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This position reports to the Healthcare Economics Manager and is responsible for driving the company's financial initiatives. The Financial Analytics Consultant provides analytic support for financial reporting, trend analysis, and monitoring of various financials. Additionally, they also develop custom reports used to identify key areas of opportunity to be applied in financial and operational decision making for leads throughout various business segments. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Research and investigate key business problems through quantitative analyses of utilization and healthcare costs data.
• Provides management with statistical findings and conclusions.
• Identifies potential areas for medical cost improvements and alternative pricing strategies
• Develops full understanding of clinical programs being measured
• Uses data analytics to identify and gain consensus on approaches to address medical cost trends (e.g., contract remediation, benefit design, clinical intervention)
• Performs monthly financial reconciliation and validates data integrity for data warehouse
• Proficient in analyzing and identifying key indicators that impact the company's financial performance
• Supports development/implementation of company financial initiatives
• Assesses and interprets stakeholder's needs and requirements and provides explanations, interpretations and resolution for less structured tasks
• Knowledge on how to obtain all relevant data and use financial reporting tools to efficiently meet the reporting needs of management
• Works with minimal guidance and solves more complex requests and problems
• Acts as a resource for others with less experience

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:

• 2+ years of data analysis experience
• 2+ years of experience communicating "the story" told through the data
• 2+ years of experience with managed care or healthcare
• 2+ years of experience using SQL
• Intermediate or greater level of proficiency with MS Excel

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance
• Strong planning and organizational skills with ability to work under strict deadlines
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build/maintain working relationships across departments
• Ability to interpret internal and external requests and prioritize accordingly

CAREERS AT UNITEDHEALTHCARE MEDICARE & RETIREMENT. The Boomer generation is the fastest growing market segment in health care. And we are the largest business in the nation dedicated to serving their unique health and well-being needs. Up for the challenge of a lifetime? Join a team of the best and the brightest to find bold new ways to proactively improve the health and quality of life of these 9 million customers. You'll find a wealth of dynamic opportunities to grow and develop as we work together to heal and strengthen our health care system. Ready? It's time to do YOUR LIFE'S BEST WORK.(SM)

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.

A Fortune 6 company, we're focused on helping people live healthier lives while making the health system work better for everyone. Here, we seek to empower people with the information, guidance and tools to make personal health choices. We work harder and we aim higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And, at the end of the day, we’re doing a lot of good for more than 142 million people worldwide.