Quality Consultant-Lincoln, NE

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.

Proceed Finance, part of the Optum family of businesses, is a Nebraska-based financial technology company and a leader in patient financing. We help make life-changing medical and dental treatments more accessible by delivering innovative, transparent financing solutions that improve affordability and simplify the patient financial experience. At Proceed Finance, you'll join a collaborative, mission-driven team focused on creating meaningful impact for patients, providers, and partners-bringing care and financial solutions together in smarter, more connected ways.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Execute User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for system enhancements, new features, and configuration changes prior to production release
• Validate system functionality against documented business requirements, acceptance criteria, and credit policy guidelines
• Create and execute detailed test plans, test cases, and test scripts, including positive, negative, and edge case scenarios
• Test and validate credit and underwriting configurations, such as policy rules, score thresholds, pricing, tiering, and eligibility logic
• Confirm underwriting outcomes align with approved business intent and policy documentation
• Identify, document, and track defects or configuration issues, clearly outlining reproduction steps and expected vs actual results
• Partner with Engineering and Product teams to support defect triage, retesting, and regression testing
• Verify defect resolution prior to final UAT approval and production deployment
• Serve as a liaison between business stakeholders (Credit, Operations, Compliance) and technical teams during testing cycles
• Provide clear testing updates, defect summaries, and UAT feedback to stakeholders
• Contribute to the ongoing improvement of testing processes, documentation, and standards
• Support audit, compliance, or validation inquiries by providing testing evidence and system behavior documentation

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.  #OptumInsightPJ

Required Qualifications:

• 2+ years of hands on experience executing User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Quality Assurance, or Business Systems Testing for production systems
• 2+ years of experience testing credit, underwriting, or financial decisioning platforms, including configuration driven logic
• Demonstrated experience translating documented business requirements and acceptance criteria into executable test plans, test cases, and validation scenarios
• Experience operating within regulated financial services environments, with awareness of compliance, audit, or validation requirements
• Experience testing configuration driven or rules based decisioning engines (e.g., eligibility rules, score thresholds, pricing logic)
• Exposure to Agile or hybrid SDLC methodologies, including sprint based development and release cycles
• Working knowledge of credit policy, underwriting workflows, or loan origination systems
• Proven ability to identify, document, and track defects, including reproduction steps, expected vs actual results, and impact assessment
• Proven track record of executing detailed testing with a high degree of accuracy, ensuring alignment between system behavior, business intent, and policy rules
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent testing efforts while meeting release timelines and quality standards
• Willing or ability to work onsite 5 days a week in Lincoln, NE location

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting testing efforts within consumer or commercial lending environments
• Exposure to analytical or reporting tools such as SQL, Power BI, SAS, or R to support validation efforts

*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 $72,800 to $130,000 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.