Financial Consultant

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

6d•$72,800 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Optum Health is a clinician-led, value-based care organization focused on improving patient outcomes, advancing care delivery, and simplifying the health care experience. We partner with physicians, health systems, employers, and communities to design innovative solutions that improve quality, affordability, and access to care. As a finance professional, you will support decision making, support standardized pricing and modeling approaches, contribute to contract remediation and performance improvement efforts, and partner with payer and provider stakeholders to help manage performance across Optum Health. The Financial Consultant, Optum Health National supports financial analysis, reporting, and decision support for Optum Health. This role helps evaluate performance, pricing, payment constructs, and forward-year economics to support improved margin performance, reduced loss exposure, and timely payer and provider decision-making. This position is full-time. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8am - 5pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime. We offer weeks of paid training. The hours of training will be based on your schedule or will be discussed on your first day of employment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field
2+ years of financial and/or accounting experience, including financial planning, forecasting, reporting, or business analysis
Experience developing, maintaining, and explaining financial reports, forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses
Experience working cross-functionally across teams to support financial planning, performance management, and operational initiatives
Experience analyzing business and financial metrics, identifying trends, and communicating findings and recommendations to management
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, including the ability to organize data, build analyses, and prepare leadership-ready materials
Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to changing business needs in a fast-paced environment
Written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate financial information into clear business insights
Ability to work full-time. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8am - 5pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime
Reside within commutable distance to the office at 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN
Ability to keep all company sensitive documents secure (if applicable)
Required to have a dedicated work area established that is separated from other living areas and provides information privacy
Must live in a location that can receive a UnitedHealth Group approved high-speed internet connection or leverage an existing high-speed internet service
All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare finance, value-based care, payer-provider contracting, or Medicare Advantage experience
Experience with Hyperion Essbase or other financial reporting and data analysis tools
UnitedHealth Group or Optum experience
Experience supporting budget planning, forecast cycles, executive reporting, or financial performance improvement initiatives
Curiosity and experience using modern tools such as AI, Power BI, or automation solutions to improve workflows, create efficiencies, and continuously enhance business processes
MBA, CPA, or progress toward an advanced degree or certification

Responsibilities

Support and develop financial reporting and analysis for Optum Health performance, including revenue, medical cost, margin, and key business drivers
Partner with finance, accounting, actuarial, operations, and market stakeholders to gather inputs, validate assumptions, and support timely Optum Health National decision-making
Support the maturation of the value-based care strategy and analytics operating model by enabling scalable planning, reporting, and decision-support capabilities
Assist with value-based care benefit planning and multi-year forecasting in support of plan, forecast, and earnings cycles, including alignment to external margin commitments
Support value-based care pricing, contract, and performance analysis by organizing data, reviewing assumptions, and identifying potential financial impacts
Help track performance against over $2B of value-based care remediation initiatives, including status updates, issue identification, and follow-up with cross-functional partners
Contribute to process improvements that strengthen planning, reporting, and decision-support capabilities across the team.
Develop, maintain, and enhance standardized financial reporting, KPI dashboards, and executive-ready reporting packages that consolidate market-level financial and operational performance across Care Delivery markets for senior leadership
Identify opportunities to improve reporting efficiency through automation, process redesign, and utilization of enterprise tools
Support ad hoc financial analyses and special projects for national finance leadership