About the position
At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Accounting Consultant will support MCNA Dental Medicaid through submission of timely, accurate, and complete state agency reports, associated audits, and responses to regulatory inquiries, including internal and external ad-hoc requests. This individual will be a subject matter expert in reviewing MCNA Dental's state contracts, validating state reporting and GAAP compliance across multiple contracts and instill financial stewardship through analytical and detail review of current and historical financials. This role will be an individual contributor, but will matrix heavily with many stakeholders across MCNA's Operations, Actuarial, Finance, and Accounting groups.
Responsibilities
- Be the subject matter expert for multiple assigned state contracts and their impact on financial reporting
- Complete and submit state agency financial reports for multiple assigned Medicaid contracts and ensure agency report submissions are compliant with regulatory requirements
- Ensure accuracy of assigned state agency reports by validating against financial statements and general ledger
- Support audit requests from state agencies, external auditors, and internal audit team by responding to regulatory inquiries and data requests
- Correspond with state agency personnel, external auditors, and controllership team and operations team partners on various requests
- Perform detailed review of current and historical state contracts as well as analytical analysis of reported financials to support accuracy and compliance with state contracts and GAAP reporting
- Support the accurate completion of all required financial regulatory reporting within mandated timelines
- Review applicable state Medicaid communications and stay current on multiple state Medicaid financial reporting requirements
- Coordinate the preparation of written responses to routine inquiries and questions received from state Medicaid regulatory agencies related to the financial regulatory reports
- Prepare documentation in support of external and internal audits
- Regularly update management as regulatory reporting requirements change
- Support a wide range of state Medicaid reporting efforts
- Validate and reconcile data received from multiple sources (i.e., claims processing systems, financial data repositories, Microsoft Excel models, general ledger, etc.)
- Proactively build analytical tools to validate trends and assess reasonableness of financial results
- Participate in process improvement and automation initiatives designed to reduce the number of man hours involved across multiple accounting and reporting processes and increase accuracy of reported data
- Work extensively with cross-functional areas (Operations, Actuarial, Finance, and Accounting), to gather and analyze financial data needed for regulatory reporting and audits
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree finance, accounting, business administration, or related field
- 4+ years of experience in finance or accounting or related field
- Expertise in data analytics, financial analysis and critical thinking ('outside the box')
- Advanced level of proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Access, Word), including ability to analyze and manipulate data in excel including using pivot tables and formulas
- Proven project management and organizational skills
- Proven solid verbal and written communication skills, comfortable working independently
- Demonstrate technical and financial understanding of data repositories, contracts, claim system operations, and the resulting manipulation of data into financial regulatory reporting
- Reside within the USA
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in preparing financial reporting for regulatory agencies
- Experience with PeopleSoft Financials or other general ledger accounting systems
- Healthcare Insurance experience
- Financial and/or Accounting experience handling regulated entities
- Working knowledge of GAAP Accounting Principles
- Proven solid analytical skills and attention to detail, including ability to manage and synthesize large contracts
- Proven natural curiosity to learn more and dig into details
- Proven ability to collaborate effectively in matrix relationships
- Proven ability to influence without authority
- Proven ability to drive multiple priorities to resolution
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
