Sr Accountant - Hybrid in Minnetonka, MN or Hartford, CT preferred, Remote considered

$58,300 - $114,300/Yr

UnitedHealth Group - Columbia, MD

Full-time - Entry Level

Hybrid - Columbia, MD

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

At UnitedHealthcare, we're simplifying the health care experience, creating healthier communities and removing barriers to quality care. The work you do here impacts the lives of millions of people for the better. Come build the health care system of tomorrow, making it more responsive, affordable and equitable. Ready to make a difference? Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. You'll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges. If you are located in Columbia, MD or Minnetonka, MN, you will have the flexibility to work remotely, as well as work in the office as you take on some tough challenges.

Responsibilities

• Support month-end close accounting by compiling revenue estimates, tracking actuals, performing variances analysis to explain elements driving key variances to budgets, forecasts and historical trends
• Record journal entries and/or analyze automated revenues data feeds from various sources, including commercial, private label, Medicaid, and Medicare premiums and administrative service revenues
• Support inter-segment accounting by reconciling rate and volume variances, supports onboarding of new contracts, calculates risk-corridors and support audits
• Owns private label customer reporting for assigned contracts. Keep up-to-date records of risk-share related payables or receivables from external customers
• Support Dental Loss Ratio reporting by compiling financials in state specified formats
• Prepare and present financial summary and related analytics of assigned legal entity to leadership/regulatory teams and manage ad-hoc reporting requests
• Prepare or approve assigned GL account reconciliations and support internal or external audits
• Assess and interprets customer needs and requirements
• Identify solutions to non-standard requests and problems
• Solve moderately complex problems and/or conduct moderately complex analyses

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 1+ years of Finance and/or Accounting experience

Nice-to-haves

• CPA
• Internal
• Advanced SQL and Excel

Benefits

• comprehensive benefits package
• incentive and recognition programs
• equity stock purchase
• 401k contribution