Senior Director, Financial Strategy

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.

The National Accounts, Senior Director Financial Strategy is responsible for setting, executing on, and communicating our financial strategy at the case level. This position will focus on ensuring the delivery of a clear, compelling, and accurately evaluated financial proposal. The individual in this role will have deep healthcare knowledge, financial acumen, solid communication skills, and will be highly motivated.

You’ll enjoy the flexibility to work remotely * from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Support our team in setting the financial strategy for each opportunity and partnering with the actuarial + underwriting teams to execute on that strategy
• Lead discussions with our consultant partners and the firm’s actuarial resources as well as prospects / clients that communicate our financial offer in a clear and compelling manner
• Influence how we’re being evaluated at the case level and ensure complete and accurate evaluation of our financial proposal 
• Gather intelligence about the relative competitiveness of our financial proposal and recommend improvements to our approach
• Ensure accuracy and clarity in financial summaries that are released externally during the bid process
• Improve our processes to increase accuracy and efficiency 
• Conduct pipeline analytics to understand key themes and win/loss trends 
• Develop solid relationships with our internal business partners across actuarial, underwriting, finance, and consultant relations

You’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:

• 7+ years of experience in health industry
• Financial experience in functions like actuarial
• Demonstrated experience working with employers in the market in prior selling, client management or consulting capacities
• Demonstrated business acumen in financial analysis, reporting and forecasting and solid understanding of health benefits, health services and medical delivery operations
• Expert at both strategic conceptualization both at a local level and enterprise level as well as operational execution
• Excellent analytical skills; ability to quickly aggregate and analyze information and conclude
• Proven ability to build relationships cross-functionally and lead toward common goals 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) designation
• Highly motivated with solid leadership potential

*All employees working remotely will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy

The salary range for this role is $150,200 to $288,500 annually based on full-time employment. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience, certifications, etc. UnitedHealth Group complies with all minimum wage laws as applicable. 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. 

Application Deadline: This will be posted for a minimum of 2 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone–of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income–deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes — an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.

UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

UnitedHealth Group is a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.