Senior Network Pricing Consultant

Primary Responsibilities:
Financial Modeling and Strategic Analysis:
Financial modeling to support actuarial, financial and utilization analyses related to product and pricing initiatives
Perform various ad hoc projects in a timely and accurate manner
Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems
Critically evaluate information obtained from multiple sources and reconcile discrepancies
Ensure solid data and process transparency to support methodology integrity and delegation of tasks and responsibilities for department learning opportunities and growth
Business Partnership:
Demonstrate a customer service mindset
Partner with Healthcare Economics teams, Network Contracting and various stakeholders to understand and distinguish requests from the underlying true need
Proactively anticipate business needs and develop solutions to meet them
Effectively summarize information while providing supporting data to a variety of audiences
Support operational and product partners with strategic insights into financial metrics
Innovation and Process Improvement:
Seek opportunities to improve processes and identify areas of improvement specifically related to data reliability, efficiency and quality (implement and scale best practices)
Assist in building, supporting, enhancing and maintaining reports, models and dashboards
Successfully deploy new processes, tools and models to advance modeling capabilities in a changing environment
Establish quality control measures to ensure accuracy and integrity of data used to feed forecasts and metrics to support internal and external stakeholders
Create and maintain applicable project documentation for assigned initiatives

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:
5+ years of analytical experience in financial analysis, health care pricing, network management, health care economics or related discipline
5+ years of experience with provider payment methodologies and healthcare products
5+ years of experience in creating and using financial modeling tools, spreadsheets and information acquisition tools Demonstrated progression of technical expertise related to acquisition of new tools and methodologies
Intermediate level of proficiency in performing financial impact analysis, risk management and data manipulation
Advanced level of proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
Proven excellent communication, time/project management, problem solving and organization skills
Proven successfully manage expectations
Willing and able to work Eastern Standard Time Zone hours

Preferred Qualification:
Knowledge of PowerBI

Skills Required
5+ years analytical experience in financial analysis, health care pricing, network management, health care economics or related discipline
5+ years experience with provider payment methodologies and healthcare products
5+ years experience in creating and using financial modeling tools, spreadsheets and information acquisition tools
Intermediate level of proficiency in performing financial impact analysis, risk management and data manipulation
Advanced level of proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
Proven excellent communication, time/project management, problem solving and organization skills
Willing and able to work Eastern Standard Time Zone hours
Ability to work Central and Eastern Time Zones
Pass pre-employment drug test
Adhere to UnitedHealth Group Telecommuter Policy (for remote employees)
Knowledge of PowerBI