Senior Analyst – Accounts Receivable

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.

Employees in this position prepare and maintain records of Accounts Receivable, including receipts, claims and overdue.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Apply Cash – apply incoming cash receipts for lockbox, ACH and wire payment to appropriate clients
• Reconcile Cash – Balance cash received (bank deposits and/or treasury website) against cash applied (Accounting Tools)
• SOX Complete tie out / match files for review by supervisor / manager
• Cash Reporting – Maintain aggregate listing of cash applied
• Pull reports and export into an Excel spreadsheet, utilizing pivot tables for these reports
• Manually apply cash receipts/credit memos/adjustments/write-offs (less than 10% of this role)
• Perform Accounts Receivable Reporting (large client A/R listing and account management reporting)
• Modify and/or create invoices (e.g., place in Excel format; summary level adjustments) as needed to meet specific customer requirements
• Seek assistance from on-shore AR/Collection & billing partners to resolve issues
• 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:

• 2+ years of experience in business, involving cash application, customer AR reconciliations, customer billing or other applicable write off experience
• Intermediate (or higher) level of Microsoft Excel proficiency, including creating pivot tables for reporting purposes and completing V-lookups

Preferred Qualifications:

• Commerce degree (B.com/M.com), Accounting, Finance or related field
• Oracle Financial experience
• Accounting background
• Proven go-getter who is looking to grow within the organization

Core Competencies: 

• Attention to detail, analytically minded
• Self-driven and team player
• Focus on customers
• Good interpersonal skills
• Fair understanding of revenue flow and cash flow

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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