Financial Consultant - Minnetonka, MN

If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Our finance professionals at UnitedHealth Group are engaged in the important work of making health care more affordable, simpler and easier for people to access. And you can join us in achieving these goals as a Financial Consultant. You will collaborate with an elite team of accounting and finance professionals who are writing the history of our organization and guiding our success as a global industry leader. Financial discipline and accountability count more today than ever. Which is why your performance and innovation will find a reception here like nowhere else while you do your life's best work.(sm)
Here’s something you’ll learn very quickly about UnitedHealth Group.  Behind every ledger, spreadsheet, forecast and report lies a fundamental purpose to help millions of people lead healthier lives and make health care work better for everyone. 

Your contributions as a financial professional can rise to a higher purpose and have greater impact here.  You’ll collaborate with an elite team of accounting and finance colleagues who are helping drive the insights and decisions on how we can continue to reshape health care worldwide. Financial discipline and accountability count more today than ever. And that’s where you come in.  Your strong collaborative and influencing skill will help us improve performance within a complex, matrix environment where change is a constant.

Primary Responsibilities:

Develop, perform and manage the analyses of business and financial metrics as well as performance measures
Develop and maintain financial reports to clearly communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to plan, forecast and budget
Understand and incorporate industry specific metrics into reports to highlight relevant trends and support fact-based business decisions
The most challenging aspect of this role is how effective you can be in interpreting and analyzing large amounts of data from multiple sources and using it to tell a meaningful story

Required Qualifications:


Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field

3+ years of financial and/ or accounting experience within a high growth environment

Prior work experience anticipating accounting, financial reporting, forecasting, and operational issues, assessing their implications, and developing and implementing an appropriate action plan

Intermediate experience with MS Excel
Preferred Qualifications:


Public accounting experience

FP&A Experience
Join a thriving Fortune 6 global leader that is helping drive change in one of the world’s largest and most dynamic marketplaces. Take the next step. Apply today and let’s get started on what will become your life’s best work.(sm)
 
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