People Technology Analyst

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 Payroll Analyst is responsible for running payroll, balancing, trouble-shooting and coordinating efficient processes on a bi-weekly basis.  This position must maintain good relationships with business unit clients, other HC departments and vendors on a consistent basis.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Identify new processes or changes to existing payroll systems processes
• Act as a functional SME for Payroll Technology
• Partner People Business Analysis and Technology team on trouble shooting and resolution of system issues
• Make recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness within PeopleSoft
• Accurate run control and creation of payroll, including mass uploads
• Contribute to the creation of monitoring processes to assess the quality of Payroll and HR data; ensure accurate payroll runs each pay period
• Create and assist with data queries for internal People Team Operations customers and necessary audit requests
• Research and identify root causes for problems and own the resolution
• Review and assist with revision of run control, job stream management and interface management
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees
• Collaborate with Benefits, Wealth, Rewards, Compensation and communities in the support of People Team business initiatives
• Maintain effective relationships with key internal and external customers and vendors
• Support acquisition initiatives related to payroll and employee integration
• Develop queries and reports for auditing payroll data and preventing errors
• Assist with testing for fixes, enhancements, upgrades to PeopleSoft and other platforms that team interfaces with
• Other projects as assigned
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Graduate
• 3+ years professional experience
• Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Visio; i.e., Word – documentation purposes; Excel – data mining and reporting, handling calculations, formulas and Vlookups; Visio – documentation purposes
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks with hard deadlines simultaneously
• Proven project documentation discipline
• Proven solid analytical, problem-solving skills and payroll related technical skills
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work various hours as needed to support payroll processing

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare experience and SQL experience
• Knowledge of North American Payroll, Core HR and Time & Labor

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.

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