Senior Financial Consultant

This position follows Office-Based schedule with (4) In-office days per week. Our office is located at 1 Optum Circle, Eden Prairie, MN.

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.

This position is full time Monday - Friday. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our 8-hour shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm CST. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.

We offer on-the-job training. The hours of the training will be based on schedule or will be discussed on your first day of employment.

• Own and manage financial reporting for the Optum Rx Specialty SGA from month-end close, quarterly forecasting, allocation determination, long range planning and partnership on strategic projects and initiatives
• Drive growth and profitability initiatives within the Specialty portfolio by partnering with Business, product and technology leaders to develop insightful analysis, evaluate new and evolving strategies through complex scenario modeling, bringing loose concepts into clarity through a financial focus
• Translate complex CBAs and Cost Containment Initiatives concepts into clear, actionable financial models to support decision-making and strategic planning
• Collaborating cross functionally to gather inputs, challenge assumptions, and clarify financial narratives for month and forecast packages to Sr Leaders
• Deliver concise, insight-driven financial reporting to senior leadership, highlighting key levers and variances to enable strategic decision making
• Serve as a trusted finance partner to line of business operators, operations, product, and technology teams-bridging business strategy with financial execution
• Primary ownership of detailed models to forecast, measure, and validate performance improvements for client partnerships
• Support operations teams in understanding how their actions will impact the measured results and financial outcomes
• Build solid partnerships with Optum and operations teams through leading monthly performance reviews and ad hoc conversations
• Implement process and procedures for the measurement and validation of financial performance metrics
• Contribute to project charters by assessing financial performance metrics within the ROI for new projects
• Establish and implement financial performance metric audits and testing to ensure results match projections
• Providing broader support for other operational and strategic initiatives
• Flex across a wide range of finance responsibilities as the needed to support the Optum Rx Pharmacy finance organization

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.

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Finance, Accounting, Economics, OR a related field
• 5+ years of financial, FPA or related analytical role experience
• 5+ years of proven experience driving business performance in a high growth environment
• 5+ years of work experience anticipating accounting, financial reporting, forecasting and operational issues, assessing their implications and developing and implementing an appropriate action plan
• 2+ years of experience present analytics to Internal/External stakeholders
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Power Point
• Advanced modeling capabilities
• Healthcare experience and/or experience working in a large matrixed environment
• Ability to work full time. Employees are required to have flexibility to…