Associate Finance Director - Eden Prairie, MN Preferred, remote considered
About The Position
The Finance Associate Director serves as a strategic finance partner supporting capital investment planning and broader financial performance management across ETIPS and ESRO. The role integrates financial insights across the full P&L, driving alignment, transparency, and decision support for leadership. The position leads the development, validation, and realization of investment business cases and consolidates financial inputs across revenue, expense, and capital to produce executive-ready financial packages. It translates complex financial and operational data into narratives that inform governance, planning, and strategic decision-making, partnering closely with business, technology, and finance stakeholders. The role may be performed remotely from anywhere in the United States. Hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area must work in the office at least four days per week. Remote employees must adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of progressive experience in finance, FP&A, business partnering, or consulting.
- Demonstrated experience leading Cost Benefit Analysis development, including financial modeling, assumption setting, and ROI validation.
- Experience owning integrated financial planning across capital and operating expense, including annual planning, forecasts, and three-year outlooks.
- Experience preparing governance forum materials, including pre-reads, executive summaries, and decision support.
- Experience partnering across business, technology, and finance stakeholder groups in a matrixed environment.
- Ability to perform monthly variance analysis and clearly articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities to leadership.
- Advanced Excel and financial modeling skills, plus enterprise financial systems and reporting/dashboard experience.
- Demonstrated executive communication skills, including presenting to and influencing senior leadership.
- Ability to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Nice To Haves
- MBA or advanced degree.
- CPA, CFA, or equivalent certification.
- Experience supporting a Technology or IT organization, such as infrastructure, platform, product, or security.
- Experience with NPV, ROI, and investment performance measurement against approved business cases.
- Experience building automated financial reporting and dashboards, such as Power BI.
- Experience in a large, matrixed, or regulated enterprise.
- People leadership or formal mentoring experience.
- Familiarity with capital policy, benefit classification, capitalization versus expense treatment, and benefits realization tracking.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end Cost Benefit Analysis development, including financial modeling, assumptions, and ROI validation.
- Align capital investments with strategy, including identifying, validating, and tracking realization of benefits.
- Partner with business leaders to shape investment proposals, challenge assumptions, and optimize outcomes.
- Ensure compliance with capital policies, including proper benefit classification and financial rigor.
- Lead integrated financial planning across capital, operating expenses, and, where applicable, revenue components.
- Drive annual planning, forecasts, and three-year long-range financial outlooks across the full P&L.
- Perform monthly variance analysis and articulate drivers, risks, and opportunities.
- Connect financial outcomes to operational drivers and delivery milestones.
- Prepare materials for capital and financial governance forums, including pre-reads, executive summaries, and decision support.
- Consolidate and produce monthly, quarterly, year-to-date, and full-year financial packages for ETIPS leadership across the full P&L.
- Ensure consistency and alignment across cost-benefit analyses, financial reporting, and governance materials.
- Synthesize complex financial data into clear narratives highlighting performance, risks, opportunities, and key decisions.
- Establish and track benefit realization against approved business cases.
- Drive accountability with program owners so financial commitments translate into actual outcomes.
- Provide transparency into ROI, NPV, and overall investment performance.
- Design and deliver integrated financial reporting and dashboards across capital and operating spend.
- Use data to provide actionable insights with a strong sense of urgency.
- Continuously improve reporting capabilities, automation, and data accuracy.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Incentive and recognition programs.
- Equity stock purchase.
- 401(k) contribution.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
