Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Optum is hiring a Financial Consultant for its Specialty and Home Delivery Pharmacy organization. The role supports financial planning, forecasting, reporting, and strategic decision-making through financial analysis, business partnership, and leadership insights.
Responsibilities
- Lead key components of end-to-end financial planning processes, including forecasting, budgeting, month-end close, and long-term planning, ensuring alignment with business strategies and financial calendar deliverables
- Analyze and interpret key financial and operational metrics, including consolidated performance indicators, and translate results into actionable insights, highlighting risks and opportunities for leadership
- Prepare and present monthly variance analysis (actuals vs. forecast/budget) and clearly communicate key drivers and recommendations to senior leadership
- Partner cross-functionally with business leaders to provide financial guidance, support decision-making, and identify trends impacting performance
- Develop, enhance, and maintain financial reporting to effectively communicate performance, forecasts, and variance drivers
- Lead or contribute to ad-hoc financial analyses and strategic initiatives across the organization
- Demonstrate agility in managing competing priorities and evolving business needs while delivering clear, concise, and impactful financial insights
Skills
- High School Diploma / GED OR equivalent work experience
- Must be 18 years of age OR older
- 3+ years of experience in financial planning & analysis (FP&A) or accounting
- Experience building, maintaining, and improving financial models, with financial statement analysis skills
- Analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify risks and opportunities, assess implications, and recommend actionable solutions
- Ability to synthesize complex financial data and communicate insights effectively to both financial and non-financial audiences
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., Pivot Tables, INDEX/MATCH, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS)
- Experience using Microsoft Copilot and/or AI-enabled tools to drive efficiency
- Experience with financial planning systems (e.g., Essbase, Hyperion, or similar)
- Ability to work independently in a matrixed environment, manage competing priorities, and influence outcomes with minimal supervision
- Ability to improve processes, enhance reporting, and develop scalable financial models
- Business acumen with an ownership mindset and accountability for results
Benefits
- National Remote; telecommute from anywhere within the U.S. For all hires in Minneapolis, Virginia, Maryland, or Washington, D.C. area, you will be required to work in the office for a minimum of four (4) days per week.
- 4 - 8 weeks of on-the-job training.
- Comprehensive benefits package, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Incentive and recognition programs, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Equity stock purchase, subject to eligibility requirements.
- 401k contribution, subject to eligibility requirements.
- Career development opportunities.
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