Senior Financial Consultant - Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Positions in this function involve a blend of relationship management, administrative tasks, and advanced Excel modeling. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of claims data, preferably Medicaid, and possess exceptional Excel skills to manage and update complex models. They will analyze utilization and healthcare cost data to uncover key business issues, identify opportunities for medical cost improvements, and develop alternative pricing strategies in collaboration with market affordability leads. Their goal will be to make healthcare more affordable for C&S Medicaid, LTSS and DSNP members and programs.

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Track and Report Affordability Performance:
  
  
  
  
  • Monitor and report on-track affordability performance against annual savings targets
  • Present findings to the C&S health plan and regional leaders.
  • Attend health plan affordability meetings (bi-weekly to monthly)
  • Maintain an affordability tracker for all East markets, ensuring timely updates and accuracy
  • Assist affordability leads with queries and provide details on affordability initiatives
  
  
  
  
• Support Cost Savings Initiatives:
  
  
  
  
  • Partner with local health plans to size, measure, and approve new cost savings initiatives
  • Review and approve Clinical affordability initiatives
  
  
  
  
• Senior Leader Reporting:
  
  
  
  
  • Serve as the expert owner of senior leader level reporting for bi-weekly, quarterly, and annual reports
  • Update functionality of Excel models, incorporating new data sources and revising formulas as needed
  • Develop new summaries as required by leaders
  • Conduct bi-weekly peer reviews of Excel model refreshes
  
  
  
  
• Financial Budget and Forecasting:
  
  
  
  
  • Partner with local health plan CFOs to incorporate affordability programs into quarterly and annual financial budgets and forecasts
  • Serve as peer reviewer for forecast models
  
  
  
  

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 (Finance, Statistics, Accounting, Economics, Actuarial Science, or other related degrees)
• 4+ years of experience in an analytics capacity and evidence of creative, proactive problem solving
• Experience in the healthcare insurance industry with previous exposure to medical claims data
• Basic SQL or SAS coding knowledge
• Solid proficiency in Excel, including experience with complex models
• Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
• Proven excellent organizational and administrative skills
• Proven solid communication and relationship management abilities
• Proven comfort managing ambiguity
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a team

Preferred Qualifications:

• Medicaid experience
• Familiarity working with a large medical claims database

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

The salary range for this role is $89,800 to $176,700 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all 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.

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.