Strategic Data Analytics Lead: Performance & Financial Insights

UnitedHealth Group; Ireland; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Ireland is seeking a Principal Data Analyst - Performance & Financial Analytics to own the enterprise performance framework and financial analytics for Optum Health Performance Management. You will connect operational metrics to financial outcomes and develop KPI frameworks across Risk, Quality, Affordability, and performance domains.

The role offers hybrid work from Dublin or Letterkenny, with the option to telecommute from a home office, and collaboration with Finance

Qualifications

• Proven extensive experience in business analytics, financial analytics, performance management, or related disciplines.
• Demonstrated solid understanding of KPI development, performance measurement frameworks, and business performance reporting.
• Proven experience designing and maintaining financial models and attribution frameworks.
• Proven ability to connect operational performance metrics to financial and business outcomes.
• Demonstrated advanced analytical and quantitative problem‑solving skills.
• Proven experience working with large and complex datasets.
• Demonstrated solid stakeholder engagement and executive communication skills.
• Proven experience presenting analytical findings to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated proficiency in SQL, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, or similar analytics platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain the enterprise KPI hierarchy across risk, quality, affordability, and operational performance domains.
• Build and maintain performance measurement frameworks aligned to organizational objectives and strategic outcomes.
• Develop and maintain performance analytics that connect operational metrics to financial variance and business outcomes.
• Build and maintain financial attribution methodologies and performance measurement frameworks.
• Track business performance against key value realization and strategic performance objectives.
• Develop and maintain operational and financial performance tracking models.
• Analyze trends, performance drivers, and root causes across multiple business domains.
• Produce executive‑level insights, reporting, and recommendations to support business decision‑making.
• Produce quantified impact assessments and value realization reporting.
• Partner with Finance and business stakeholders to validate methodologies, metrics, and financial assumptions.
• Develop reporting requirements and dashboard specifications in partnership with BI teams.
• Present analytical findings to senior leadership audiences and translate technical results into business implications.
• Translate affordability, risk, and quality performance into meaningful financial impact narratives.
• Contribute to strategic planning efforts through performance analysis and financial insight generation.

Skills

KPI development

Performance measurement

Financial modeling

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Stakeholder engagement

Executive communication

Tools

SQL

Excel

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

UnitedHealth Group in Ireland is seeking a Principal Data Analyst - Performance & Financial Analytics to own the enterprise performance framework and financial analytics for Optum Health Performance Management. You will connect operational metrics to financial outcomes and develop KPI frameworks across Risk, Quality, Affordability, and performance domains.

The role offers hybrid work from Dublin or Letterkenny, with the option to telecommute from a home office, and collaboration with Finance