Accounting Consultant

At UnitedHealthcare, we’re simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. 

UnitedHealthcare Employer & Individual (UHC E&I) is seeking an Accounting Consultant to join the USHealth Group Finance team. The Accounting Consultant will be an integral part of the controller team and will engage directly with the finance team while supporting the financial close and internal reporting processes. Candidate must demonstrate solid communication skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment, while working collaboratively in partnership with other USHG departments and outside bank organizations. This is a unique opportunity to be part of a growing business segment within UHC while enjoying competitive benefits, advancement potential and valuable healthcare industry exposure.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in the three-day month end accounting close and reporting process
• Preparing detailed reconciliations for cash and suspense related accounts
• Posting numerous higher profile journal entries
• Researching and resolving account and transaction issues / differences
• Fulfilling internal and external audit requests by providing workpapers and/or direct responses
• Develop and maintain internal control structure and procedures
• Completing other special projects as required

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 degree in Accounting
• 3+ years of accounting experience
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and Access
• Demonstrate the technical and functional skills necessary to prepare and analyze account reconciliations
• Demonstrate solid analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Demonstrate success with process improvement
• Demonstrate the ability to comprehend and apply generally accepted accounting principles, and research and analyze accounting related issues
• Demonstrate the ability to plan upcoming work while also prioritizing and organizing current workload to meet multiple hard deadlines
• Demonstrate the ability to build and maintain solid working relationships across the organization

Preferred Qualifications:

• Cash and/or Suspense account reconciliation experience
• Experience with PeopleSoft and/or Blackline
• Demonstrate the excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Local to Fort Worth area

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.