Financial Consultant, Human Capital Marketing - Minnetonka, MN

If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Challenge yourself, your peers and our industry by shaping what health care looks like and doing your life's best work.(sm)

We don't just aspire to help people live healthier lives, we have the know-how to help make it a reality for millions. As a Financial Consultant, you'll work with an elite team of accounting and finance professionals who are writing the history of our organization and guiding our success as a global industry leader. That's a lot of responsibility, but you will have the support and resources of a Fortune 7 industry leader behind you every step of the way.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Collaborates with Human Capital and business users
• Manages approvals, processing, and payment of Human Capital invoices
• Vendor maintenance and payables reconciliation
• Performs account reconciliation and analyses for Accounts Payable and Prepaid liabilities
• Processes monthly prepaid and accrual accounting journal entries in accordance with US GAAP
• Informs Human Capital business leaders and vendors of any billing issues or findings and resolves as appropriate
• Organizes and provides requested reports and supporting documents (e.g., invoices; payment histories to internal and/or external customers/payers/ ACH requests & processing)
• Understands and follows internal control policies and procedures relating to payment and approval of vendor expenses
• Partners with Financial team to analyze, report and communicate impact of prepaid and accrued liabilities as well as vendor expense to financials budgets and forecasts
• Prioritizes and organizes own work to meet deadlines and independently works with minimal instructions
• Provides explanations and information to others on topics within area of expertise
• Manage all aspects of aligned department billing and chargeback processes
• Supports the financial management of SG&A expense and produces metrics, benchmarks and analytics that will be used at the highest levels of UHG to guide the appropriate investments in alignment with Enterprise product strategy
• Analyze Workforce / FTE trends and enhance FTE reporting and insights through a closer partnership with business units during forecast cycles
• Complete standard variance analysis and research variance drivers and explain cause-effect relationships
• Participate and oversee month-end close
• Assist and drive SG and A efficiency initiatives
• Identify and participate in cost cutting initiatives
• Assist in developing business level cost metrics to enable business leaders to make informed decisions around pricing and FTE management

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:

• Bachelor's or Advanced degree in Finance or Accounting or equivalent
• 3+ years of progressive professional experience in finance and/or accounting
• Experience in Financial Planning and Analysis
• Experience managing and synthesizing large amounts of data
• Experience supporting / training and performing transactional based finance and accounting transactions
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Office (Excel (charting of data and advanced formulas), PowerPoint presentations)
• You will be asked to perform this role in an office setting, however, may be required to work from home temporarily due to space limitations
• Employees are required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or a similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener prior to entering the work site each day, in order to keep our work sites safe. Employees must comply with any state and local masking orders. In addition, when in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are expected to wear a mask in areas where physical distancing cannot be attained

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in a similar role / domain - Financial Accounting, billing & invoicing process and/or experience in Accounting with exposure to Financial Planning/Reporting data, PeopleSoft tables
• Knowledge of at Peoplesoft Financials, Essbase / Smartview
• Experience of financial accounting (statutory/GAAP Accounting), prepaid and accounts payable, etc.
• Ability to research issues, investigate the data accuracy, and perform quality checks
• Experience with month-end close journal entries, account reconciliations, and prepaid and accrual schedules
• Expert level of proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint
• Experience with Tableau, Domo, or other data visualization tools
• Experience in Workforce Planning / Forecasting
• Experience communicating with all levels within an organization
• Knowledge of SAP Concur and Ariba
• Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with others

Careers at UnitedHealth Group. We have modest goals: Improve the lives of others. Change the landscape of health care forever. Leave the world a better place than we found it. Such aspirations tend to attract a certain type of person. Crazy talented. Compassionate. Driven. To these select few, we offer the global reach, resources and can-do culture of a Fortune 7 company. We provide an environment where you're empowered to be your best. We encourage you to take risks. And we offer a world of rewards and benefits for performance. We believe the most important is the opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer 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.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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