Finance Manager

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

Job Description - Finance Manager (2376748)

Finance Manager - 2376748

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 role sits within Optum Corporate Finance, supporting enterprise and shared service functions through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and strategic partnership. The team plays a critical role in driving financial discipline, enabling decision-making, and ensuring alignment with leadership priorities.

The Finance Manager will serve as a key finance leader and strategic business partner to functional leadership, providing financial insight, driving accountability to commitments, and leading a small team responsible for financial planning, reporting, and analysis. This role requires solid analytical capability, executive-ready communication skills, demonstrated people leadership experience, and the ability to influence decisions across a broad set of stakeholders.

• Serve as a primary finance business partner to functional leadership, providing actionable insights, influencing decision-making, and driving accountability to financial commitments
• Lead financial planning activities, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end close support, and variance analysis for assigned functions
• Own and manage analysis of business and financial metrics, including key performance indicators across Optum Corporate shared service organizations
• Analyze financial results, identify key drivers, and clearly articulate performance storylines to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
• Develop and maintain financial reporting to communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to forecast and budget
• Partner with business leaders to identify risks and opportunities and develop strategies to improve cost efficiency and overall financial performance
• Lead financial reviews with business partners, helping translate results into clear actions, decisions, and leadership-ready narratives
• Lead, develop, and coach one direct report, providing direction, prioritization, performance feedback, and professional development support
• Manage team workload and ensure timely, accurate delivery of forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and analytical deliverables
• Review key analyses, reporting packages, and leadership materials to ensure accuracy, consistency, and clear financial storytelling
• Support continuous improvement of financial processes, tools, reporting capabilities, and planning routines
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities to inform near-term and long-term decision-making

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 in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, accounting, corporate finance, or a related field
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, developing, or managing team members
• Experience leading financial…