Accounting Consultant – Hybrid in Minnetonka, MN or Cypress, CA preferred, Remote considered

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. 

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

Primary Responsibilities: 

The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited, to the following:

• Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports
  
• Support inter-segment accounting by reconciling rate and volume variances, supports onboarding of new contracts, and calculate exposure.  Resolve volume variances by working with operational teams
  
• Perform account reconciliations and analyses, prepares journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles
  
• Analyze and prepare financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position
  
• Support month-end close accounting by compiling estimates, tracking actuals, performing variances analysis to explain elements driving key variances to budgets, forecasts and historical trends
  
• Prepare documentation in support of external and internal audits
  
• Assist with or lead the month end quarterly end close process for assigned businesses or groups
  

Positions in this function maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports. Performs account reconciliations and analyses, prepares journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles. Analyzes and prepares financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position. Involved in the monthly/quarterly ‘close’ process. Prepares documentation for review in support of external and internal audits. *Employees in jobs labeled with ‘SCA’ must support a government Service Contract Act (SCA) agreement.
 

• Generally work is self-directed and not prescribed
• Works with less structured, more complex issues

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, Finance or equivalent
• 2+ years of professional accounting experience
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements
• Proven ability to assess and interpret customer needs and requirements
• Proven ability to identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems
• Proven ability to solve moderately complex problems and/or conduct moderately complex analyses

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare experience
• Accounting experience handling regulated entities
• Experience with Hyperion Essbase, PeopleSoft Financials, and Microsoft Access

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

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.