POSITION DESCRIPTION

The associate in this position will perform duties for accounting and financial reporting within the Manufacturer Discounts department of OptumRx, the pharmacy benefit management division of UnitedHealth Group. (Discounts from the pharmaceutical manufacturers comprise a substantial portion of the segment's multi-billion dollar annual revenue).

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• 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
• Responsible for accurate and timely processing of pharmaceutical rebates by establishing and maintaining contract databases in the rebate billing system, verifying rebate eligibility by client formulary and line of business and by preparing rebate billing reports and invoices sent to pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Works with Industry Relations, Client Management, Clinical Services and assigned Pharmaceutical Manufacturers to identify rebate eligibility and formulary information
• Works with Rebate Accounting to identify issues to payment collection and reconciliation

CAREERS WITH OPTUM. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity 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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 6+ months of relevant experience
• Intermediate level experience with MS Excel and other MS Office products

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Microsoft Access experience
• PBM experience
• SQL 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.

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.