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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Overland Park, KS
Overland Park, Kansas

About this job

If you believe that there's always a better way to do business, make your way to UnitedHealth Group. Join us in our mission to change the landscape of the health care industry and its future. To do that, we need to be smart about the business of health care. That's where you come in.  As a Business Process Consultant, you'll put your business analysis and project management skills to empower teams to create and improve processes. You will design processes, lead project implementations and diagnose improvement opportunities as you develop innovative solutions. You'll be in the driver's seat on vital projects that have strategic importance to our mission of helping people live healthier lives. Yes, we share a mission that inspires. Yes, we need your organizational talents and business discipline to help fuel that mission. This is your chance to do your life's best work.(sm)
 
Primary Responsibilities:


Create, control and improve end-to-end business processes

Lead process design and project implementation teams in process improvement activities

Diagnose process improvement opportunities and develop solutions using principles of process excellence and related tools

Create quality reporting, analysis and audits for developing plans and programs to support continuous quality improvement using applicable tools
Analyze, review, forecast, 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
Define and clarify what the business needs are for any given body of work
Support multiple business areas and involves multiple systems
Support Business Architecture, such as assisting with gathering the appropriate artifacts in support of capabilities, business terms, logical business processes, business services, etc
Help the organization define their strategy through facilitated discussions and activities
Provide a clear picture of capability gaps that must be closed in order to realize the organization's strategy

Jointly with the organization, develop transformation plans with a roadmap designed to achieve the organizations vision
 
Office position, with some local travel in Kansas City metro and to Topeka and Wichita, on occasion
 
 

Requirements

Required Qualifications:


Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Health Administration, related field or equivalent work experience

5+ years of experience in writing business and / or system requirements and business / finance analysis

3+ years of experience with documenting processes and practices, often in accepted project methodology artifacts, while effectively prioritizing multiple tasks, priorities, projects, and deadlines

Intermediate level of proficiency with PC based software programs and automated database management systems (Access, PowerPoint)

Advanced knowledge of Excel: pivot tables, formulas
Experience gathering and documenting requirements from the client / business  
Experience with process improvement, workflow, benchmarking and / or evaluation of business processes  
Ability to problem solve including multiple priorities and research conflicting and / or inaccurate data
  
Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Health Administration, or related field
Working knowledge of relational databases, database structures

Healthcare, managed care, Claims industry experience

Previous Team Lead or Project Lead experience a plus

Experience with Tableau, Smart Data Warehouse a plus
 
Careers at UnitedHealthcare Community & State. Challenge brings out the best in us. It also attracts the best. That’s why you’ll find some of the most amazingly talented people in health care here. We serve the health care needs of low income adults and children with debilitating illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and high-risk pregnancy. Our holistic, outcomes-based approach considers social, behavioral, economic, physical and environmental factors. Join us. Work with proactive health care, community and government partners to heal health care and create positive change for those who need it most. This is the place 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.
 
 
Job Keywords: Business Process Analyst, healthcare, managed care, claims, reporting, health analysis, Kansas, overland park, KS