Job Description
This is an Associate Project Manager role within the Financial Data Management's FP3 (Finance Programs, Projects, & Products) Team. This position will provide critical General Ledger configuration responsibilities, perform user acceptance testing, act as an intermediary between accounting and technical teams, and support FTS technical enhancement functions for UHC Finance's Medicare business (M&R).
This includes general ledger accounting, financial controls and reporting, and financial data repositories and sub-ledgers. This role will require solid analytical skills, customer focus, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills to ensure the successful management of FTS rule updates.
The candidate will provide subject matter expertise for financial applications, input into project solutions, collaborate with stakeholders to gather and document business rule configuration requirements, and take a lead role in user acceptance test planning and execution. The primary focus of this role will be project support and operational maintenance of complex FTS tables and rules related to our Medicare financial reporting.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Demonstrates extensive knowledge of GL and sub-GL data sources, and how the information is recorded (e.g., chart of accounts, revenues, expenses, claim costs, etc.)
- Exhibits critical thinking and intellectual curiosity with the ability to resolve issues and questions
- Provides analysis and dissemination of complex concepts
- Understands complex financial and IT concepts
- Works independently, as well as collaborates with various teams throughout UHC and Optum
- Internalizes, interprets, and documents complex scenarios clearly and concisely
- Executes and facilitates user acceptance testing efforts and defect resolution
- Defines GL derivation rules for financial transactions
- Determines the scope of business testing based on a financial risk assessment
- Supports business process and automation enhancements
- Collaborates with business partners to develop test documentation, requirements, and timelines
- Provides test status updates as required by program directives
- Facilitates and organizes end-user training
- Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Accounting or equivalent courses
- 5+ years of experience in Finance and Accounting
- Knowledge of accounting practices and general ledger reporting
- Solid knowledge and experience with user acceptance testing processes
- Working knowledge of data mining/reporting tools such as SAS/SAS Enterprise Guide and/or SQL
- Intermediate proficiency in MS Excel, Access, and MS Word
- Proven solid written and oral communication skills
- Proven solid time management, prioritization, and organizational skills
- Demonstrated solid financial acumen
- Demonstrated solid data analysis skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in the healthcare industry
- Knowledge of UHC general ledger strings
- Exposure to PeopleSoft
Job Classification
Industry: Retail
Functional Area / Department: Finance & Accounting
Role Category: Accounting & Taxation
Role: Accounts Manager
Employement Type: Full time
Contact Details:
Company: Optum
Location(s): Hyderabad
Keyskills:
Accounting
MS Excel
data analysis
general ledger reporting
General Ledger configuration
data mining