Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. This position will be responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of strategic financial reports to support the market operations leadership team and key financial stakeholders, as well as track operational and membership metrics to identify areas for improvement in market performance.
Responsibilities
- Maintain monthly and quarterly financial reports
- Assist in the development of forecasts and budgets
- Help develop operational metric and membership reporting
- Research monthly and quarterly financial variances
- Continually seek opportunities to enhance efficiency and quality of reporting
- Other responsibilities as required
- Analyze and report on financials and partner with operations leaders to manage budgets and create quarterly forecasts
- Work closely with operators to communicate financial results including variance analyses and establish a positive working relationship and partnership
- Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis in support of various needs across the team
Skills
- High School Diploma / GED
- Must be 18 years of age OR older
- Willingness and desire to learn
- Attention to detail
- Seeks ways to improve job and operational efficiency
- Self-Starter who can take direction and develop solutions to requests
- Comfort working in a collaborative and matrixed organization
- Intermediate skills in MS Excel (Pivot tables, formula functions, ability to troubleshoot), MS Office product suite, and other technology tools
- Ability to work full-time (40 hours/week) Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime
- Experience using Hyperion Essbase and PeopleSoft Financials
- Ability to build strong relationships across functions
- Data visualization skills using Power BI and/or Tableau
- Comfort working with financial models
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Incentive and recognition programs
- Equity stock purchase
- 401k contribution
Company Overview
Optum is a healthcare company that provides pharmacy services, health care operations, and population health management. It is a sub-organization of UnitedHealth Group. It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.optum.com/.Company H1B Sponsorship
Optum has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 648 in 2025, 559 in 2024, 620 in 2023, 851 in 2022, 593 in 2021, 438 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.