Senior Financial Consultant - Minnetonka, MN - Full-time / Part-time

Position Description:

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.

Community
& State Finance has a fantastic opportunity to combine your finance
experience along with customer service skills to collaborate with our internal
clients.

We need a strong executive presence, communication and influencing skills.

Primary
Responsibilities:

• Understand
  the UnitedHealth Group financial process and become an active participant
  in the management of its financials. 
• Analyze
  and report on financials and partner with senior leaders to
  collaboratively manage budgets. 
• Assist
  with periodic forecast and budget creation for business leadership.
• Forecast
  staffing needs and partner with project managers, subject matter experts
  and leadership to develop workforce tools -experience with Activity-Based
  costing a plus.
• Collaborate
  with segment finance to understand and demonstrate complex concepts in
  ways that lead to understanding by a variety of audiences.
• Conduct
  cost-benefit analysis, calculate cost impact, summarize and present to a
  larger audience. 
• Candidate
  will support 10+ Health Plans
• Candidate
  should have excellent communication skills
• Adhoc
  analytics and reporting as needed. 

Competencies:

• Strong
  financial, analytical, and business acumen
• Generate
  innovative approaches and solutions to business opportunities
• Excellent
  oral and written communication skills
• Strong
  interpersonal skills and the ability to influence others
• Ability
  to build strong relationships at all levels of the organization

Required
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's
  degree in Accounting or Finance (Finance is preferred)

• 4+
  years of financial management experience

• Strong
  current proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Formulas, pivot tables, basic
  macros)

• Exceptional
  financial acumen and P&L management skills and experience; ready to provide
  examples during an interview

• Proven
  experience driving business performance in a high growth environment

• Experience
  anticipating accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and operational
  issues, assessing their implications, and developing and implementing appropriate
  action plan 

• Experience
  working collaboratively with others in a matrix environment to drive
  revenue enhancement and expense management initiatives.  

Preferred
Qualifications:

• Hyperion
  Essbase experience is preferred

• PeopleSoft
  GL experience is a plus

• Microsoft
  Excel VBA experience is preferred