Financial Consultant - Eden Prairie, MN Hybrid

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Optum Health Risk and Growth is looking for a Financial Consultant to join our to support the financial modeling and analysis of our risk membership.  This role will report directly to the Director of Finance and be an integral part in supporting the growth and performance evaluation of Optum’s risk membership.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Work with the regional finance teams to create and develop 5 year financial models to support the risk membership growth at Optum Health
• Engage with the regional finance teams to help analyze financial performance of the existing risk business to help guide product and geographic growth decisions
• Analyze the financial impact of annual Medicare benefit decisions on Optum Health
• Track risk membership growth to help inform Optum leaders of progress toward full year targets
• Assist in pulling together Quarterly Business Review materials with Optum and UHG leadership on topics relating to Optum Health risk membership
• Perform ad hoc financial analyses relating to risk membership including impacts from quality changes, incentive programs, operating costs, benefit structures and rate negotiations

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:

• Undergraduate degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 3+ years of financial and/or accounting experience 
• Experience driving business performance in a high growth environment
• Experience working in a matrix environment, building relationships, and partnering with business leaders
• Work experience anticipating accounting, financial reporting, forecasting and operational issues, assessing their implications and developing and implementing an appropriate action plan
• Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Hyperion Essbase and PeopleSoft
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modeling (creating graphs, pivot tables, VLOOKUP and charts)

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.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer 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.

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