Senior Financial Analyst

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

14d•$60,200 - $107,400•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Financial Analyst will support Optum Rx PBM Operating Cost Finance through financial planning, reporting, analysis, and recurring process execution. This role will help maintain forecast and budget templates, refresh standard reporting, analyze financial results, and support timely, accurate delivery of core finance routines. The position requires strong analytical capability, attention to detail, and the ability to organize complex financial information into clear, consistent reporting and templates. We offer weeks of on-the-job training. The hours of the training will be based on schedule or will be discussed on your first day of employment. You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in. At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location, and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups, and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations. UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree (or higher) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, OR related field
1+ years of experience in financial planning and analysis, accounting, corporate finance, OR a related financial role
Experience with preparing financial reports, forecasts, budgets, and variance analyses
Experience with maintaining templates, recurring reports, and financial presentations
Intermediate (or higher) Microsoft Excel skills, including experience in working with large data sets
Ability to work any of our full time, shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Nice To Haves

Healthcare, PBM, managed care, OR operating cost finance experience
Experience with financial planning systems such as Essbase, SmartView, Hyperion, Oracle EPM, OR similar tools
Experience with Power BI, SQL, Databricks, OR other reporting and analytics platforms
Experience with supporting process improvement, reporting automation, OR recurring finance process standardization
Proven analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

Support monthly forecast, budget, and long-range planning processes for PBM operating cost functions
Maintain and refresh financial planning templates, reporting files, dashboards, and management packages
Prepare, validate, and organize files used in forecast, budget, month-end, and recurring reporting routines
Analyze financial results and summarize variances to budget, forecast, and prior year performance
Identify cost trends, key drivers, risks, and opportunities through data analysis and reporting
Support enhancements to financial reporting tools, templates, and dashboards to improve efficiency, accuracy, and consistency
Document reporting processes, assumptions, and methodologies to promote consistency and knowledge sharing