability to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. Minnetonka, MN is preferred.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Developing financial forecasts and sensitivity analyses for potential value-based contracting opportunities with OptumHealth

• Engage with non-finance functional teams (Network, Operations, Product, Member Experience, etc.) to identify opportunities for performance improvements and communicate findings / recommendations to business leaders

• Help develop and model various other financial scenarios to determine potential and likely outcomes

• Create reporting to enable key decision support at a local level

• Review and validate key assumptions and quarterly forecasts for OptumHealth

• Build ad-hoc reporting using member-level financial data and assist in daily ad hoc requests from management and market financial leads

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:

• BA / BS in finance, accounting or related field

• 3+ years of relevant financial and operational experience

• Exceptional financial acumen

• Financial modeling and business case development experience

• Written and verbal executive presentation experience

• Minimum of Advanced skill level in MS Excel

Preferred Qualifications:

• SAS experience

• Experience with value-based contracting and alternative health care payment models

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, or Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $70,200 to $137,800 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with al minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

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.

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