Finance Manager

UnitedHealth Group; Eden Prairie (MN); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Incentive and recognition programs

Job summary

UnitedHealth Group is seeking a Finance Manager within Optum Corporate Finance to partner with functional leaders, drive forecasting, budgeting, and reporting, and lead a small team responsible for financial planning and analysis.

The role requires solid analytical ability, executive-ready communication, and proven leadership experience to influence decisions across stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent work experience.
• 4+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, accounting, corporate finance, or a related field.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, developing, or managing team members.
• Experience leading financial planning processes, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end analysis, and financial reporting.
• Experience partnering directly with business leaders and influencing decision-making through financial insights.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, examples are: Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, or INDEX/MATCH.
• Proven solid financial modeling and financial statement analysis skills, with experience owning, maintaining, and improving models.
• Able to communicate complex financial information clearly to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary finance business partner to functional leadership, providing actionable insights and driving accountability.
• Lead financial planning activities, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end close support, and variance analysis.
• Own and manage analysis of business and financial metrics across shared services.
• Analyze financial results and articulate performance to stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain financial reporting communicating actuals, forecast, and variances.
• Partner with leaders to identify risks and opportunities and improve cost efficiency.
• Lead financial reviews with partners and translate results into actions.
• Lead, develop, and coach one direct report.

Skills

Financial planning & analysis

People leadership

Microsoft Excel

Financial modeling

Executive communication

Prioritization & project management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

CPA / MBA / advanced degree

Tools

Essbase

Oracle Smart View

Oracle EPM

PeopleSoft Financials

Power BI

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. 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.

Role Summary

This role sits within Optum Corporate Finance, supporting enterprise and shared service functions through financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and strategic partnership. The team plays a critical role in driving financial discipline, enabling decision-making, and ensuring alignment with leadership priorities.

The Finance Manager will serve as a key finance leader and strategic business partner to functional leadership, providing financial insight, driving accountability to commitments, and leading a small team responsible for financial planning, reporting, and analysis. This role requires solid analytical capability, executive-ready communication skills, demonstrated people leadership experience, and the ability to influence decisions across a broad set of stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary finance business partner to functional leadership, providing actionable insights, influencing decision-making, and driving accountability to financial commitments
• Lead financial planning activities, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end close support, and variance analysis for assigned functions
• Own and manage analysis of business and financial metrics, including key performance indicators across Optum Corporate shared service organizations
• Analyze financial results, identify key drivers, and clearly articulate performance storylines to both financial and non-financial stakeholders
• Develop and maintain financial reporting to communicate actual results, forecasted performance, and variances to forecast and budget
• Partner with business leaders to identify risks and opportunities and develop strategies to improve cost efficiency and overall financial performance
• Lead financial reviews with business partners, helping translate results into clear actions, decisions, and leadership-ready narratives
• Lead, develop, and coach one direct report, providing direction, prioritization, performance feedback, and professional development support
• Manage team workload and ensure timely, accurate delivery of forecasting, budgeting, reporting and analytical deliverables
• Review key analyses, reporting packages, and leadership materials to ensure accuracy, consistency, and clear financial storytelling
• Support continuous improvement of financial processes, tools, reporting capabilities, and planning routines
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities to inform near-term and long-term decision-making

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 in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent work experience
• 4+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis, accounting, corporate finance, or a related field
• Demonstrated people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, developing, or managing team members
• Experience leading financial planning processes, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end analysis, and financial reporting
• Experience partnering directly with business leaders and influencing decision-making through financial insights
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills, examples are: experience with Pivot Tables, SUMIFS, or INDEX/MATCH
• Proven solid financial modeling and financial statement analysis skills, with experience owning, maintaining, and improving models
• Demonstrated analytical capability with solid attention to detail and accountability for accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex financial information clearly and effectively to both financial and non-financial audiences, including presentations to leadership
• Demonstrated ability to manage priorities independently, lead workstreams, and deliver results with minimal supervision

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, MBA, or advanced degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Experience with planning and reporting tools such as Essbase, Oracle Smart View, Oracle EPM, PeopleSoft Financials, Power BI, or similar platforms
• Experience supporting corporate functions, shared services, or enterprise-level cost management
• Demonstrated solid executive presence with the ability to synthesize complex information into concise, leadership-ready insights
• Proven ownership mindset with accountability for results, continuous improvement, and stakeholder follow-through

Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you’ll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives. The salary for this role will range from $60,200 - $107,400 annually based on full-time employment. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable.

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.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.