Accountant (Junior level) - Minnetonka, MN or Remote

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Member of the UHC Intersegment Accounting Team (IAT). The IAT has responsibilities for executing internal transactions mainly between UHC and Optum for over 1,500k Intersegment Service Agreements (ISA). This position will mainly support the transactions, reporting and analysis for M&R.

You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Participates in the monthly close activities
• Creates, documents journals entries
• Develops detailed of organizational structure (legal entities, segments, etc.)
• Partners closely with the M&R finance and accounting teams, providing P&L estimates and variance explanations of activity
• Investigates issues and resolves questions from the segment regarding intersegment activity
• Works with a great deal of variety and non-standardized transactions, issues, etc.
• Works with others to prioritize and organize daily and month end task to meet deadlines
• Performs quality analytics and other operational controls
• Works on various ad hoc projects throughout the year
• Supports audit requests for legal entity financial reports, MLR and other statutory audits

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:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with 1+ years experience
• Ability to problem solve and work through ambiguous details
• Experience with handling large amounts of data in Excel
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and oral)

Preferred Qualifications:

• LEAN/Six Sigma certification
• Healthcare experience
• Knowledge of SAS, Power BI, FIN 360, Peoplesoft, and SmartView

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, or Washington, D.C. Residents Only: The salary range for this role is $48,300 to $94,500 annually. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with al minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

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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