Business Analyst – Accounting

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 inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.  

In providing consumer-oriented health benefit plans to millions of people, our goal is to create higher quality care, lower costs and greater access to health care. As a finance professional, you will be empowered to achieve new levels of excellence and make a profound and personal impact as you contribute to new innovations in a vital and complex system which is why your performance and innovation will find a reception here like nowhere else as you help people live healthier lives while doing your life’s best work.

Position Description:

As a Business Analyst, you will be vital to our success and will help drive future growth. This role is to support the Business Analytics Team for Optum Health. The candidate should have a solid background in accounting, data analysis experience with SQL, Power BI, Complex calculations and implementing Row and Object Level security in Power BI. You will be working with large amounts of data from various sources to provide insights and solutions. You will analyze, review, forecast, and present information to support business operations. Key tasks include understanding Business needs, solving problems through research and analysis of data and business processes.

Primary Responsibilities:

• This role will support Capitation payment to skilled nursing facilities calculations using advance tools, Capitation payment in healthcare is a fixed amount of money paid per patient to a healthcare provider for a specified period (Usually Monthly, Quarterly or Annually), regardless of how many services the patient receives
• Candidate should be able to understand capitation agreements and generate and provide calculation files on Monthly, quarterly, and annual capitation payments based on these agreements
• Independently creating, optimizing, automating SQL queries to support capitation payment cycle reporting needs
• Work closely with business analysts to understand and implement complex business functionality
• Document all specifications and ensure that they meet business requirements
• Work with the team to create and optimize SQL queries. Gather required data from required databases and stage the data for further processing
• Collaborate with other team members and stakeholders
• 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

Shift: 3.30 PM to 01:00 AM India Standard Time (or) 5 AM to 2.30 PM Central Standard Time. candidate should be flexible to work in US shift as per business request during month end.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor or master’s in commerce
• 7+ years of experience in General Accounting and Analysis
• Experience with Data visualization tools (Power BI)
• Experience in Data Analytics or Finance or Business intelligence roles or similar
• Experience analyzing data to develop business insight and strategy
• Good understanding and knowledge of SQL and Advance MS Excel
• Proven solid analytics skill and variance analysis on root cause of the discrepancy between Subledger & General Ledger
• Proven effective communication skills.
• Proven complex problem-solving skills.
• Proven eye for detail and quick learning abilities
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with peers to complete projects

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Techno-Functional experience
• Health care experience
• Exposure to PeopleSoft, Oracle

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.