Associate Director, Corporate Accounting Policy - Eden Prairie, MN

Improve the lives of others while Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Job Description
- Associate Director, Corporate Accounting Policy
- Eden Prairie, MN (2353600)

United Health 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, United Healthcare 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.

Associate Director, Corporate Accounting Policy The Associate Director of Corporate Accounting Policy is a critical team member of the Corporate Accounting Policy group and owns responsibility for key enterprise projects. The Associate Director and the Accounting Policy group performs various functions in the following areas:

• Supporting Business Operations by Responding to Technical Accounting Consultations:
  • Participate in due diligence for mergers and acquisitions - includes target financial statement analysis, external auditor workpaper reviews, review of transaction purchase and other agreements, target accounting policy review, and advising on “day 2” accounting
  • Provide evaluations and timely resolution to complicated day-to-day accounting matters
  • Perform detailed research and document conclusions in technical accounting memos when necessary
  • Prepare accounting summaries for management and executive level leadership
  • Draft new accounting policies and review existing policies to ensure policy guidance reflects current accounting literature and interpretations
  • Accounting support for tax, capital market debt and other treasury transactions including advice on structuring
  • Analyze accounting impact of legislative and other regulatory changes
  • Assist with business structuring including consideration of contract language and financial statement impacts
  • Participate in the preparation of the annual testing of goodwill for impairment in accordance with U.S. GAAP
  • Responsible for certain internal controls around accounting policies, goodwill impairment procedures and select stock compensation matters.
  • Assist SEC reporting with various projects as need arises
• Monitoring and Responding to Accounting Developments:
  • Monitor new accounting developments including FASB/SEC projects and communicate potential impacts to key stakeholders (i.e., Chief Accounting Officer, Controllers, Investor Relations, Segment Finance Leadership)
  • Identify emerging guidance for comment and assist with drafting comment letters to the standard setters
  • Assist with (and in some cases lead) implementation of new accounting standards, as applicable
• Leadership and Development:
  • Build solid partnerships with key stakeholders across the organization
  • Manage projects to ensure deadlines are met
  • Work with reporting team to facilitate cross-functional learnings and efficiencies

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.

• 7+ years of public accounting or equivalent technical accounting experience including SEC and public company experience
• Material accounting research experience in a broad range of transactions
• Experience documenting complex accounting positions, including summarizing transactions and the related accounting literature
• Solid understanding of and experience in U.S. GAAP
• Proven solid written and verbal communication skills
• Proven desire and ability to produce high quality, original documents with attention to detail
• Proven desire and ability to work autonomously and own projects end-to-end
• Demonstrated ability to prepare concise board and executive level summaries and presentations
• Demonstrated ability to prepare and present technical accounting trainings to internal business partners
• Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and to meet tight deadlines
• Demonstra…