Senior Pricing Analyst - Eden Prairie, MN Hybrid OR Remote

Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Chaska
Posted on: March 20, 2023

Job Description:

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. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as we help advance health equity on a global scale. Here, you will find talented peers, comprehensive benefits, a culture guided by diversity and inclusion, career growth opportunities and your life's best work.(sm)

This role will provide financial support to win large and complex deals for Optum Corporate. Success in this role will be dependent on your ability to successfully navigate and influence change across a matrix organization while quickly adapting to changing priorities. Coupled with the ability to clearly articulate business issues and recommended solutions in the context of a fast-paced and high-growth environment that has a long-term commitment to making health care better for everyone.

If you are located in Eden Prairie, MN, you will have the flexibility to work remotely 1-2 days a week , as well as work in the office as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex deals, develop pricing recommendations, and drive critical approval process with finance executives to meet tight deadlines
• Understand business goals and objectives to help advise executives on appropriate solution
• Manage financial responses to RFI/RFP's
• Maintain knowledge of market trends, competitors, and industry changes to help drive solution strategy
• Understand cost structure across multiple business units in order to incorporate into a single Optum view
• Utilize cost structure knowledge to create and maintain complex financial models and communicate results to executives
• Work with multiple business unit executives to determine correct solution, resources needed and contractual terms for deals
  
  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 or higher in Finance, Accounting, or related field
  • 4+ years of progressive professional experience in Finance and/or Accounting
  • 4+ years of experience in analyzing and responding to RFP's
  • Financial modeling and analysis experience
  • Intermediate level experience with Microsoft Excel
  • Be a self-starter, product quality work, make independent decision, and deliver enterprise commitments
  • Ability to communicate with all levels and cross functionally within an organization
  • Demonstrated high attention to detail including ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously
  • Proven organizational skills with ability to be flexible, work in cross-functional and matrixed teams, and work with ambiguity
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    • 1+ years of experience working on RFPs for government entities
    • Pricing experience
    • Solid analytical skills with experience working with complex data sets
      
      Careers with Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve important challenges.
      
      All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy.
      
      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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