Job Description

You believe data can help reshape the future, and you find yourself loving the thrill of driving meaningful change among the business with data insights and analysis. At UnitedHealth Group, you'll find an organization that will recognize those talents and have lots of growth potential. Here, you will be empowered, supported and encouraged to use your expertise to help change the future of health care. Does the challenge intrigue you?

As a key member of the Clinical Reporting and Analysis Team, you will be part of UnitedHealth Group's mission of helping people live healthier lives. As a Reporting and Data Analyst, you'll work directly with both product and operational leaders to support short and long term operational/strategic business activities - by developing, enhancing and maintaining operational reporting and dashboards. You will assist product and operations to develop and implement effective/strategic business solutions through research and analysis of data and business processes. You will be challenged to understand new data systems, creating data updates and automation to drive consistency for operational and business planning.

As part of this team, you will be empowered to impact the health care system through the analysis and interpretation of data, and presenting recommendations for business solutions. Join us! There's never been a better time to do 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:

* Support Operational and Product partners with operational insights into performance
* Build and maintain reporting and BI tools to measure client, program, and process performance
* Support environment of collaboration with others, remaining flexible to changing business needs, and is accountable to others with action items and deliverables
* Learn operational documentation and available data for reporting and ad-hoc needs
* Work with business partners to create business metrics and performance indicators
* Creates reporting and gives insights on operational processes to highlight opportunities and drive improvement with operational performance, efficiency, or effectiveness
* Builds, supports, enhances, and maintains reports, dashboards, and data insight tools
* Aggregating Performance Results and Reviews for informal and formal report outs
* Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements
* Identifies solutions to non-standard requests and problems
* Solves moderately complex problems and/or conducts moderately complex analyses
* Provides explanations and information to others on difficult issues
* Consults and guide others on reporting, data, and analysis practices
* Organized but willing to adjust direction when necessary

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:

* 2+ years' experience in a Business Analyst or Data Analyst role
* 2+ years' using Excel specifically to manipulate and/or report data
* 1+ years' with developing/writing SQL queries
* 1+ years' experience designing and developing Tableau reporting
* Intermediate+ level of proficiency with MS Word
* Intermediate+ level of proficiency with MS PowerPoint
* If you need to enter a work site for any reason, you will be required to screen for symptoms using the ProtectWell mobile app, Interactive Voice Response (i.e., entering your symptoms via phone system) or similar UnitedHealth Group-approved symptom screener. When in a UnitedHealth Group building, employees are required to wear a mask in common areas. In addition, employees must comply with any state and local masking orders

Preferred Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree
* Healthcare industry experience
* Experience with database update processes exploring new databases
* Experience in requirements gathering
* Experience with writing/developing technical documentation
* Excellent communication, time/project management, problem solving, organizational skills

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)

Colorado Residents Only: The salary range for Colorado residents is $53,300 to $95,100. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, certifications, etc. As of the date of this posting, In addition to your salary, UHG offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Health, dental, and vision plans; wellness program; flexible spending accounts; paid parking or public transportation costs; 401(k) retirement plan; employee stock purchase plan; life insurance, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance; business travel accident insurance; Employee Assistance Program; PTO; and employee-paid critical illness and accident insurance.

*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group's Telecommuter Policy

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.

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