Senior Finance Business Partner

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. 

Here at Optum UK, we are excited to share that we have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to join us on a 12 month fixed term contract covering maternity leave.

We’re looking for an ambitious, motivated and inquisitive finance partner to join our highly valued operational finance team. As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you will be pivotal in driving the business towards achieving its long-term objectives by partnering with our commercial teams. 

If you are driven by building successful partnerships across the business whilst leading and developing a high performing team, then this could be a great fit for you. 

This fixed term contract position is to start in September 2025 and is a hybrid working role. Our finance team meet weekly in our Leeds (LS19 6BA) office for collaborative meetings.

 

What you’ll do 

As a Senior Finance Business Partner, we will be looking for you to lead, mentor and develop a team of Management Accountants. You will manage the production of monthly accounts and assess commercial opportunities from quotes to contract.

Commercially focussed, you will work effectively at a senior management level, with both finance and non-financial stakeholders. We would look to you as Senior Finance Business Partner, to have ownership of rolling sales forecasts for business units, identifying risks and opportunities with suggested actions and analysis. With ownership of the forecasts you will effectively communicate and partner to non-financial stakeholders providing support across the department. 

 

Other key responsibilities and accountabilities will include; 

• Have an in-depth knowledge of the key business drivers and how these translate into business performance
• Manage, lead and develop a team of management accountants in producing the monthly accounts and assessing commercial opportunities from quotes to contract
• Support on sales projects including financial modelling, operational tracking and being able to think about the multiple impacts of projects not only on the business unit but the wider business

You will 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in. 

Who you’ll be

We need you to be a qualified finance professional with a passion for strategic business partnering and leading a highly experienced team.  You will have a strong grounding in financial analysis, with a broader, commercial outlook necessary to support business growth and key initiatives. 

Collaboration is essential; you will be able to work proactively with the wider business and communicate effectively with non-financial colleagues. With a solution based approached, you will be results orientated with a desire to drive strategic and commercial outcomes.

Technical skills and experience we are looking for you to demonstrate include;

• Qualified accountant
• Experience working within commercial or sales stakeholders, providing cost base or revenue forecasting
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities under pressure to ensure strict deadlines are met and carry out critical decision making
• Confidence in offering your insight and ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Previous experience managing and supporting team

 

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

All telecommuters will be required to adhere to the 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.

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