UnitedHealth Group - Deputy Manager - Accounting

Discipline : Finance

Industry : Accounting

Job Description :

- If you want to achieve more in your mission of health care, you have to be really smart about the business of health care. Financial discipline and accountability count more today than ever. Which is why your performance and innovation will find a reception here like nowhere else as you help people live healthier lives while doing your life's best work.

Responsibilities in this role include :

- Maintain general ledger accounts and related activities for the production of financial statements and reports.

- Reconcile, analyze and review general ledger accounts in preparation for month end close.

- Prepare journal entries and reviews accounting classifications, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles.

- Prepare documentation in support of external and internal audits.

- Perform ad hoc reporting and analysis and investigate issues providing explanations and interpretation.

- Analyze and prepare financial statements, including balance sheets and statements of financial position.

- Assist with or lead the month end quarterly end close process for assigned businesses or groups

- Performs work in a self-directed manner and works with less structured, more complex issues.

- Serve as a resource to others.

- Prepare reports and analyses as required in support of the monthly financial closing process.

- Prepare and analyze the monthly financial reconciliations related to various revenue sources for the health plan.

- Lead the process to categorize and resolve the exceptions coming out of membership and revenue reconciliations in partnership with the enrollment operations and the health plan.

- Recommend accounting entries to the general ledger and set up of accruals/ reserves based on the monthly revenue analysis and reconciliations.

- Manage the monthly billing and accrual process for different revenue sources to ensure accurate financial results within established timeframes.

- Research and evaluate trends and variances in health care revenues and receivables as well as variance analysis related to volume and rates.

- Leverage technology to add controls and eliminate risk from financial processes.

- Develop and document policies and procedures for the revenue team, in consultation with the management.

- Participate in system implementation activities like testing and help in the standardization of revenue analysis and accounting processes across the organization.

- Prepare analyses required to support timely collection of accounts receivable.

- Provide internal service and support to project managers and field finance leads on various revenue related financial issues.

No. of Openings : 1

Qualification :

- Bachelors Degree in Accounting, Finance or equivalent

- 4+ years of professional accounting experience.

- Solid understanding of generally accepted accounting principles and financial statements

- Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements.

- Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems.

- Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analyses.

- Intermediate level of proficiency with MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Technology Careers with Optum :

- Information and technology have amazing power to transform the health care industry and improve people's lives. This is where it's happening. This is where you'll help solve the problems that have never been solved. We're freeing information so it can be used safely and securely wherever it's needed. We're creating the very best ideas that can most easily be put into action to help our clients improve the quality of care and lower costs for millions. This is where the best and the brightest work together to make positive change a reality.

- This is the place to do your life's best work.SM

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere :

- UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

- UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.

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