Senior Finance and Report Analyst - Healthcare - Minnetonka, MN - Full-time / Part-time

Optum delivers Intelligence for Health Care.  A UnitedHealthGroup company, Optum unites the brightest minds to transform organizations and improve health care through information and technology.  We serve a diverse customer base within the health care community, including health care payers, providers, employers, pharmaceutical companies, consumers, workers' compensation and auto liability insurers, and government agencies.

Optum is a premier, data-driven consulting organization in health and human services. We have over 1,000 consultants with experience working with hospitals, physicians, health plans, employers, government agencies and pharmaceutical companies. No other consulting firm operates on this scale with an exclusive health and human services focus.  Optum offers tremendous breadth and depth of services to assist clients in solving the critical challenges facing the health and human services industry. We work with all markets to make global industry-wide improvements. Our data-driven, innovative solutions drive powerful business improvements and create meaningful, measurable results.

Our Network Intelligence team is part of Optum's Reimbursement Solutions practice which works with clients to optimize health care delivery financing through modeling, forecasting and analysis.  We support the network development and managed care contracting efforts by providing custom analysis of proprietary and public available data.  The team has a range of expertise, including provider negotiations, financial analysis, payer reimbursement arrangements and claims data.  Our portfolio of clients includes several national and regional managed care plans and regional hospital systems.

In this role you will perform the following functions: 
- Reviews facility claim data to identify reimbursement rates and trends
- Analyzes data based on findings to present a picture of the client's competitive landscape and contributions to a specific facility
- Prepares presentations and presents findings to our clients
- Provides explanations and meaningful interpretations within area of expertise.
- Works closely with other team members to develop conclusions
- Creates Ad hoc analysis and reporting
- Utilizes business writing skills to clearly and concisely explain relevant analysis findings
- Develops best practice process and products based on the changing healthcare environment

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent

4+ years of financial and/or accounting experience

Proven reporting and/or data analysis experience

Strong Communication skills

Ability to interact with the client

Well organized with ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment

Advanced MS Excel skills

Strong skills in MS Office products

Able to manage to deadlines

Desired Job Qualifications:

MBA or CPA

Healthcare experience

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: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.




UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment. In addition, employees in certain positions are subject to random drug testing.