Financial Analyst - Philadelphia, PA or Minnetonka, MN - pl - Full-time / Part-time

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. Now, more than ever we need finance and accounting professionals like you with the financial skills and discipline to help us achieve this goal. As a Senior Financial Analyst you'll impact millions of lives. 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. Your performance and innovation will find a reception here like nowhere else. You'll find that this is place where you can do your life's best work.(sm)

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.

The Senior Financial Analyst on the UHC - C&S revenue team  will be responsible for the revenue reporting, analysis, invoicing, reconciliation and revenue accounting activities for the health plan. Responsibilities will also include membership and revenue reconciliations, mid month and month end revenue and membership projections, support for monthly financial closings, financial analyses and reporting.

Primary Responsibilities:

Required Qualifications:

• BS/BA in accounting, finance or equivalent field
  
• 2+ years progressive work experience in finance and accounting
  
• Variance analysis and reconciliation experience with large data sets
  
• Intermediate Excel including extensive use of pivot tables working with large data sets
  
• Beginning MS Access - working knowledge
  
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
  
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and effectively influence others

Preferred Qualifications:

• CPA and/or MBA
  
• PeopleSoft and Essbase experience
  
• Finance experience in a service, consulting or health  insurance industry
  
• Medicaid experience
  
• Strong computers skills including experience with data  warehouses, relational  databases, or structured query language (SQL)

Careers with UnitedHealthcare. Let's talk about opportunity. Start with a Fortune 14 organization that's serving more than 85 million people already and building the industry's singular reputation for bold ideas and impeccable execution. Now, add your energy, your passion for excellence, your near-obsession with driving change for the better. Get the picture? UnitedHealthcare is serving employers and individuals, states and communities, military families and veterans where ever they're found across the globe. We bring them the resources of an industry leader and a commitment to improve their lives that's second to none. This is no small opportunity. It's where you can 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, 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.

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