Sr. Business Analyst

3 weeks ago

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States Optum Full time

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.

This Sr. Business Analyst role is key to continued growth and success of Optum Health's Financial Data Management team, with its high focus on Accounting data and systems. Core responsibilities will be to work on internal data systems and accounting development tools, as well as utilize Accounting and systems knowledge to assist in solutioning and implementing process improvement initiatives, automated controls creation, and data validation work. This role will have the knowledge and skills to turn data into information and insight for the finance and accounting organization. They will seek out, develop, and help implement strategic initiatives for improved efficiency and productivity within the accounting close process. They will find the root causes of business challenges, identify opportunities for consistency and automation, and make recommendations on how to achieve accounting goals. This role will work with critical accounting and finance partners to understand business requirements from multiple teams and interface with development teams to ensure requirements are understood and executed upon.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Ability to quickly build proficiency with a range of general and specialized applications available to us and supported by the organization, such as accounting tools and databases utilizing SQL and/or SAS.
  • Use effective data analytics skills to identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns to maximize effectiveness and troubleshoot problems on complex accounting data sets.
  • Work with development and management team to identify improvement opportunities, propose system modifications, and devise data governance strategies to support accounting standards.
  • Facilitate and coordinate the process of gathering, defining, and documenting requirements from the accounting and finance organizations, assist on the creation of system design documentation, and work with development team to implement requirements. Supporting UAT and regression testing as necessary would be involved.
  • Identify appropriate technical and business process stakeholders for each project, conduct current state and future state analysis using flowcharting and documentation, and manage project schedule and progress.
  • Manage processes that support and maintain accounting systems month end work efforts.
  • Respond to issues encountered by accounting teams through their month end process, recommend and communicate corrective actions or changes, report those requiring developer involvement, and assist development in issue resolution.
  • Create documentation that allows stakeholders to understand the steps of the data analysis process, such that they can duplicate or replicate the analysis if necessary.

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:

  • 3+ years of Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Accounting and/or Finance experience
  • Basic understanding of accounting controls, processes, and procedures
  • Understanding of proper requirements specification and development, such as process/functional requirements definition methods, use case development, process flow diagrams, user acceptance testing, etc.
  • Advanced analytic, logical thinking, and problem-solving skills
  • Exceptional communication skills to engage various audiences across the organization
  • Experience with financial systems infrastructure, system implementation and on-going support
  • Ability to work independently and self-directed in a changing environment

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Healthcare experience
  • Programming skills and data analytics experience (i.e. SQL, SAS, Python, etc.)
  • Knowledge of Microsoft applications such as SQL Server databases or other tools (i.e. SmartView, SAS EG, etc.)

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, or Washington Residents Only: The hourly range for this role is $33.75 to $66.25 per hour. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all 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: 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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