Senior Accountant

IMA India; Haryana; On-site; INR 700,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group in Haryana is seeking an Accountant/Management Accountant to support statutory reporting and month-end close across entities. You will prepare reconciliations, journal entries, and audit-ready documentation while coordinating with cross-functional teams globally.

The role requires strong Excel skills, independent work style, and experience in multinational, multicurrency environments. Work is office-based in Haryana with full-time hours.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant, or finalist actively pursuing CA/ACCA or equivalent.
• Experience in multinational, multicurrency environments with reconciliations and month-end close.
• Strong Excel and MS Office skills with ability to document and audit support.

Responsibilities

• Support statutory reporting cycle for assigned entities, including audit planning and financial statement prep.
• Prepare audit-ready documentation and respond to audit queries.
• Maintain general ledger activity and ensure timely month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries and supporting schedules.
• Review entries for alignment with accounting standards and policy.

Skills

Excel skills

Communication

Independent working

Stakeholder management

Multinational experience

Education

CA/ACCA or equivalent ( finalist / fully qualified )

Tools

PeopleSoft Financials

SAP

Job description

Requisition number:** 2383370 **Job category:** Finance

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

Primary Responsibilities

• Support the statutory reporting cycle for assigned Ireland and Puerto Rico legal entities, including audit planning, financial statement preparation, disclosure analysis, supporting schedules and completion of entity-level reporting deliverables
• Prepare audit-ready documentation and coordinate responses to external and internal audit queries, including PBC requests, supporting schedules and evidence required to support audit conclusions
• Support the identification, documentation and explanation of key differences between US GAAP group reporting and IFRS/local statutory accounting requirements
• Support technical accounting analysis across areas such as revenue, intercompany activity, accruals, provisions, leases, foreign exchange, transfer pricing-related accounting impacts and balance sheet substantiation
• Maintain legal entity general ledger activity to support accurate US GAAP group reporting, IFRS/local statutory reporting and timely month-end, quarter-end and year-end close processes
• Prepare, reconcile and analyse balance sheet accounts, journal entries and supporting schedules, ensuring outputs are complete, accurate and appropriately evidenced
• Review accounting entries, classifications and supporting analysis for alignment with applicable accounting standards, company policy and audit requirements
• Perform analytical review of financial statement movements, balance sheet positions and income statement activity to identify key drivers, anomalies and statutory reporting implications
• Investigate accounting issues, provide clear explanations and support the resolution of non-standard or complex transactions
• Support internal control execution, evidence standards and process improvements to strengthen statutory reporting, close governance and audit readiness
• Prepare legal entity reporting and analysis for accounting leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
• Operate in a self-directed manner, work through accounting and process issues with appropriate judgement and serve as a technical and process resource to others
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant, or finalist accountant with relevant industry experience who is actively working towards completion of a recognized professional accounting qualification, such as CA, ACCA or equivalent
• Proven accounting experience in a multinational, multicurrency environment
• Experience preparing reconciliations, journals, account analysis and audit support to a high standard of accuracy and documentation
• Solid understanding of financial statements, balance sheet accounting, month-end close and accounting controls
• Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities and communicate clearly with stakeholders across locations and functions
• Solid Excel skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting statutory audits, preparation of financial statements or legal entity reporting deliverables
• Experience supporting international entities within a statutory accounting environment
• Experience with PeopleSoft Financials, SAP or similar enterprise financial systems
• Big 4 training or experience within a large professional services audit environment
• Knowledge of both US GAAP and IFRS or local statutory reporting requirements

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.

Employer: UnitedHealth Group | Location: Haryana | Work Mode: Work from office | Hours: Full Time | Organization Type: Corporate | Role: Accountant / Management Accountant | Level: Staff, Senior | Certification: Other