Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Associate Finance Director is responsible for supporting Optum Payment Integrity market structure. The position will work with key leaders to ensure sound financial analysis, decision making, and support interactions with senior leaders and clients.

If you are located near Eden Prairie, MN, you will have the flexibility to Work from home and the office in this hybrid role* as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Act as subject matter expert on Optum Payment Integrity applying in-depth knowledge of the business for recommendations to management

• Structuring, negotiating, and drafting annual intersegment agreements

• Identify opportunities and prepare business cases for existing client scope expansion

• Accountability to achieve revenue and profit budgets

• Identify opportunities and drive financial decisions in partnership with business leadership with focus on priority strategic initiatives

• Understand and explain monthly, quarterly, and annual variances and key action items

• Maintain real-time forecast as new information becomes available from the business

• Lead ad hoc projects that drive cost efficiencies and increase profitability

• Support product investment decisions to maximize returns

• Ownership of pricing and profitability on amendments, renewals, and new deals, supported by pricing and analytics teams

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:

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field

• 7+ years of progressive finance experience

• Experience in financial planning and analysis supporting business partners in P&L management

• Preparing and presenting materials to senior leaders and clients

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in the Healthcare Industry

• Experience prioritizing & managing demanding workloads with concurrent deadlines

• Knowledge of payment integrity and healthcare payers

• History of supporting product capital and operating budgets

• Excellent interpersonal relationship building and communication (written and verbal)

• Assertive, self-starting personality with a customer service attitude

• Trusted advisor and partner to those we serve in the business

• Structuring, negotiating, and drafting intersegment agreements

• Ability to achieve success in a matrix business partner structure

• Solid analytical skills and business acumen

• Proven ability to deal with ambiguity and change

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: 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.