Business Analyst Consultant
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Eden Prairie
Posted on: August 7, 2022
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Job Description:
Combine two of the fastest-growing fields on the planet with a
culture of performance, collaboration and opportunity and this is
what you get. Leading edge technology in an industry that's
improving the lives of millions. Here, innovation isn't about
another gadget, it's about making health care data available
wherever and whenever people need it, safely and reliably. There's
no room for error. Join us and start doing **your life's best
work.(sm)**You'll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from
anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough
challenges.**Primary Responsibilities:**+ This resource will focus
on supporting our day-to-day business operations and foundational
capabilities within in the Employer channel to maintain underlying
programs, product and supported health plans operational fidelity+
The resource will need to work cross functionality with matrixed
partners within OBH, within UHG and affiliated 3 rd party vendors
to ensure alignment with what customers have been sold to what is
operationalized behind the scenes+ This resource must possess the
willingness to learn product and healthplan specifications,
operational business processes surrounding these specifications and
be able to translate that into system inferences and data which
drive our underlying ability to support operationalization of
programs. It is critical that this individual is willing to
learning the identifiers, inferences and various push/pulls of data
from upstream and downstream systems, be able to visualize that
flow of information to enable underlying business processes that
translate to product fidelity and overall specifications+
Inquiries, issues and/or gaps may emerge that will this resource to
possess a high proficiency of problem solving skills and be of an
analytical mindset (ranging from customer specific inquiries all
the way to direction from legal/compliance/regulatory which impact
our product production operations). As such, this individual must
be comfortable working with disparate pieces of information related
to business processes and technology (data) to help pinpoint the
breakdown and/or identified information to result in a solve+ The
applicant will need to creatively problem solve for variety of
issues that emerge as a result of our scale of products and
programs in production. To do so, the applicant will need to be
able to understand the business (insurance/product) side of what
should be operational and learn how to identify those inferences
(if not clearly called out) in potentially disjointed systems, data
and extracts.+ Applicant will need a high proficiency with MS Word,
PowerPoint and Excel+ Within MS Excel itself, the applicant must be
capable of creative solutioning to approach a business need by
working with available data which may be incomplete and require
piece mailing together to facilitate a solve of a business inquiry
or issue. The data may be in different formats and from different
areas requiring the individual themselves to refine and scrub the
information to get it to the level where they can then perform the
analysis. As such critical skills to possess are using built in
formulas/functions, working with pivot tables, using complex
VLookups and creative ways to use built in functions and other
derivatives to piecemeal gaps of information together are necessary
so answers to business inquiries can occur+ As a plus, the
applicant would also possess the skills to create efficiencies
within their own business processes through the use of automation
or other tools, such as the ability to create macro driven
workbooks for task, inquiry and business process automation that
feel repetitive in nature (or possess the ability for efficiency)+
May contribute to exploration and growth opportunities in
conjunction with the Solutioning Program Manager on quantifying
business opportunities related to product/client specific requests
and offer up suggestions to creatively "solve" for process and
technology gaps which would impede our ability to go to market with
a product or client specific solution. Needs to be able to help
guide and resolve inquiries from account teams / growth to help
answer client specific and/or market related questions that require
channel expertiseYou'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 Business,
Finance, Health Administration, Information Technology, or related
field+ 1+ year of experience in analysis of business process and
workflow and providing an evaluation, benchmark and/or process
improvement recommendations+ 1+ year of experience with project
methodology (requirements, design, development, test and
implementation)+ 1+ year of experience working with excel,
including complex V-Lookups, Graphs, and Pivot tables+ 1+ year of
experience with other Microsoft Products including Word, Powerpoint
and Visio**Preferred Qualifications:**+ Experience coding macros to
automate tasks in MS Office products+ Experience with PC-based
software programs and automated database management systems (SAS,
SQL, etc.)_To protect the health and safety of our workforce,
patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its
affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19
vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some
roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including
boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres
to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as
well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will
obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to
employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform
all essential job functions with or without reasonable
accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may
result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of
employment_**Careers with Optum.** Here's the idea. We built an
entire organization around one giant objective; make health care
work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the
world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide
health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for
millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and
uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group
family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds
and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to
reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high
performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter.
Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular
opportunity to do **your life's best work.(sm)***All Telecommuters
will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter
Policy.**Colorado, Connecticut or Nevada Residents Only:** The
salary range for Colorado residents is $26.15 to $46.63. The salary
range for Connecticut / Nevada residents is $28.85 to $51.30. Pay
is based on several factors including but not limited to education,
work experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary,
UnitedHealth Group offers 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 UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice
of benefits and incentives_Diversity creates a healthier
atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity /
Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color,
religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status,
disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other
characteristic protected by law.__UnitedHealth Group is a drug -
free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before
beginning employment._Keywords: #RPO, Optum, UnitedHealth,
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