Employer: UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealthcare is a company that’s on the rise. We’re expanding in multiple directions, across borders and, most of all, in the way we think. Here, innovation isn’t about another gadget, it’s about transforming the health care industry. Ready to make a difference? Make yourself at home with us and start doing your life’s best work.
Here’s the thing about challenges. They provide limitless opportunities for greatness. And what we have in mind for you is definitely big. At UnitedHealth Group, we’re changing the future of health care and we have the expertise, advanced technology and global resources to make it happen. As a Senior Business Analyst, you’ll work with the brightest minds in the business and find yourself digging deep to find the solutions to help people live healthier lives. You’ll be responsible for analyzing, reviewing and forecasting data for operational and business planning to impact the health care system. What could be more satisfying than that? Join us!
Here, your performance, your ideas, your unique analysis will combine with a rich assortment of contributors to understand and shape the health care system. At UnitedHealth Group, you’ll work with a team that has the creativity and passion to help build new health care solutions that meet emerging market needs. You’ll get the opportunity to work with an elite team that goes beyond the usual analysis, they dig deeper knowing our goal is nothing short of transforming health care. Does the challenge of utilizing your analytical abilities on vital projects towards a larger strategic mission excite you?
As a Business Analyst, you’ll have the opportunity to provide data analysis to support, compile and report key information for operations and business objectives. This is a position that affords you the ability to drive processes and improvement initiatives. By gathering and documenting business requirements and utilizing your sharp analytical skills to fulfill the needs of the business and/or clients, you will have an impact on healing the health care system. Some people would call you a data geek, but at UnitedHealth Group that passion turned into information is used for decisions made by leadership. This is a challenging role that creates an opportunity to grow and develop while doing your life’s best work.
Schedule is Monday-Friday standard business hours. No nights, no weekends and no holidays.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Analyze and interpret data to identify trends, patterns and opportunities for the business
- Communicate analysis and interpretation to appropriate audience
- Positions in this function conduct and manage outcomes of various studies that include analyzing, reviewing, forecasting, trending, and presenting information for operational and business planning. They support short and long term operational/strategic business activities – by developing, enhancing and maintaining operational information and models. They also develop and implement effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes. *Employees in jobs labeled with ?SCA? must support a government Service Contract Act (SCA) agreement
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Health Administration, related field or 4 years of professional working experience
- 1+ years of experience in data analysis including workforce planning
- Intermediate level proficiency with MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in analysis of business process and workflow and providing an evaluation, benchmark and/or process improvement recommendations
- Intermediate level proficiency with MS Access
- Ability to communicate trends and opportunities to the business both written and verbally
- Ability to problem solve, manage multiple priorities and research conflicting and/or inaccurate data
