Senior Financial Analyst

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

Senior Financial Analyst (2390274)

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

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 Senior Financial Analyst will serve as a key finance and strategic business partner to functional leadership, providing financial insight, driving accountability to commitments, and supporting team responsible for financial planning, reporting, and analysis. This role requires solid analytical capability, communication skills, and the ability to influence decisions across a broad set of stakeholders.

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

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

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as a secondary finance business partner to functional leadership, providing actionable insights, influencing decision-making, and driving accountability to financial commitments
• Support financial planning activities, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end close support, and variance analysis for assigned functions
• Assists with 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
• 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.

Required Qualifications:

• 1+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, accounting, corporate finance, OR a related field
• Experience supporting financial planning processes, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end analysis, and financial reporting
• Solid financial modeling and financial statement analysis skills, with experience owning, maintaining, and improving models
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, examples are: experience with Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, OR INDEX / MATCH
• Ability to work full time. Employees are required to have flexibility to work any of our shift schedules during our normal business hours of 8:00am - 5:00pm. It may be necessary, given the business need, to work occasional overtime.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with planning and reporting tools such as Essbase, Oracle Smart View, Oracle EPM, People Soft Financials, Power BI, OR similar platforms
• Experience supporting corporate functions, shared services, OR enterprise-level cost management

Telecommuting Requirements:

• Reside within commutable distance to the office at Eden…