Business Analyst Consultant - Irvine, CA

You are a thought leader who thrives on developing new solutions to solve tough challenges. As a critical member of our business analysis team, you will help rewrite the future of UnitedHealth Group. Here, your analytical and innovative skills will help us with our mission of helping people live healthier lives. Yes, we share a mission that inspires. And we need your organizational talents and business discipline to help fuel that mission. Are you ready to analyze data and deliver bold, business-savvy ideas to impact the lives of millions?

As a Business Analysis Consultant, you will be empowered to support short and long term operational/strategic business activities; develop, enhance and maintain operational information and models that will have an impact on business decisions. This role is part of the UnitedHealth Networks and will help deliver capabilities required to expand value based compensation enabling community based care givers to manage the health of their patients.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze, review, forcast and trend complex data


• Review the analysis and interpretation of others work


• Oversee ad-hoc client and operational reports developed and presented by others                                           


• Present analysis and interpretation for operational and business review and planning                                       


• Support short and long term operational/strategic business activities through analysis


• Develop and implement effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes

Required Qualifications:

• 8 or more years of experience as a Systems Analyst, leading new systems development processes throughout project implementations


• 5 or more years of business Requirements Analysis experience


• 2 or more years of technical Project Management experience across multiple systems and organizations


• 8 or more years of experience building software applications using formal software life cycle processes

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare/pharmacy (PBM) industry experience


• Experience with SQL or related data analysis and query tools


• Extensive experience with Business Process Modeling techniques and logical DB design


• Proficient with MS Word, Access, Excel, Powerpoint


• Working knowledge of relational databases principles and structures


• Bachelors degree in Computer Science

UnitedHealth Group is working to create the health care system of tomorrow.



Already Fortune 25, we are totally focused on innovation and change. We work a little harder. We aim a little higher. We expect more from ourselves and each other. And at the end of the day, we're doing a lot of good.



Through our family of businesses and a lot of inspired individuals, we're building a high-performance health care system that works better for more people in more ways than ever. Now we're looking to reinforce our team with people who are decisive, brilliant - and built for speed.



Come to UnitedHealth Group, and share your ideas and your passion for doing more. We have roles that will fit your skills and knowledge. We have diverse opportunities that will fit your dreams.

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.

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