Consultant, Healthcare Economics (hybrid)

UnitedHealth Group•San Antonio, TX

17h•$72,800 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Healthcare Economics Consultant partners with Finance, Operations, and Clinical leadership to deliver actionable financial and operational insights. This role develops advanced analyses, forecasting models, and automated reporting solutions to support strategic decision-making, healthcare economics initiatives, and organizational performance. The consultant serves as a trusted advisor by translating complex healthcare and financial data into meaningful business recommendations. This position is hybrid in San Antonio, TX - with flexibility to come onsite any 3 days per week.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Healthcare Administration, or related field required (4+ additional years of comparable work experience beyond the required years of experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor’s degree)
5+ years of general healthcare accounting, finance, or operations experience
2+ years of experience in reporting and analytical role
Understanding of the complexity of Member healthcare accounting, claims and revenue
Proficiency in SQL and Microsoft Excel

Nice To Haves

5+ years of reporting and analytic experience
3+ years of experience in a managed care environment
Experience with business intelligence and data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau, SSRS, or similar)
Experience working with enterprise data warehouses, large healthcare datasets, and automated reporting solutions

Responsibilities

Research, retrieve, design, troubleshoot, and deliver organized analytics regarding healthcare, capitation, accounts receivable, utilization data, claims data and financial accounting data
Serves as a subject matter expert in healthcare economics, capitation, medical claims, utilization, revenue performance, and financial data analysis
Synthesize complex data into clear, actionable insights and recommendations for operational and executive leadership
Analyzes and extracts data from the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) to report to internal and external customers
Serves as a key resource to Finance teams by providing analytical support and technical expertise
Designs, develops, tests, documents and database queries for ad hoc reporting used in complex conceptual analyses
Develops systematic reporting processes and procedures to ensure timely delivery of weekly, monthly, quarterly, annual and ad hoc reporting to management
Recommends and implements new or modified reporting methods and procedures to improve report content and completeness of information
Analyze benchmarking data, reports, processes, and measurements for key managed care indicators to recognize trends and assist in developing forecasts and financial planning
Collaborates with Finance, Operations, Clinical, IT, and Business Intelligence teams to identify opportunities for performance improvement and process optimization
Develop innovative approaches to achieve deliverables and increase efficiency
Provides informal leadership, mentoring, and technical guidance to analysts and cross-functional project teams
Performs all other related duties as assigned