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The successful candidate will assist with bridging the gap between business reporting needs and technical solutions. This includes analysis of existing business processes, identifying areas for improvement, and implementing solutions to enhance efficiency and accuracy in financial planning, reporting, and analytics. This position will provide comprehensive data support to finance users in the West region, addressing needs related to forecasting and planning, and financial analysis. This role involves developing tailored solutions by thoroughly understanding business requirements and collaborating with stakeholders to gather specific needs. Additionally, this role encompasses both project-focused and maintenance/support responsibilities. The successful candidate will utilize analytical tools such as Power BI, Excel, Alteryx, Power Pivot, SQL, Planful Dynamic Planning, and other similar tools to achieve these objectives.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities
- Solution Design & Build: Design and build data models, reports, and dashboards and validate solutions that meet business requirements. This also includes supporting the maintenance and enhancement of reporting models currently in production
- Data Management: Perform light data management tasks for Finance-owned artifacts such as finance dimension tables, FP&A assumptions, and mapping tables
- Ad-hoc Analysis/Reporting: Provide direct market support for ad-hoc analysis/reporting needs
- Requirements Elicitation: Conduct interviews, surveys, and workshops to gather detailed business requirements from stakeholders in driving standardization in reporting across the West region
- Stakeholder Management: For various projects, engage with stakeholders to understand their needs, manage expectations, and ensure alignment throughout the project lifecycle
- Documentation: Prepare comprehensive documentation, including business requirements documents (BRDs), functional specifications, and user stories
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT): Develop test plans, coordinate UAT activities, and ensure that solutions meet the defined requirements
- Training and Support: Provide training and support to end-users to ensure successful adoption of new and existing systems and processes
- Change Management: Assist in developing and implementing change management strategies to facilitate smooth transitions
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.
Required Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in business/finance analysis
- Working knowledge of relational databases, database structures, and data modeling concepts
- Proficiency in SQL
- Solid technical skills in MS Excel and Power BI
Preferred Qualifications
- 1+ years of experience designing/building semantic models in PowerBI
- Proven experience in financial planning, forecasting, and budgeting, utilizing tools such as Excel, Planful, and Essbase.
- Experience in automating common ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes using tools like Power Query, Python, and Alteryx
- Healthcare industry experience
- All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy
The salary range for this role is $71,600 to $140,600 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with al minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.
Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.
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.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employers and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
