Finance Manager

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

13d•$60,200 - $107,400•Onsite

About The Position

This role sits within Optum Corporate Finance, supporting enterprise and shared service functions through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and strategic partnership. The team plays a critical role in driving financial discipline, enabling decision-making, and ensuring alignment with leadership priorities. The Finance Manager will serve as a key finance leader and strategic business partner to functional leadership, providing financial insight, driving accountability to commitments, and leading a small team responsible for financial planning, reporting, and analysis. This role requires solid analytical capability, executive-ready communication skills, demonstrated people leadership experience, and the ability to influence decisions across a broad set of stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent work experience
4+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, accounting, corporate finance, or a related field
Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, developing, or managing team members
Experience leading financial planning processes, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end analysis, and financial reporting
Experience partnering directly with business leaders and influencing decision-making through financial insights
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, examples are: experience with Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, or INDEX/MATCH
Proven solid financial modeling and financial statement analysis skills, with experience owning, maintaining, and improving models
Demonstrated analytical capability with solid attention to detail and accountability for accuracy
Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and effectively to both financial and non-financial audiences, including presentations to leadership
Demonstrated ability to manage priorities independently, lead workstreams, and deliver results with minimal supervision

Nice To Haves

CPA, MBA, or advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
Experience with planning and reporting tools such as Essbase, Oracle Smart View, Oracle EPM, PeopleSoft Financials, Power BI, or similar platforms
Experience supporting corporate functions, shared services, or enterprise-level cost management
Demonstrated solid executive presence with the ability to synthesize complex information into concise, leadership-ready insights
Proven ownership mindset with accountability for results, continuous improvement, and stakeholder follow-through

Responsibilities

Serve as a primary finance business partner to functional leadership, providing actionable insights, influencing decision-making, and driving accountability to financial commitments
Lead financial planning activities, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end close support, and variance analysis for assigned functions
Own and manage analysis of business and financial metrics, including key performance indicators across Optum Corporate shared service organizations
Analyze financial results, identify key drivers, and clearly articulate performance storylines to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
Develop and maintain financial reporting to communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to forecast and budget
Partner with business leaders to identify risks and opportunities and develop strategies to improve cost efficiency and overall financial performance
Lead financial reviews with business partners, helping translate results into clear actions, decisions, and leadership-ready narratives
Lead, develop, and coach one direct report, providing direction, prioritization, performance feedback, and professional development support
Manage team workload and ensure timely, accurate delivery of forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and analytical deliverables
Review key analyses, reporting packages, and leadership materials to ensure accuracy, consistency, and clear financial storytelling
Support continuous improvement of financial processes, tools, reporting capabilities, and planning routines
Proactively identify risks and opportunities to inform near-term and long-term decision-making