Associate Director, Financial Systems and Data Analytics - Remote

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

Job Description
- Associate Director, Financial Systems and Data Analytics
- Remote (2387728)

Associate Director, Financial Systems and Data Analytics
- Remote - 2387728

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 in making healthcare work better for everyone through people-led, responsible AI while
Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

The Manager Financial Systems & Data Analytics will support Revenue Manager, an internally developed financial application that processes healthcare data for month-end accounting and journal entry activities. The role bridges healthcare source systems, financial operations, and data analytics to support integrations, investigate complex data issues, and translate business needs into practical, scalable solutions.

The successful candidate will bring solid knowledge of clinical Practice Management Systems, advanced SQL and data warehouse experience, and the ability to analyze healthcare data across the end-to-end flow from source-system intake through financial output.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely
* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. For all hires in the Minneapolis or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office a minimum of four days per week.

• Develop an end-to-end understanding of Revenue Manager, including source-data intake, transformation, financial processing, validation, reconciliation, controls, and journal entry output
• Analyze data from clinical Practice Management Systems and support onboarding and integration activities, including source-data research, mapping, testing, validation, and production readiness
• Investigate trends, anomalies, data gaps, and root causes that may affect accounting operations, revenue recognition, reconciliations, or financial reporting
• Data Analytics & Technical Delivery
  • Write and review complex SQL queries and stored procedures to analyze data, troubleshooting issues, validating results, and support reporting and production processes
  • Translate accounting, finance, and operational needs into functional requirements, technical specifications, data mappings, process flows, testing plans, and analytical outputs
  • Use Snowflake, SQL Server, Power BI, Tableau, Excel, or similar tools to deliver actionable insights and support scalable data and reporting solutions
  • Partner with business analysts, data engineers, software engineers, and technology teams to design, test, implement, and maintain reliable solutions
• Controls, Governance & Operational Excellence
  • Improve data quality, standardization, automation, system performance, monitoring, and the accounting control environment
  • Develop repeatable validation, reconciliation, testing, documentation, and production-support practices aligned with accounting, audit, security, and data-governance requirements
  • Evaluate automation and emerging technologies where they can improve efficiency, data quality, or supportability
• Stakeholder Partnership
  • Partner across Accounting, Finance, Revenue Cycle, Operations, Analytics, Engineering, and Technology to resolve complex data and financial-system issues
  • Manage multiple priorities independently, communicate risks and findings clearly, and serve as a subject matter expert for assigned initiatives
  • Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing without direct people-management responsibility

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 experience in financial systems, data analytics, business systems analysis, data engineering, software development, or a related area
• 5+ years of experience writing complex SQL queries and stored procedures involving multiple tables, joins, subqueries, data transformations, or production…