Senior Financial Consultant - Eden Praire, MN preferred, Remote considered

UnitedHealth Group•Eden Prairie, MN

2h•$91,700 - $163,700•Remote

About The Position

This position is responsible for the day-to-day governance of UHG Corporate Services’ Cost Management Program and general support of the FP&A team. This is a newly created role that will have exposure and impact at an enterprise level as a process leader for Corporate. This position will ensure that cost management activities within the real estate and procurement teams are properly defined, measured and reported to stakeholders. It is the responsibility of this position to ensure that the appropriate financial systems and controls are in place to confirm the accuracy and quality of the end products. The position is also responsible for leading financial analysis and modeling of real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, leases, and development projects.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Finance or Accounting, or equivalent field
4+ years of finance and/or accounting experience
1+ years of leading cross-functional projects to implement finance programs
Intermediate or higher experience in Excel
Traditional corporate finance experience involving large-scale forecasts, month-end review, P&L analysis & commentary, communicating results to customers and/or leadership, etc.
Demonstrated experience: Analytical thinking with attention to detail and accuracy in model construction
Demonstrated experience: Effective communication skills to present complex financial information clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Demonstrated experience: Leading cross-functional projects to implement finance programs
Demonstrated experience: Serving as a process owner and key finance resource within a highly matrixed organization; maintaining relationships with key business partners
Demonstrated experience: Managing a suite of reporting & analysis in which there was accountability for quality and consistency of narrative across, potentially, disparate products

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting a real estate and/or procurement organization
Experience in CoStar, Essbase, PeopleSoft
Traditional project management experience
Supporting cost reduction activities on behalf of an organization
Proven connecting the needs of internal, business customers to the delivery by operational owners
Proven collaborating with operational owners to identify and communicate financial modeling; with preference given to collaboration in which there was influence without authority

Responsibilities

Establish and govern the Cost Management Program for UHG Corporate Services. Single source of truth for intake, review, financial modeling, approval, reporting of all cost management activities; ensuring appropriate scope, definition and data integrity throughout
Partner with stakeholders to solve any gap in performance targets
Lead small-to-medium, cross-functional projects that will establish financial programs to consolidate and promote cost reduction activities
Support the following teams by gathering inputs and assessing financial benefits: Real Estate Strategy and Transaction Management, Finance, Procurement, Legal
Thought partner to the teams above by establishing methods for substantiating and promoting value with an appropriate balance of effort
Governance for third party cost management; reviews work and provides recommendations for improvement
Develop and maintain complex financial models (e.g., cash flow projections, discounted cash flow, IRR, etc.) to assess real estate transactions
Monitor ongoing performance of real estate assets against initial projections, updating models as necessary
Prepare investment memoranda and presentation materials summarizing model outputs and recommendations for internal and external stakeholders
Key resource for Corporate Services M&A to support due diligence efforts by integrating acquired entity data and market research into financial models
Traditional FP&A objectives in support of UHG Real Estate portfolio