Associate Director, HR Ops/Payroll - M&A - Remote

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 team that shares your passion for helping others. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Assc Dir HR Ops/Payroll - M&A is responsible for conducting due diligence, coordinating, and managing integration of acquisitions for Payroll purposes.  This position will ensure that all payroll and systems tasks for each due diligence and integration are followed, stay on task, and are completed timely.

The Assc Dir HR Ops/Payroll - M&A will interact with the Payroll Director - M&A, Payroll Tax, Payroll Systems, Payroll Operations, Human Capital Technology, newly integrating entities, vendors and third parties.  This position will coordinate all of these invested departments and outside parties to collaborate with an end goal of mitigating risk during due diligence and having successful integrations.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Attend People Teams project integration calls and articulate status of all payroll related items
• Host payroll specific integration calls and coordinate project tasks with required team members
• Develops, maintains, and improves tools/resources to ensure alignment and consistency across the COE
• Provide status updates on all open diligence and integration projects for other COEs and leadership
• Manage due diligence risk assessments, accurately reflect all risks in RISE reports, and partner with outside counsel in diligence process to provide necessary data for rep & warranties insurance
• Collaborate with outside counsel during the drafting of purchase agreements to prevent UHG  from agreeing to items that increase the risk or expense the corporate payroll team is exposed to
• Provides in depth analysis of legacy payroll tax filing accuracy within diligence process
• Identify global transactions and coordinate with global payroll team to ensure country specific legislation is taken into consideration for diligence and integration activities
• Partner with global payroll team to provide M&A tools for consistency across the COE
• Assist with training/mentoring all new M&A team members as needed
• Collaborate with Payroll M& A team to identify strategic integration timing for all projects
• Maintain state/federal legislation education to provide compliant recommendations for all legacy payroll policy and practice transitions
• Collaborate with appropriate stakeholders to address/resolve issues related to employee information and/or pay (Operations Center, UHG IT Help Desk, Compensation, ER, managers, employees, HRIS, Tax)
• Leverage and build upon current best practices to create industry-leading M&A practices/processes
• Collaborate with Labor Relations leadership to identify Union employees within UHG systems, provide accurate time estimations for future systematic configuration needs, and participate in bargaining conversations to ensure payroll items agreed upon are compliant with state/federal legislation
• Partner with HC Tech team to configure Union specific codes and other systematic configuration needs as they arise
• Diagnosing issues and payroll design needs; make recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness within PeopleSoft for upcoming integrations
• Responsible for timelines and holding team members accountable for tasks related to integrations and other projects
• Support acquisition activities by helping team members with escalations, issues, testing any other task needed
• Work with team members to develop innovative processes for new or unique needs of businesses
• Schedule meetings as needed and act as point of contact for 3rd parties, vendors, internal team and other business partners
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all levels of employees
• Troubleshoot and work with HRIS and HC Tech on any system related initiatives, upgrades and enhancements related to upcoming integrations
• Collaborate with corporate Payroll team, Total Rewards, HCS, HCT and HR communities in the support of integration business initiatives
• Maintain effective relationships with key internal and external customers and vendors
• Other projects as assigned

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:

• 5+ years of functional, design and implementation experience with Payroll and M&A
• Experience with acquisition mapping, fit/gap analysis, set up and testing
• Project management experience
• Solid knowledge of legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources and payroll functions
• Knowledge of internal systematic controls related to Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Solid understanding of how to build efficient payroll processes
• Proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with hard deadlines simultaneously
• Proven project documentation discipline
• Proven solid analytical, problem solving and payroll functional skills
• Proven excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven implement innovative solutions for new or ongoing processes
• Various hours as needed to support due diligence and integrations

Preferred Qualifications:

• Oracle experience
• Knowledge of process re-engineering and change management

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $112,700    to $193,200 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.