Financial Consultant - Denver Colorado

• Month End Reporting and Variance Analysis:
  • Prepare month-end and quarter-end performance reports including variance analysis and forward-looking projections Maintain financial reporting for assigned business areas to clearly communicate actuals forecasts and budget variances
  • Partner with Accounting to validate financial results and ensure accuracy of the month-end close
  • Analyze operational and financial trends to identify key drivers of variances and update forward-looking expectations accordingly
  • Communicate financial results to senior and operational leadership through presentations and management reports translating complex data into clear insights for both financial and non-financial audiences
  • Lead analyses of business and financial metrics and partner with operational leaders to develop statistical measures that enhance understanding of performance and support data-driven decision-making
• Forecasting and Budgeting:
  • Manage the quarterly forecasting cycle including timelines modeling assumptions and deliverables
  • Lead the development of forecasts and budgets by collaborating with departmental leaders; valuation of strategies and plans to drive profitability and cost efficiency
  • Conduct cost/benefit analyses scenario modeling and staffing assessments to support key initiatives and business changes
  • Consolidate forecast and budget outputs and present results and insights to senior leadership
• Ad Hoc Requests and Analyses:
  • Perform detailed financial and qualitative analyses related to changes in the Risk-Bearing Entity (RBE) business model
  • Support senior management through strategic data-driven analyses and ad hoc reporting
  • Identify and pursue opportunities to streamline reporting and data presentation enhance analytical tools and improve efficiency across financial processes

• 3+ years of financial and/or accounting experience
• 3+ years of financial planning forecasting and analysis (FP&A) experience
• Work experience anticipating accounting financial reporting forecasting and operational issues assessing their implications and developing and implementing an appropriate action plan
• Experience with owning/managing financial models and demonstrated process improvement experience
• Intermediate to Advanced level proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables X-Lookups Power Query etc.)
• Proven communication and presentation skills - the ability to understand and present complex data easily to leadership
• Demonstrated ability to build solid cross-functional relationships work collaboratively and influence in a matrixed environment

• Bachelor's degree in Finance Accounting Data Analytics; CPA or MBA preferred
• Experience using Microsoft Power BI
• Experience with financial planning tools (e.g. Essbase Planful Oracle SmartView PeopleSoft Financials)
• Experience in healthcare or with Risk-Bearing Entities
• Experience working with large datasets analytics and advanced financial modeling
• Proven solid quantitative and analytical skills paired with a growth-oriented mindset

• Solid attention to detail
• High degree of curiosity initiative and self-motivation

What We Do

Optum part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses 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 inclusion talented peers comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. At Optum we support your well-being with an understanding team extensive benefits and rewarding opportunities. By joining us you’ll have the resources to drive system transformation while we help you take care of your future. We recognize the power of connection to drive change improve efficiency and make a difference in health care. Join a team where your skills and ideas can make an impact and where collaboration is key to creating technology that produces healthier outcomes.

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