Senior Data Analyst

Optum; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Optum in Ireland is seeking a Senior Data Analyst to develop data insights supporting Payment Integrity value optimization and transformation. The role collaborates with data and transformation leaders to align requirements and drive results in a hybrid Dublin/Letterkenny setup.

You'll analyze medium/large datasets, build self-serve analytics, and communicate findings to stakeholders while ensuring accuracy and auditable outputs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Proven experience in financial modeling, including actuarial systems or insurance pricing tools.
• Proven experience working with reporting and visualisation tools (PowerBI, Tableau etc)
• Demonstrated proficiency in programming using SQL, VBA, or similar coding languages
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business stakeholders to capture and document requirements
• Demonstrated solid problem-solving and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Develop data insights that support Payment Integrity Value Optimisation and Transformation.
• Collaborate with data, Transformation leaders, and Data Stewards to align requirements and constraints.
• Develop tracking, reporting and self-serve analytical solutions to monitor trends and drive transformation agenda.
• Concisely summarize and communicate results to key stakeholders.
• Provide quality checks to ensure high standard and accurate data.
• Ensure outputs are auditable and aligned with business expectations.
• Partner with internal customers and key stakeholders to translate business needs into analytical solutions.
• Collaborate independently with SMEs and cross functional partners

Skills

SQL

PowerBI/Tableau

Financial modeling

Actuarial systems

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SQL

VBA

Job description

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

Job Description - Senior Data Analyst (2383129)

Senior Data Analyst - 2383129

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 diversity and inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

UHC Payment Integrity (PI) in partnership with Optum PI, Optum Analytics and the UHG CDO office are in the process of building a scalable data intel and performance delivery solution that will provide the necessary data insights, management controls and business intelligence to more effectively run the business and modernize data to drive growth and enhanced Provider experiences.

This effort will result in a scalable solution offering four key capabilities that include but are not limited to, a secure single source of truth PI claims data repository, interactive data visualization capabilities (financial, operational, experience), integrated early alert and management remediation controls and an advanced data center that enables the use of advanced analytics and leveraging AI/ML to modernize data.

About the role:

As a Senior Data Analyst, you will be responsible for the development of data insights that support Payment Integrity Value Optimisation and Transformation. The intent is to create a continuous cycle where data insights from daily operations inform transformation priorities, and transformation investments strengthen our ability to execute, scale, and deliver results.

The Senior Data Analyst will work closely with the data, Transformation leaders, Data Stewards to integrate and align requirements, specifications and constraints of each element of the requirement.

Careers with Optum offer flexible work arrangements and individuals who live and work in the Republic of Ireland will have the opportunity to split their monthly work hours between our Dublin or Letterkenny office and telecommuting from a home-based office in a hybrid work model.

What you will do:

• Knowledge of analytical tools and techniques, especially those relating to data mining & analysis. Should have ability to handle/work on medium/large data sets
• Demonstrate solid investigative skills and maintains progress even when faced with uncertainty
• Use data expertise to analyze data and provide solutions to optimizing the performance of operations and meet transformation pillars requirements
• Develop tracking, reporting and self-serve analytical solutions to monitor trends and to drive the PIVOT transformation agenda forward
• Concisely summarize and communicate the results to key stakeholders
• Provide quality checks to ensure high standard and accurate data
• Ensure outputs are accurate, auditable, and aligned with business expectations
• Closely partner with internal customers and key stakeholders to translate business needs into analytical solutions
• Collaborate independently with SMEs and cross functional partners

You will 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 providing development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• Proven experience in financial modeling, including actuarial systems or insurance pricing tools
• Proven experience working with reporting and visualisation tools (eg. PowerBI, Tableau etc)
• Demonstrated proficiency in programming using SQL, VBA, or similar coding languages
• Demonstrated ability to partner with business stakeholders to capture and document requirements
• Demonstrated solid problem-solving and communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated knowledge of the U.S. health insurance industry, particularly in claims adjudication and Payment Integrity
• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud database technologies, including Snowflake and Databricks
• Proven experience working across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), including Agile and Waterfall methodologies

Please note you must currently be eligible to work and remain indefinitely without any restrictions in the country to which you are making an application. Proof will be required to support your application.

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: Optum is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, civil status, family status, sexual orientation, disability, religion, age, race, and membership of the Traveller community, or any other characteristic protected by law. Optum is a drug-free workplace. © 2026 Optum Services (Ireland) Limited. All rights reserved.

UnitedHealth Group is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or accommodation for any part of the application process, please call 1-866-566-8715 to be connected to Recruitment Services. Recruitment Services hours of operation are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT, Monday through Friday.

UnitedHealth Group is a registered service mark of UnitedHealth Group, Inc. The UnitedHealth Group name with the dimensional logo, as well as the dimensional logo alone, are both service marks for the UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

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.