Associate Director of Investments – Hybrid, Eden Prairie, MN

UnitedHealth Group is a health care and well-being company that’s dedicated to improving the health outcomes of millions around the world. We are comprised of two distinct and complementary businesses, UnitedHealthcare and Optum, working to build a better health system for all. Here, your contributions matter as they will help transform health care for years to come. Make an impact with a diverse team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

UnitedHealth Group is a leading health care and well-being company dedicated to helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone. We operate through two distinct and complementary businesses:

• Optum: Delivers care supported by technology and data, empowering individuals, partners, and providers with the tools and guidance needed to achieve better health outcomes
• UnitedHealthcare: Offers a comprehensive range of health benefits, providing affordable coverage, simplifying the health care experience, and ensuring access to high-quality care

Sustainability is integral to UnitedHealth Group’s business strategy, culture, and mission. We strive to ensure the health care system works better for everyone, delivering distinct value to our shareholders and society at large. Our businesses operate under regulatory licenses governed by state insurance laws and federal and state banking regulations, requiring defined levels of capital to support operations.

Investment management at UnitedHealth Group oversees the investment of approximately $80 billion in capital, adhering to investment policies, guidelines, and regulatory limits. Our goal is to optimize the risk/return profile of the overall portfolio by diversifying investments across high-quality asset classes.

Investment Management is a critical function within our organization, engaging with stakeholders such as the board of directors, senior management, regulators, and credit rating agencies. This role involves balancing regulatory compliance with the goals of income generation, portfolio value maximization, and risk management.

As an Associate Director of Investments, you will be crucial in overseeing insurance investment portfolios and managing external managers. Your responsibilities will include monitoring the investment markets and staying updated with the latest financial news. There is a focus on researching and analyzing fixed income investments with exposure to venture capital and private credit. You will work to prudently enhance investment income, develop and manage models, and assist in portfolio management decisions. Being in a highly regulated industry, representing Investments and being the subject matter expert on policies and processes in regulatory exams and audits is critical. Collaboration and effective communication with other treasury teams is essential due to the complexity of our organizational structure. Additionally, you will be involved in reporting requirements, utilizing tools such as Bloomberg PORT and PowerBI.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide oversight of UnitedHealth Group’s (UHG) investment decisions and ensure that all investments are within UHG’s investment policy and investment policy guidelines
• Proactively, process overall market, economic and investment information/data from outside sources applying it for idea generation and investment decision making
• Oversee and provide security research using internal (e.g. PAM, Bloomberg, FactSet) and external (e.g. third-party research, outside advisors) sources for purposes of determining creditworthiness. Identify and demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the features of a bond that would materially affect its performance. Support Portfolio Manager with reviewing and authoring memos and responding requests for portfolio/investment information
• Identify, measure and monitor the potential risks to the investment portfolios and individual investments
• Lead and conduct portfolio and asset allocation analysis based on a variety of factors including business strategies and developments, market conditions, issuer, and credit rating concentrations
• Recommend appropriate benchmarking for the different investment mandates
• Provide research and decision support related to special projects as needed
• Assist with the management of external vendor relationships and inquiries from internal and external sources
• Ensure adherence to compliance requirements and provide reporting as needed

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 Finance, Economics, Math, Actuarial Science or significantly related field
• 7+ years of experience in investment management, trading, or related field
• Private credit experience
• Experience with Bloomberg and PowerBI (or related application)
• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), with the ability to leverage these tools for reporting and analysis
• Proven solid analytical abilities, both quantitative and qualitative, to assess and manage investment risks and opportunities
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to work in a team-oriented environment, balancing the structure of monthly and quarterly reporting deadlines with the dynamic nature of financial markets and business conditions

Preferred Qualifications:

• CFA designation or progress towards a CFA designation
• Experience working in a large corporation or insurance company 

 

Key Attributes

Highly motivated and a self-starter. Experience with trading and managing large investment portfolios.  Someone who works well in a large team, has a collaborative approach and can communicate new ideas and concepts effectively

• Financial Acumen:  Understanding of economics, investments, accounting and statistical concepts and the aptitude to apply sound judgement
• Execute:  Understand the goals and tasks assigned. Produce quality results by applying analytical skills to evaluate, synthesize and integrate data and information to support decision making
• Organizational Agility:  Able to collaborate with other areas of the organization to accomplish goals through formal or informal channels.  Able to thrive in a challenging ambiguous environment-financial markets are ever evolving.  Flexibility to adapt to changing work priorities and assignments
• Communication:  Ability to work cooperatively with all levels of management and convey complex topics in a clear and concise manner
• Leadership:  Solid leadership presence and ability to effectively delegate and lead cross-functional projects

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 employers 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.