Remote Strategic Finance Director: Growth & 5-Year Planning

Optum; Eden Prairie (MN); Hybrid; USD 113,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Equity stock purchase

401k contribution

Job summary

Optum is seeking an Associate Director of Strategic Finance in Eden Prairie, MN. You will lead long-range financial planning and growth initiatives for Whole Health Solutions, partnering with senior leaders to translate ideas into robust financial models.

The role requires 5+ years in strategic finance or related fields, with experience delivering CBAs and investment prioritization in a large, matrixed healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategic finance, corporate strategy, business development, or a combination of finance and strategy roles.
• 5+ years of experience driving growth initiatives, such as new product development, market expansion, or investment evaluation.
• Proven experience building and managing long-range (3-5 year) business or financial plans tied to enterprise strategy.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with senior leadership to influence strategic decisions and business outcomes.
• Experience evaluating complex business opportunities, including cost-benefit analysis, scenario modeling, and investment prioritization.
• Healthcare experience and/or experience operating in a large, matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management of the long-range model to help senior leadership develop, execute and manage the five year growth trajectory of the business in partnership with the office of the CEO and Strategy and Planning.
• Drive growth initiatives within Optum Whole Health Solutions by rigorously evaluating new and evolving ideas in partnership with product and technology teams.
• Translate complex product concepts into clear, actionable financial models to support investment decisions and strategic planning.
• Own the development and effectiveness of cost benefit analyses (CBAs), collaborating cross functionally to gather inputs, challenge assumptions, and clarify financial narratives.
• Deliver concise, insight-driven financial updates to senior leadership, highlighting key levers and trade offs to enable agile decision making.
• Serve as a trusted finance partner to line of business operators, operations, product, and technology teams-bridging business strategy with financial execution.
• Flex across a wide range of finance responsibilities as the needed to support the CFO of the Whole Health Solutions

Skills

Strategic finance

Corporate strategy

Growth initiatives

Long-range planning

Stakeholder influence

Healthcare experience

Job description

Optum is seeking an Associate Director of Strategic Finance in Eden Prairie, MN. You will lead long-range financial planning and growth initiatives for Whole Health Solutions, partnering with senior leaders to translate ideas into robust financial models.

The role requires 5+ years in strategic finance or related fields, with experience delivering CBAs and investment prioritization in a large, matrixed healthcare environment.